Word order exercises Wiki Dutch Word Order (EN)

We have now seen sentences with components either before the left or after the right side. It is also possible to combine the two.

You can make all possible combinations, as long as the components are allowed before or after the core sentence.

Examples

• Reduced indirect object and time outside the core sentence:

• Direct object and indirect object outside the core sentence:

The reduced indirect object (haar) is not allowed after the right side but the normal ('unreduced') indirect object (aan haar) is.

• Neuter word order:

• Time and prepositional phrase outside the core sentence:

• Direct object and prepositional phrase outside the core sentence: