No. 197 in Dutch
donderdag
"Thursday" in English.
In a sentence
Ik ga vaak op donderdag naar de markt.
I often go to the market on Thursday.
In this sentence, 'donderdag' is used as a subject within a temporal prepositional phrase indicating a specific day of the week.
Donderdag is mijn favoriete dag, omdat ik dan vrij ben.
Thursday is my favorite day because I am off then.
Here, 'donderdag' is the subject of the sentence, used as a noun representing the day of the week.
Mijn afspraak is verplaatst naar donderdag.
My appointment is moved to Thursday.
In this sentence, 'donderdag' is used within a prepositional phrase that specifies the time of the rescheduled appointment.
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