"De vogels zijn snel."

Translation: The birds are fast.

[abdul.malik38]

I don't understand when to you snel and snelle?

[Susande]

When an adjective comes after the noun (a predicative adjective) it doesn't get the additional -e. It's explained here.

[DiscipulusKiwius]

re pronunciation -- is the start of 'zijn' meant to be joined here to the end of the preceding word, or is otherwise different to how it may sound elsewhere?

[Pau_B]

Why is the plural made with an -s in vogels? It's usually done adding -en, right?

[Simeon145788]

As far as I understand it: if a word ends with an "l" the plural of that word ends in "ls" while in all other cases an "en" is added

[Pau_B]

OK, thanks!!

[BOOIII]

When do we drop an e at the end of a word

[OmaJennie]

May I say, "The birds are swift"?