"It took me a while to understand what she was trying to say." in Dutch

Summary

The Dutch translation for “It took me a while to understand what she was trying to say.” is Het duurde even, voordat ik begreep wat ze probeerde te zeggen.. The Dutch, Het duurde even, voordat ik begreep wat ze probeerde te zeggen., can be broken down into 10 parts:"it" (het), "lasted" (duurde), "just; for a bit" (even), "before; in advance of the time when" (voordat), "I" (ik), "understood" (begreep), "what" (wat), "she (short form)" (ze), "tried (simple past)" (probeerde) and "to say (long form)" (te zeggen).