Dutch grammar

Subject and verb always together (Ik werk)

If you wanna add, you either add details, before or after (Ik werk in Amsterdam)

If you wanna add more details: Subject- Verb- Time- Misc.- Place

  • “Ik werk morgen in Amsterdam”

    • I’ll be working in Amsterdam tomorrow

  • “Ik werk morgen misschien in Amsterdam”

    • “Maybe I’ll be working in Amsterdam tomorrow”

If you have 2 verbs, the 2nd verb is at the end

  • “I want to sleep in my own bed tonight” - want and sleep are both verbs

  • “Ik wil vanavond in mijn eigen bed slapen”

Object and time

If an object is specific, it goes before time

  • '“Ik zag mijn vriend gisteren op de market”

    • “I saw my friend yesterday at the market”

If an object is unspecific, it goes after time

  • “Ik zag gisteren een vriend op de market”

    • “I saw a friend yesterday at the market”

“Ik kijk die film ieder jaar” - I see that film every year

  • so actually, Subject- Verb- *SPEC.object* - Time- *UNSPEC.object* - Misc.- Place

    • With object A and B being the options for it’s placement (not both at once) based on the specificity of the object

  • Commands - When giving a command, the action word’s at the end

    • Laat hem het boek lezen! - let him read the book!

  • Longer sentences with 'that'

    • Hij zegt dat hij een boek leest - he says that he reads a book