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| | Dutch grammar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Structurally, Dutch is a V2 language, which means that the inflected verb is raised to the second position in the main clause. |
 | | The rule Dutch children are taught is the " 't kofschip (the merchant ship) rule", that is, if the verb stem ends with the consonants of 't kofschip (-t, -k, -f, -s, -ch or -p), the past tense dental is a -t-; otherwise it is a -d-. |
 | | Like English, Dutch has two kinds of demonstrative pronouns: one kind (dit, deze) corresponds to the English this or these, and is used for nearby objects; the other kind (die, dat) corresponds to the English that or those and is used for objects at a further distance. |
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