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What is the difference between aanpassen and verstellen and stellen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between aanpassen and verstellen and stellen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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27 Aug 2022
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'aanpassen' means adjust or change.
'verstellen' means to adjust a setting or configuration. For instance your bicycle seat could be adjusted/versteld.
Then there is also 'instellen', which is used mostly when configurating the settings on devices. For instance (we stellen het geluid op de tv in = we configure/adjust the audio(settings) on the tv)
Aanpassen can be used instead of verstellen or instellen, but not vice versa. Aanpassen is used in a very broad sense.
ik pas mijn gedrag aan = i adjust my behaviour
ik pas het geluid op de tv aan = i adjust the sound of the tv
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@Elske i was hoping to understand the difference when we mean "to adjust" but please feel free to present other meanings too, the more the better :)
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'aanpassen' means adjust or change.
'verstellen' means to adjust a setting or configuration. For instance your bicycle seat could be adjusted/versteld.
Then there is also 'instellen', which is used mostly when configurating the settings on devices. For instance (we stellen het geluid op de tv in = we configure/adjust the audio(settings) on the tv)
Aanpassen can be used instead of verstellen or instellen, but not vice versa. Aanpassen is used in a very broad sense.
ik pas mijn gedrag aan = i adjust my behaviour
ik pas het geluid op de tv aan = i adjust the sound of the tv
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