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24<br />
Word<br />
ord<strong>er</strong><br />
166<br />
1 Pet<strong>er</strong> komt vanavond naar het feest.<br />
Pet<strong>er</strong> is coming to the party tonight.<br />
2 Vanavond komt Pet<strong>er</strong> naar het feest.<br />
Tonight, Pet<strong>er</strong> is coming to the party.<br />
3 Pet<strong>er</strong> komt vanavond (time) met de fiets (mann<strong>er</strong>) naar het feest (place).<br />
Pet<strong>er</strong> is coming to the party by bike tonight.<br />
Basic word ord<strong>er</strong> in subordinated sentences<br />
A subordinated sentence begins with the part that connects it to the main<br />
or oth<strong>er</strong> subordinated sentence, for instance the subordinating conjunction,<br />
a question word for an indirect question, a relative pronoun. The<br />
connector is followed by the subject, oth<strong>er</strong> sentence parts, and lastly<br />
the conjugated v<strong>er</strong>b. Within the oth<strong>er</strong> sentence parts, the ord<strong>er</strong> is the same<br />
as in a main sentence: time, mann<strong>er</strong>, place. Example:<br />
Pet<strong>er</strong> zegt dat-hij-vanavond-met de fiets-naar het feest-komt.<br />
main sentence connector-subject-time-mann<strong>er</strong>-place-v<strong>er</strong>b<br />
When the ord<strong>er</strong> of main sentence and subordinated sentence is rev<strong>er</strong>sed, the<br />
main sentence must begin with the v<strong>er</strong>b. The v<strong>er</strong>bs of the two sentences<br />
are then on each side of the comma. Example, with the v<strong>er</strong>bs in italics:<br />
Dat Pet<strong>er</strong> vanavond naar het feest komt, vind ik hartstikke leuk.<br />
I think it’s great that Pet<strong>er</strong> is coming to the party tonight.<br />
Positions in a main sentence<br />
Gen<strong>er</strong>ally, a main sentence in Dutch can have six diff<strong>er</strong>ent positions. The<br />
second position is almost always the v<strong>er</strong>b (except in ‘yes–no’ questions or<br />
command sentences); the first position is the subject or anoth<strong>er</strong> sentence<br />
element in which case the subject and the v<strong>er</strong>b are inv<strong>er</strong>ted; the third position<br />
is the subject when it is not in first; the fourth position is the middle<br />
part, which can hold elements such as time, place, objects, prepositional<br />
phrases and oth<strong>er</strong>s; the fifth position is the v<strong>er</strong>b group as we discussed in<br />
the previous section; the sixth position can hold a few elements such as<br />
infinitive constructions with om...teor prepositional phrases.