(:title Conclusion:) ==== (:div class="noprint" style="font-size:0.85em":) PICS:arrowlink.gif"link" Word order exercises {$WEBTOP}[[AXS:ax.pl?http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/wiki?DutchWordOrder | Wiki Dutch Word Order (EN)]] (:divend:) ==== (:div class="translated":) {$TransBy} ... (:divend:) ==== If you finished reading the entire chapter: Congratulations! You just went through one of the toughest aspects of the Dutch language. In this chapter you have learned what elements a sentence is composed of. For every sentence component, you have been shown the most common position in the sentence. The word order of the subordinate and relative clause is almost the same as that of the main clause. The main difference is the position of the verbs, which are all moved to the end. The 'funny word er' was a small side-track, which I considered somewhat related to the topic of the Dutch worder order. Enough, at least, to dedicate a subchapter to it here. We concluded this chapter by looking at the alternatives for the neuter word order. This is really an advanced topic within a topic that is already difficult enough as it is. As I stated at the beginning, the best way to learn the Dutch word order is to read a lot of Dutch. Yet, understanding the 'logic' that underlies the Dutch word order will speed up the process of acquiring an intuitive sense for the right word order. You may not remember every single detail but you probably have a good idea of the structure of the Dutch sentence.