De or het lokaal?
het lokaal
room, hall, particularly a classroom
/loːˈkaːl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het lokaal
- Plural (meervoud)
- de lokalen
- Diminutive
- het lokaaltje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het lokaal is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de lokalen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lokaaltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit lokaal | deze lokalen |
| that, those | dat lokaal | die lokalen |
| which (the … that) | het lokaal dat … | de lokalen die … |
| our | ons lokaal | onze lokalen |
Meaning in English
- room, hall, particularly a classroom
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