(:title Direct object and possessive/demonstrative:)
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PICS:{$LANG}/wordorderex/DIROB_2.PNG"Position of the specific and non-specific direct object."

A direct object that starts with a [[Pronouns.Po01 | possessive]] or [[Pronouns.De01 | demonstrative pronoun]] is always specific. If I talk about ''my desk'', I am excluding all other possible desks. If ''that desk'' is a bit untidy, I am talking about one particular desk.
 
Specific direct objects are placed at the beginning of the middle part.
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(:cellnr width='33%' class='top' align='left':)Left
(:cell width='34%' colspan='2' class='top' align='center':)Middle
(:cell width='33%' class='top' align='right':)Right
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(:cellnr class='yellow':)[[04 | FF]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[16 | DIROB]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[13 | TIME]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[34 | MISC]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[24 | OV]]
(:cellnr class='yellow':)Zij heeft
(:cell class='orangebold':)haar sleutels
(:cell class='orange':)zojuist
(:cell class='blue':)in de auto
(:cell class='blue':)laten liggen
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(:cellnr class="translation":)She just left her keys in the car. 
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''Haar sleutels'' is a specific direct object, because it refers to a specific set of keys (not my keys or your keys). Because it is a specific direct object, it is placed at the beginning of the middle part. ''In the auto'' is not a PLACE component, because it refers to the [[34 | place of the direct object]], which we find in the right side.
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(:cellnr width='33%' class='top' align='left':)Left
(:cell width='34%' colspan='2' class='top' align='center':)Middle
(:cell width='33%' class='top' align='right':)Right
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(:cellnr class='yellow':)[[04 | FF]]
(:cell class='orange':)[[16 | DIROB]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[28 | MISC]]
(:cell class='blue':)[[24 | OV]]
(:cellnr class='yellow':)Heb je
(:cell class='orangebold':)die film
(:cell class='blue':)op tv
(:cell class='blue':)gezien?
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(:cellnr class="translation":)Did you see that movie on TV? 
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This sentence is a question, which we will deal with later. You can already see that the only change that takes place occurs in the FF: the subject and finite verb have switched places. Further, ''op tv'' is not a PLACE element, because it is not the subject (je) but the direct object (die film) which is on tv.
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