Introduction to Dutch: A Practical Grammar

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction The Dutch language....Pages 1-4
Pronunciation....Pages 5-14
Spelling....Pages 15-18
The Plural....Pages 19-22
The articles, demonstratives....Pages 23-26
Personal pronouns; the verb....Pages 27-31
The verb (continued). Hebben and zijn. Imperative....Pages 32-35
Reading Selections. The place of the verb....Pages 36-38
The adjective. Comparison....Pages 39-43
Object pronouns. Reflexives....Pages 44-48
Possessive and interrogative pronouns....Pages 49-52
Review and Reading....Pages 53-55
Numbers and dates. Currency and units of measurement....Pages 56-61
The verb, past and perfect tenses (weak)....Pages 62-66
The verb (strong)....Pages 67-71
Some irregular verbs. The past perfect tense. Use of tenses....Pages 72-76
Modal auxiliaries. Verb plus infinitive....Pages 77-81
The future. The present participle and the infinitive....Pages 82-86
Review and reading....Pages 87-90
Separable prefixes....Pages 91-95
Conjunctions, relative pronouns....Pages 96-101
Word order: the place of the verb....Pages 102-107
The word ER. Prepositional compounds....Pages 108-112
Diminutives....Pages 113-116
The passive voice....Pages 117-121
Reading....Pages 122-124
Telling time....Pages 125-129
Idiomatic usages of some common verbs....Pages 130-135
Word formation and derivation....Pages 136-140
Groningen....Pages 141-143
Back Matter....Pages 144-196