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    Dutch Grammar for Beginners
    Dutch Grammar for Beginners
    Dutch Grammar for Beginners
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    Dutch Grammar for Beginners

    By Alain de Raymond

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    • Are you a beginner learning Dutch?
    • Looking for basic help with your grammar?
    • Can you use a book covering your questions?
    • Do you like a practical approach and want to do exercises?

    A book about Dutch grammar
    In Dutch Grammar for Beginners, all the basics of the Dutch grammar are covered. In over 60 chapters of selected topics, students learn how to conjugate verbs, use the negative, understand the usage of er and much more.

    Specific attention is given to the differences between English and Dutch, so readers will better grasp how the grammar of the Dutch language is different from English. Many translated examples illustrate the consequences of the grammar rules.

    The book also contains exercises to practice those topics, and links to videos are included for further studying.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlain de Raymond
    Release dateAug 18, 2022
    ISBN9798215423820
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      Dutch Grammar for Beginners - Alain de Raymond

      Dutch grammar

      for beginners

      With exercises

      © Alain de Raymond, 2022

      All rights reserved

      To everyone who supported me while writing this book – especially my parents.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Dutch grammar for beginners............

      1. Pronouns.....................................

      1.1 Personal pronouns as a subject....................

      1.2 The possessive.................................

      1.3 Personal pronouns as objects.....................

      1.4 Jij, je, jouw, jou...............................

      1.5 Hun, hen, ze..................................

      1.6 Indicative pronouns: die, dat, deze, dit..............

      2. Verbs........................................

      2.1 The present tense..............................

      2.2 The verb to be.................................

      2.3 To have......................................

      2.4 Niet & geen: the negative........................

      2.5 The imperative................................

      2.6 Moeten: to have to.............................

      2.7 Kunnen and mogen.............................

      2.8 Future tense and willen..........................

      2.9 Graag.......................................

      2.10 To like......................................

      2.11 Zou: would, should and could....................

      2.12 To prefer....................................

      2.13 The present continuous.........................

      2.14 The perfectum................................

      2.15 The imperfectum.............................

      2.16 To let: laten..................................

      2.17 To mean: bedoelen, betekenen, menen.............

      2.18 To continue..................................

      2.19 Reflexive verbs...............................

      2.20 Separable verbs..............................

      2.21 I don’t remember.............................

      2.22 Passive.....................................

      2.23 To know: kennen or weten?.....................

      3. Word order and conjunctions......................

      3.1 Normal sentence structure.......................

      3.2 Inversion.....................................

      3.3 The catapult or bijzin: verbs at the end.............

      3.4 Als, zoals, of..................................

      3.5 After: na, nadat, daarna.........................

      3.6 Before: voor, vroeger, vorig......................

      4. Adjectives and others............................

      4.1 Adjectives plus -e..............................

      4.2 The comparative...............................

      4.3 The superlative................................

      4.4 Soms, sommige or som: some.....................

      4.5 Druk, bezig: busy..............................

      4.6 Very: heel, veel, zeer............................

      4.7 All: alle, allen, alles & anderen....................

      4.8 Most, mostly: meeste, meestal, vooral...............

      4.9 Other: anders, andere, anderen...................

      5. Nouns........................................

      5.1 The article: de or het?...........................

      5.2 Plural of nouns................................

      5.3 Time: keer or tijd?.............................

      5.4 The diminutive................................

      5.5 Half or helft..................................

      6. Other grammar................................

      6.1 Er..........................................

      6.2 Om te.......................................

      6.3 Te..........................................

      6.4 Nog.........................................

      6.5 Only: enkel, alleen, maar, enige...................

      6.6 Maar........................................

      6.7 Toch........................................

      6.8: The prepositions aan, bij and op..................

      6.9 Eens........................................

      6.10 Even.......................................

      6.11 Ook & wel...................................

      6.12 Dan........................................

      7. Solutions......................................

      8. List of irregular Dutch verbs......................

      9: More Dutch...................................

      10: About the author..............................

      Get my ebook for free here and subscribe to my newsletter with tips to learn Dutch.

      Introduction: Dutch grammar for beginners

      Hallo!

      Thanks for buying this book.

      It’s designed as a reference book with exercises for beginners. It’s based on my experience teaching Dutch to English speaking foreigners.

      These students regularly ask the same questions and have the same grammar issues when learning Dutch. You’ll find these answers and issues in this book.

      Where possible, I added exercises for which you will find the solutions at the end of the book.

      Even though certain topics will be a bit advanced, some of the explanations will be simplified. Dutch is a language of exceptions.

      Some topics won’t even be ‘pure’ grammar, but have some rules and that’s why I included them.

      The chapters are grouped as follows:

      Pronouns

      Verbs (plus the negative)

      Conjunctions and word order

      Adjectives

      Nouns

      Rest

      Happy learning,

      Alain

      1. Pronouns

      1.1 Personal pronouns as a subject

      The personal pronouns, are similar to the English pronouns. In the table below shows the pronouns as a subject, the person or thing doing the action in the sentence, as in:

      •  Hij ziet het huis. (He sees the house)

      When using the endings with -ij, the pronoun is stressed. Endings with -e do not emphasise it:

      •  Jij moet dat doen, niet ik! (You have to do it, I don’t)

      •  Je moet dat doen. (You have to do it, it’s you who has to do it but that fact doesn’t matter much)

      She and they both use zij/ze. The conjugation of the verb (see chapter 2.1) will show which one it is:

      •  Zij drinken. (they drink)

      •  Zij drinkt. (she drinks)

      There are three ways to say you:

      •  Jij zwemt. (You swim - singular informal)

      •  U zwemt. (You swim - singular and plural formal)

      •  Jullie zwemmen. (You swim - plural informal)

      ‘Het’ is used for it.

      •  Het is interessant. (It’s interesting)

      Explanation in a video: https://youtu.be/69iFiEymTbs

      1.2 The possessive

      Just as in English, the possessive shows who owns something:

      Uw is used for the formal ‘your’, jouw and je for informal ‘your.’ Jouw is with emphasis, je without:

      •  Dit is jouw auto. (it is your car, not someone else’s)

      •  Dit is je auto. (it's your car, no need to stress it’s yours)

      Ons is used with nouns taking het as an article, onze with nouns taking de:

      •  Zie je ons boek? (do you see our book?)

      •  Daar zijn onze gerechten. (there are our dishes)

      Explanation in a video: https://youtu.be/nJ71-fN80Jg

      1.3 Personal pronouns as objects

      Personal pronouns are the pronouns used as an object of the sentence, e.g. He wants me.

      Mij, jou and hun are used with emphasis, me, je, ze in the plural without.

      •  Zie je mij? (Do you see me? The others are less important)

      Haar and ze can both be used, ze is used more often in Belgium, haar in the Netherlands.

      Het is used for nouns taking het as an article,

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