The Dutch Grammar Forum

It seems to me that ongelofelijk is colloquial and means emphasis: "super" or "terrible" while ongelooflijk derives van geloven and qualifies something which precisely cannot be beloven. Would you confirm?

Thanks, it seems to be the same with eigen, I think that de eigen beperking (sg) and de eigen beperkingen (pl) are correct, would you confirm?

> Hoe de paradox in de afgelopen twee eeuwen is ontstaan, ...

1/ Is the word order the unique possibility, or can we say

> Hoe de paradox in de twee afgelopen eeuwen is ontstaan

? - German order maybe

2/ Why afgelopen and not afgelopene? De for the plural en afgelopen used as an adjective

Dank u wel! It means "mag" can also express the likelihood of something, an assumption or hypothesis made, here w.r.t. Musk thoughts. A bit like "mögen" in one of its use in German, expressing the potentiality of something as assumed by the one who is speaking. Then in Dutch &quo...

What is the exact meaning/use of "vast" in those sentences? > Dan is de andere vast van mij. > In deze kampen zitten voornamelijk veroordeelde agenten vast van de politie en de veiligheidsdiensten. > Mr Tanner koopt vast van Stephanie. It seems to express provenance (where it comes from) a...

For instance in > Eind 2017 waren er zi'n vijftig tot honderd wasberen gevestigd met name rond Maastricht, die vermoedelijk daarheen getrokken zijn na te zijn ontsnapt uit wildparken. Why precisely daarheen and not daar? Is it exact equivalent to the German "hin"? Is it required by the ver...

Is there a rule for the formation of the plural leading to something like en ending in -eën or -ën ?

E.g., bacterie -> bacteriën (and not bacterien or bacterieën)
idee -> ideeën (and not ideën or ideen)
etc.

Similarly for adjectives financieel -> financiële etc.

How would you translate the following ? > Want Musk mag dan zelf spijt hebben, ... It seems to me that " mogen " primarily means "be allowed to" which can be given also by "can" in English in one of its acceptions and would be closest to "dürfen" in German. Ho...

> Nooit hebben wij gemerkt dat ze het zich aantrok.

How would you translate "ze het zich aantrok" and how colloquial is it?

Is this exactly equivalent :

> Nooit hebben wij gemerkt dat ze erom iets gaf.

What are other way to say ?

Many thanks, but how would you translate then > Het denken is niet voldoende gedacht. I assume that one possible translation is still the past composite passive, > The thought has not been thought enough. or something similar. How do you make the difference between present tense and past passive com...