{"id":4137,"date":"2016-04-20T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2016-04-20T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:30:17","slug":"back-to-basics-comparing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/back-to-basics-comparing\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Basics: Comparing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a previous post, I wrote about the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/back-to-basics-incorrect-uses-of-als\/\">incorrect uses of\u00a0<em>als<\/em><\/a> and how\u00a0<em>dan<\/em> is the correct word to use when pointing out differences in a comparison. On this post, I would like to expand on comparisons and the correct words to use.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>dan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following song by Tim Immers is a good point to begin for the use of\u00a0<em>dan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tim Immers - Liever Dan Lief\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f77Gfn2jAUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With this song, Tim Immers is getting his point across that she is better of staying with him. It is the classic love triangle problem: girl is with boy but a second boy wants to be with girl.<\/p>\n<p>His argument is a great example of using\u00a0<em>dan<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Jij past beter bij, beter bij, beter bij, beter bij mij<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Want ik ben liever dan, liever dan, liever dan, liever dan hij<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Beter bij, beter bij, beter bij, beter bij mij<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Want ik ben liever dan, iever dan, lief, veel liever dan hij<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tim is clearly a very confident man because the song is a lot more about him than it is about her. He says &#8220;you are better off with me because I am sweeter than him.&#8221; His catchy tune and repetition has us all believing he really is better than whoever that other man is and she should obviously want to be better off (with Tim of course!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>zo&#8230;als&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another way Tim could have stated his case to the lucky lady would be to use\u00a0<em>zo\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>als\u00a0<\/em>in combination. The song would have said something like<\/p>\n<p><em>Ik ben tien keer tien keer tien keer zo liever als hij<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ik ben tien keer tien keer tien keer zo liever als hij&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, for arguments&#8217; sake, I must side with Tim&#8217;s use because this second option requires us to put a number to the comparison. Should she leave the guy who is sweet for someone who is just ten times sweeter? If Tim said\u00a0<em>Ik ben een millioen keer zo liever als hij<\/em>, would that sound too exaggerated?<\/p>\n<p><strong>even&#8230;als, net zo&#8230;als, even<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this example, I think it&#8217;s best to take the girl&#8217;s perspective because she clearly has to make a choice. Should she stay with her normally sweet guy or should she go for Tim who is sweeter than the current guy? The girls arguments of who to pick could be the following:<\/p>\n<p><em>Tim is even knaap als hij.\u00a0<\/em>(Tim is as handsome as he.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Tim is net zo slim als hij.\u00a0<\/em>(Tim is as smart as he.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Deze mannen zijn even liever.\u00a0<\/em>(These men are equally sweet.)<\/p>\n<p>So who should the girl pick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a previous post, I wrote about the incorrect uses of\u00a0als and how\u00a0dan is the correct word to use when pointing out differences in a comparison. 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