A Practical Grammar Introduction to Dutch

Front Matter....Pages 1-10
Introduction....Pages 11-14
Pronunciation....Pages 15-21
Spelling....Pages 22-27
The plural....Pages 28-31
Articles and demonstratives....Pages 32-36
Personal pronouns; the verb....Pages 37-42
The verb; Hebben and zijn. Imperative....Pages 43-49
Reading selections. The place of the verb....Pages 50-53
The adjective. The adverb. Comparison....Pages 54-62
Object pronouns. Reflexives....Pages 63-68
Possessive adjectives....Pages 69-75
Numbers and dates. Currency and measurement....Pages 76-83
Reading selections....Pages 84-90
The past tense (‘weak’ verbs)....Pages 91-96
The past tense (‘strong’ verbs)....Pages 97-103
Some irregular verbs. The past perfect tense....Pages 104-109
Modal auxiliaries. Verb plus infinitive....Pages 110-117
The future. The present participle and the infinitive....Pages 118-123
Review and reading....Pages 124-127
Separable prefixes....Pages 128-134
Conjunctions, relative pronouns....Pages 135-142
Word order: the places in the sentence....Pages 143-152
The word ER. Prepositional compounds....Pages 153-161
Diminutives....Pages 162-167
The passive voice....Pages 168-174
Reading selections....Pages 175-179
Telling time....Pages 180-185
Idiomatic usages of some common verbs....Pages 186-193
Word formation and derivation....Pages 194-200
Three stories....Pages 201-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-245