"They were bright white and had long, flexible necks: they were swans" in Dutch

Summary

The Dutch translation for “They were bright white and had long, flexible necks: they were swans” is Zij waren spierwit en hadden lange, buigzame halzen: het waren zwanen. The Dutch, Zij waren spierwit en hadden lange, buigzame halzen: het waren zwanen, can be broken down into 11 parts:"they" (zij), "were" (waren), "bright white" (spierwit), "and" (en), "had (plural)" (hadden), "long (long form)" (lange), "flexible (long form)" (buigzame), "necks" (halzen), "it" (het), "were" (waren) and "swans" (zwanen).