De or het telefoontje?
het telefoontje
telephone conversation
Article and plural
- Singular
- het telefoontje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de telefoontjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de telefoontjes whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit telefoontje | deze telefoontjes |
| that, those | dat telefoontje | die telefoontjes |
| which (the … that) | het telefoontje dat … | de telefoontjes die … |
| our | ons telefoontje | onze telefoontjes |
Meaning in English
- telephone conversation
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