Question Words
Question words are used when asking open questions, i.e. questions that need a fuller answer than just ‘yes’ or ‘no’. These questions are also…
Pronominal Adverbs
A pronominal adverbs is a combination of a preposition and one of the following adverbs of place: er, daar, hier, waar, (n)ergens and overal. The…
Prepositions
There are many prepositions in Dutch. In the first place they usually occur in front of a noun or a noun group (hence the…
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are part of a wider group of words which are all devices linking two linguistic elements in some kind of meaningful relationship. These…
Comparative and Superlative
The comparative and superlative are forms of an adjective which are used to compare two things or people with one another, to evaluate their…
Adjectives
Adjectives are words that qualify nouns. They express a particular quality of the noun, such as colour (geel, rood, zwart) or dimensions (groot, lang,…