Dutch simple sentence word order

Before you starting to speak Dutch. You may stop and thinking how you going to put the words in the sentence. Here below are two form to remember of Dutch word order in a simple sentence.

Dit dat die deze dutch demonstrative adjectives

There are rules also for Dutch demonstrative adjectives. To express this, that, those and these in Dutch can refer to the table below.

Pronoun it - Het Hij or zij

When we are using it as a subject pronoun to call or replace a noun. There are rules in Ducth. Hij means he, het is it and ze is they. But when you are refer to a noun, then they have to changed as following rules.

Dutch Object pronouns - het hem ze hen hun jou mij

From the last lesson we have learned about Dutch Subject pronouns. Dutch object pronouns (persoonwoord) is much like English. For example:

my-mijn your-jouw Dutch Possessive adjectives

Possessive pronouns/adjectives (Bezitwoord) use to indicate to whom an object belongs.
Dat is mijn boek. - That is my book.
Hun boeken zijn nieuw. - Their books are new.

hebben - to have in Dutch

Verb to have is used to express possessions. Also in Dutch is hebben. It'is irregular verb, that can use many ways. Table below is simple present tense form of hebben.

Zijn - ben bent and is

The meaning of zijn is 'to be' - Ik ben Paula (I am Paula). We use zijn (to be) to describe people, thing and also to make statements. Zijn is changed follow the subject of the sentence.

De persoon - Dutch personal subject pronoun

When you say 'Ik ben Sara - I am Sara', Ik and I are personal subject. In every sentence includes subject.

In Dutch called onderwerp(subject) or persoonlijk voornaamwoord (personal pronoun), you can see in the table below:

Dutch stress and spelling changes

Stress (klemtoon)

There are no rules on stress in Dutch. Many Dutch words carry the main stress on the first syllable, but some don't. Listening and practice speaking from dutch speakers is the best way to learn to understand the right words pronunciation.

Dutch prefixes be-, ge-, her-, ont- and ver- never take the stress. The following words stressed are guided to the stress right.

Vowels and Consonants in Dutch

The most difficult of learning Dutch is the pronunciation. Dutch is sound related to German and English, but The Dutch matering the g, ch and r. Don't be afraid to speak it out. Below guides you how to the Dutch vowels(klinkers) and consonants(medeklinkers).

Pronunciation of the Dutch alphabet

Dutch is written with the Latin alphabet. It is the same as in English. The pronunciation of each letter is shown in the box below.

het meervoud - how to plurals in Dutch

a, e, o, i, u, y , ij are vowels.
b, c, d , f, g , h, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, z are consonants.

De tijd... about time in dutch

De tijd or time in dutch are there the way to ask as following :


Hoe laat is het?   -   What time is it?
Weet u hoe laat het is ?   -   Do you know what time it is ?

How to use mijn, je, uw in dutch?

Mijn, je, uw  are words that show ownership. There are example is the use as below.

De en Het

De en Het both are mean "the", in dutch each noun is begin different by De or Het.

Dag en Hallo....How are you?

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To greet in dutch can use:

Hallo     -     Hello.
Dag     -     Hello/Hi
Goedemorgen     -     Good Morning.
Goedemiddag     -      Good Afternoon.
Goedenavond    -    Good Evening.
Hoi     -     Hi.

Wie bent u?...Ik ben... the way to introduce yourself in dutch.

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It's poped up in my mind that when first day i arrived here and meet dutch people. A friend of my husband asked my name. I really not understood that time, but now I know how to say or present ourself.