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The Best of Transparent Dutch: Grammar Posted by on Jun 29, 2013

Dutch grammar can be difficult to master, but over the years, the Transparent Language Dutch blog has collected a number of excellent posts that make the task of learning Dutch grammar not only a snap, but a heck of a lot of fun too. Here’s a master list of our top grammar posts that’ll have…

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Word Order in Indirect Speech Posted by on Feb 22, 2011

Phew, we made it!  Four weeks of looking at word order in Dutch.  We have stumbled through main clauses, sub-clauses and now lastly we are coming up to indirect speech.  By no means have we covered it all but hopefully you have learned some tips and understood some of the rules that have helped in…

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Word Order in Subordinated Clauses Posted by on Feb 15, 2011

Having covered word order in main clauses (here and here), it is time to move onto the word order in subordinated clauses. In a subordinated clause, known in Dutch as a bijzin, the conjugated verb moves to the end of the clause. Heather blijft thuis omdat ze ziek is. (Heather stays home because she is…

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Word Order in Main Clauses Continued Posted by on Feb 8, 2011

Last week I wrote about word order in main clauses. As a quick review, the key points I mentioned were: that the main verb goes in the second position except when the subject is not the first part of the sentence, when making a yes/no question or when the sentence is in the command form…

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Word Order? What Word Order? Posted by on Feb 1, 2011

Word order in Dutch is one of the grammar topics that many non-native Dutch speakers notice a difference with. I know it is something that trips me up quite often, especially when I am making longer sentences. Word order isn’t something that I can cover in one post, so do watch out for further posts…

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