No. 720 in Dutch
wordt
"Wordt" is the Dutch third-person singular present tense of "worden," meaning "becomes" or "is becoming."
In a sentence
Het boek wordt gelezen door de student.
The book is being read by the student.
In this sentence, 'wordt' is used as an auxiliary verb in the passive voice, indicating that the action 'is being done' to the subject 'the book'.
Hij wordt steeds beter in wiskunde.
He is becoming better at mathematics.
Here, 'wordt' means 'is becoming' and it indicates a change of state or development regarding the subject 'he'.
Wordt het morgen warm?
Will it be warm tomorrow?
In this question, 'wordt' is used to describe a future state, implicitly asking about a condition of 'tomorrow'.
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