Many Dutch language learners struggle with Dutch sentence structures.
Probably because it’s so different from English.
As I have mentioned before, there are four important differences (and there’s a fifth one):
1. In Dutch time precedes place:
I go to the supermarket on Saturday. = Ik ga op zaterdag naar de supermarkt.
2. In a Dutch sentence with two verbs, the second verb is put at the end:
I have to work tomorrow. = Ik moet morgen werken.
3. In Dutch the subject and verb are inverted when we start the sentence with time,
place or anything but the subject:
Today we’re going to the beach = Vandaag gaan wij naar het strand.
4. In Dutch we have separable verbs:
I get up at 7 am. (to get up) = Ik sta om 7 uur op. (opstaan)
This overview shows all different kinds of sentence structures.
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