{"id":1128,"date":"2011-02-08T17:05:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2011-11-30T10:47:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T10:47:40","slug":"word-order-in-main-clauses-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/word-order-in-main-clauses-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Order in Main Clauses Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/word-order-what-word-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">word order in main clauses<\/a>. As a quick review, the key points I mentioned were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the main verb goes in the second position<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>the other sentence parts follow the &#8220;time, manner, place&#8221; order<\/li>\n<li>when there is more than one verb, you should use the tongs construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sticking with main clauses, there are two further points we need to cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conjunctions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conjunctions link clauses together. Four conjunctions that link a main clause with another main clause are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>en<\/em> = and<\/li>\n<li><em>maar<\/em> = but<\/li>\n<li><em>want<\/em> = because<\/li>\n<li><em>of <\/em>= or<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These conjunctions are important to remember because the main clauses that they link should follow the word order rules for main clauses that we have already covered. \u00a0An example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Jan werkt vandaag in de tuin <strong>en<\/strong> hij gaat morgen naar de markt. <\/em>(Jan is working in the garden today, and he is going to the market tomorrow.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Placement of Direct and Indirect Objects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>In sentences with transitive verbs (verbs that can have a direct object), the indirect object (the one to whom something happens) is placed before the direct object (a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action).<\/p>\n<p><em>Erik geeft Sanne een bos bloemen.<\/em> (Erik gives Sanne a bunch of flowers.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Sanne<\/em> = indirect object<br \/>\n<em> een bos bloemen<\/em> = direct object<\/p>\n<p>If a pronoun was exchanged for Sanne, the word order would remain the same.<\/p>\n<p><em>Erik geeft haar een bos bloemen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, if the direct object is reduced to het, the direct object proceeds the indirect object.<\/p>\n<p><em>Erik geeft haar de bos bloemen.<\/em> would become <em>Erik geeft het haar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the indirect object is preceded by a preposition, it can follow the direct object. This is preferred in speech.<\/p>\n<p><em>Erik geeft een bos bloemen aan Sanne.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go on a search for sentences that contain the conjunctions <em>en<\/em>, <em>maar<\/em>, <em>want<\/em> or <em>of<\/em> and review the word order of each of the main clauses that the conjunction links together.<\/li>\n<li>Using what you have learned about word order in main clauses, try and make some Dutch sentences yourself that follow the rules.<\/li>\n<li>Put the words in the correct order. Start each sentence with the subject:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>met Jan\/Johan\/naar de bioscoop\/vandaag\/gaat<\/li>\n<li>zin\/een kop tee\/heeft\/om\/Sanne\/te drinken<\/li>\n<li>om twaalf uur\/zijn\/bij de kapper\/Jaap\/moet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I wrote about word order in main clauses. 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