Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

by Oosterhoff; Jenneke

• ISBN13: 9780415774437
• ISBN10: 0415774438
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-04-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.

Author Biography

Jenneke A. Oosterhoff is Senior Lecturer in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Verbs and pronouns	p. 1
Modal auxiliary verbs	p. 11
Questions and question words	p. 15
Numbers and measures	p. 20
Telling the time	p. 30
Articles and nouns	p. 40
The plural of nouns	p. 45
Object pronouns	p. 52
Demonstrative pronouns	p. 58
Possessive pronouns	p. 62
Adjective endings	p. 67
The adjective in comparison	p. 73
Adverbs	p. 78
The adverb er	p. 87
Negatives	p. 92
The diminutive	p. 100
Separable and inseparable verbs	p. 106
The present perfect tense	p. 112
The simple past tense	p. 119
The imperative	p. 126
Reflexive verbs	p. 132
Infinitive constructions	p. 137
Word order	p. 146
Relative clauses	p. 153
Prepositions	p. 157
Appendix: Strong and irregular verbs	p. 169
Key to exercises	p. 175
Index	p. 193
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