Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 0.1 The Dutch language
• Chapter 1 Pronunciation
• 1.1 Vowels
• 1.2 Diphthongs
• 1.3 Consonants
• 1.4 Pronunciation of the ending -en
• 1.5 Assimilation
• 1.6 Stress
• Chapter 2 Spelling
• 2.1 Spelling rules: closed and open syllables
• 2.2 The relationship between f and v, s and z
• Chapter 3 The plural
• 3.1 The plural in -en
• 3.2 The plural in -s
• 3.3 Other plurals
• Chapter 4 Articles and demonstratives
• 4.1 The definite article
• 4.2 The indefinite article
• 4.3 Demonstratives
• Chapter 5 Present tense and word order
• 5.1 Present tense
• 5.2 Spelling
• 5.3 Yes/no questions
• 5.4 Word order in the Dutch sentence
• Chapter 6 Pronouns: subject and object
• 6.1 Subject forms
• 6.2 Object pronouns used for the object of a verb
• 6.3 Subject or object pronoun die
• 6.4 A sentence with two objects: direct and indirect
• Chapter 7 Possessive adjectives and pronouns
• 7.1 Possessive adjectives
• 7.2 Adjective endings after possessives
• 7.3 Possessive pronouns
• Chapter 8 Pronouns: reflexives and indefinite
• 8.1 Reflexive pronouns
• 8.2 Indefinite pronouns
• 8.3 Use of the pronouns
• 8.4 Table of all pronouns in Dutch
• Chapter 9 The verb; hebben and zijn and the imperative
• 9.1 Verbs with stems ending in -t or -d
• 9.2 The verbs gaan, staan, slaan, doen, zien
• 9.3 The verb komen
• 9.4 The verbs hebben and zijn
• 9.5 The imperative
• Chapter 10 Negation
• 10.1 Geen
• 10.2 Niet
• 10.3 Special negations
• Chapter 11 Adjectives, adverbs and comparison
• 11.1 Adjectives
• 11.2 Exceptions
• 11.3 Adverbs
• 11.4 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
• 11.5 The superlative used as an adverb
• Chapter 12 Numbers and dates, currency and measurement, telling the time
• 12.1 Cardinal numbers
• 12.2 Ordinal numbers
• 12.3 Dates
• 12.4 Units of currency, measures and time
• 12.5 Telling the time
• Chapter 13 The past tense: “weak” verbs
• 13.1 Weak and strong verbs
• 13.2 Simple past of weak verbs
• 13.3 The past participle
• 13.4 The present perfect
• 13.5 Past tenses of English verbs used in Dutch
• Chapter 14 The past tense: “strong” verbs
• 14.1 Simple past of strong verbs
• 14.2 Vowel changes in the stem
• 14.3 Conjugation with hebben or zijn?
• 14.4 Past participle without ge-
• Chapter 15 Some irregular verbs; the past perfect tense
• 15.1 Irregular verbs
• 15.2 Past perfect tense
• 15.3 Use of the tenses
• 15.4 Verb + preposition
• Chapter 16 Modal auxiliaries, verbs plus infinitive
• 16.1 Modal auxiliaries
• 16.2 The constructions mogen van, moeten van and niet hoeven van
• 16.3 Negation of modals
• 16.4 Independent use of modals
• 16.5 The verb laten and others used in association with an infinitive
• 16.6 Modal verbs, laten and other verbs with (te) + infinitive in past tenses
• 16.7 te + infinitive
• Chapter 17 The future, the continuous, the present participle and the infinitive
• 17.1 The future
• 17.2 The continuous
• 17.3 The present participle
• 17.4 The infinitive
• Chapter 18 Colloquial speech and writing
• 18.1 Particles
• 18.2 Word order and combinations of particles
• 18.3 Spoken language versus written language
• Chapter 19 Separable and inseparable prefixes
• 19.1 Stressed separable prefixes
• 19.2 Separable verbs in the sentence
• 19.3 Inseparable prefixes
• 19.4 Stressed inseparable prefixes
• Chapter 20 Conjunctions and relative pronouns
• 20.1 Coordinating conjunctions
• 20.2 Subordinating conjunctions
• 20.3 Relative pronouns
• Chapter 21 Prepositions
• 21.1 Most commonly used prepositions
• 21.2 Verb + preposition
• 21.3 Noun or adjective + preposition
• 21.4 er + preposition
• 21.5 Preposition follows noun
• Chapter 22 Word order: position of the verb in the sentence
• 22.1 The conjugated part of the verb in second position
• 22.2 The conjugated part of the verb in first position
• 22.3 The conjugated part of the verb in final position
• 22.4 Restating the three positions
• 22.5 The negating adverb niet
• Chapter 23 The word er, prepositional compounds
• 23.1 Functions of er
• 23.2 er + preposition
• 23.3 Special cases involving er + preposition
• Chapter 24 Diminutives
• 24.1 Forms of the diminutive
• 24.2 Diminutives as adverbs
• 24.3 Using the diminutive
• Chapter 25 The passive voice
• 25.1 The passive construction
• 25.2 Tenses in the passive
• 25.3 Passive and non-passive
• 25.4 Modal verbs
• 25.5 Impersonal passive
• 25.6 When is the passive voice used?
• Chapter 26 Idiomatic usages of some common verbs
• 26.1 Aspectual meanings of some verbs
• 26.2 Idiomatic usages
• 26.3 Some easily confused pairs
• Chapter 27 Word formation and derivation
• 27.1 Compounding
• 27.2 Derivation by suffix
• 27.3 Stress shift in derivation
• 27.4 Derivation by prefix
• Chapter 28 Going on
• 28.1 Dutch grammars—intermediate and advanced
• 28.2 Dictionaries
• 28.3 Reading
• 28.4 The Internet
• 28.5 Other resources
• 28.6 Histories of the Dutch language
• 28.7 Books on the Netherlands and Flanders
• Strong and irregular verbs in common use
• Key to the exercises
• Dutch–English vocabulary
• Index