Author | Shetter, William Z. author |
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Title | Introduction to Dutch [electronic resource] : A Practical Grammar / by William Z. Shetter |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974 |
Edition | Fourth Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9224-8 |
Descript | 209 p. online resource |
Introduction: The Dutch language -- 1. Pronunciation -- 2. Spelling -- 3. The plural -- 4. The articles and demonstratives -- 5. Personal pronouns. The verb -- 6. The verb (continued). Hebten and zijn. The imperative -- 7. Reading selections. The place of the verb -- 8. The adjective. Comparison -- 9. The object pronouns. Reflexives -- 10. Possessive and interrogative pronouns -- 11. Review of the pronouns. Reading selection -- 12. Numbers and dates. Currency and units of measurement -- 13. The verb, past and present perfect tenses (weak) -- 14. The verb, past and present perfect tenses (strong) -- 15. Some irregular verbs. The past perfect tense. Use of the tenses -- 16. The modal auxiliaries. Verb plus infinitive -- 17. The future tense. The present participle and infinitive -- 18. Review of verb forms. Reading selection -- 19. Separable prefixes -- 20. Conjunctions. Relative pronouns -- 21. Word order: The place of the verb -- 22. The word ER. Prepositional compounds -- 23. Diminutives -- 24. The passive voice -- 25. Reading: Prinsjesdag -- 26. Telling time -- 27. Idiomatic usages of some common verbs -- 28. Word formation and derivation -- 29. Reading: Gezichten, door Glare Lennart -- Appendix A: A list of the most useful strong and irregular verbs -- Appendix B: Key to the exercises -- Dutch-English vocabulary -- English-Dutch vocabulary