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A1
1. Definite articles and genderde, het
2. Indefinite article and formal 'you'een, u
3. Big and smallgroot, klein
4. Plural pronouns and 'to be'wij zijn
5. The verb 'to have'hebben
6. Basic word order
7. Numbers 1 to 10een, twee, drie
8. Verb stems and the 'I' formik werk
9. Long vowels in verb stemsmaken, ik maak
10. Short vowels in verb stemszitten, ik zit
11. Present tense singular-t
12. Present tense plural-en
13. Yes/no questions
14. Greetings and politeness
15. Question wordswie, wat, waar
16. Noun negationgeen
17. Plural nouns-en
18. Plural nouns-s
19. Diminutives-je
20. Adjective modifiersheel, erg, te
21. Verb negationniet
22. Singular possessivesmijn, jouw, zijn, haar
23. Plural and formal possessivesons/onze, jullie, hun, uw
24. This and thesedeze, dit
25. That and thosedie, dat
26. Asking whichwelke, welk
27. Numbers 11 to 20elf, twaalf, dertien...
28. Tens and compound numbersdertig, veertig...
29. Ordinal numbers 1st to 10theerste, tweede...
30. Telling time: hours and half hoursuur, half
31. Telling time: quarterskwart over, kwart voor
32. Question wordshoeveel, waarom
33. Irregular verbsdoen, gaan, staan, zien, komen
34. Adjective endings+e
35. Adjectives with 'het' words
36. Prepositions of placeuit, bij
37. Subject-verb inversion
38. Time before place
39. Modal verbswillen, kunnen
40. Modal verbsmoeten, mogen
41. The verb bracket
42. Separable prefix verbs
43. The imperative moodkom, luister
44. Singular object pronounsmij, jou, hem, haar
45. Plural and formal object pronounsons, jullie, hen, u
46. Reflexive verbs and pronounszich, me, je
47. Position of negationniet
48. The present perfect tense with regular verbshebben gewerkt
49. The present perfect tense with motion verbszijn gegaan
50. Irregular past participlesgezien, gedaan
51. The present continuouszijn aan het
52. There is / there areer is, er zijn
53. Unstressed thereer
54. And, but, oren, maar, of
55. Becausewant
56. Months of the year
57. Conversational glue
A2
58. Drawing conclusionsdus
59. Prepositions of timeom, van ... tot
60. Prepositions with daysop
61. Prepositions with seasonsin
62. Genitive of time's morgens, 's nachts
63. Datesde derde mei
64. Adverbs of frequencyaltijd, vaak
65. The future tensegaan
66. The future tensezullen
67. Separable verbs with auxiliary verbs
68. Apostrophe plurals'-s
69. Irregular plurals-eren
70. Complex diminutives-pje, -etje, -kje
71. Possession with vande fiets van mijn broer
72. Possessive 'sJan's, vaders
73. Indefinite pronounsiets, niemand, alles
74. Indefinite subject pronounje
75. Reciprocal pronounelkaar
76. Referring backdie, dat
77. Comparative adjectives-er dan
78. Comparatives with spelling change-der
79. Superlative adjectives-st
80. Irregular comparisonsbeter, meer, minder
81. Expressing preferencegraag, liever, het liefst
82. Equality comparisonseven ... als
83. Fixed prepositions
84. That clausesdat
85. Because clausesomdat
86. If and when clausesals
87. Inversion after clauses
88. Separable verbs in clauses
89. Negation in clausesniet
90. As ... as possiblezo ... mogelijk
91. Past tense of to bewas / waren
92. Past tense of to havehad / hadden
93. Past tense of modal verbswilde, kon, moest, mocht
94. Regular past tense-te, -ten
95. Regular past tense-de, -den
96. Irregular past tensekwam, ging, deed, zag
97. Past events with 'when'toen
98. Negated obligationhoeven niet te
99. Continuous aspect with posture verbszitten te, staan te
100. Infinitive clauseste
101. Purpose clausesom ... te
102. Separable verbs in infinitive clauses
103. Pronominal adverbserop, ermee
104. Split pronominal adverbser ... op
105. Demonstrative pronominal adverbshierop, daarmee
106. Quantitative pronouner
107. Indirect yes/no questionsof
108. Indirect wh-questionswie, wat, waar
109. Relative clauses for de-wordsdie
110. Relative clauses for het-wordsdat
111. Reflexive pronounszich
112. Polite requests and hypotheticalszouden
113. Time clausesvoordat, nadat
114. Clauses of contrasthoewel
115. The past perfect tensehad / hadden
116. Separable verbs in the perfect tense-ge-
117. Inseparable verbs in the perfect tenseno ge-
118. The present passive voiceworden
119. Material adjectives-en
120. Dummy subjecter
121. Questions with prepositionswaarop, waarmee
122. Partitive adjectives-s
123. Adverb word orderTime, Manner, Place
124. Time conjunctionsterwijl, totdat
125. Modal particleseven, eens, maar, toch
126. Simple past passivewerd, werden
127. The passive agentdoor
128. Interrogative determinerswelke, wat voor een
129. Continuous actionblijven
130. Relative clauses for objectswaar + preposition
131. Independent possessive pronounsde mijne, de jouwe
132. Relative clauses with prepositionsmet wie, aan wie
133. Placement of the negatorniet
134. Inversion after sequence adverbsdaarna, toen
135. The unstressed pronoun of placeer
136. Directional adverbsheen, naartoe
137. Causative verbslaten
138. Verbs of perceptionzien, horen
139. Perfect tense with modal verbshebben moeten...
140. Perfect tense with perception and motion verbshebben zien...
141. Impersonal passive voiceer wordt...
142. Verb-first conditional clauseskom je, dan...
143. Indefinite pronominal adverbsergens voor
144. Conjunction of resultzodat
145. Past continuouswas aan het
146. Double conjunctionszowel ... als, of ... of
147. The conjunction unlesstenzij
148. Reflexive verbs in the present perfect
149. Present participle as an adverb-d
150. Present perfect passive voiceis / zijn ...
151. Suggestionslaten we
152. Anticipatory pronominal adverbserop dat, ervan om
153. Dummy subject with infinitiveshet is ... om te
154. Too ... tote ... om te
155. Correlative conjunctionsniet alleen ... maar ook
156. Everyday thingshet moment, de keer
157. Saying and meaningbedoelen, lijken
158. Little wordsmee, af, toe
B1
159. Distributive determinerselke, iedere
160. Distributive pronounsallemaal, beide
161. Quantifying pronounssommige, enkele
162. Fractionsde helft, een kwart
163. Demonstrative determinerszo'n, zulke
164. Identity pronounshetzelfde, dezelfde
165. Emphatic pronoun and adverbzelf, alleen
166. Formal indefinite subjectmen
167. Nominalized adjectives for peoplede zieke, de blinde
168. Nominalized adjectives for conceptshet goede, het leuke
169. Focus adverbszelfs, vooral
170. Time contrast particlesal, pas, nog
171. Adverbs of contrastechter, daarentegen, integendeel
172. Source and opinion prepositionsvolgens, namens
173. Exceptionsbehalve
174. Prepositions of reason and timevanwege, wegens, tijdens
175. Prepositions of concessionondanks
176. Attributive present participles
177. Attributive past participles
178. Present continuous with direct objectsaan het
179. Reflexive pronouns in infinitive clausesom zich te...
180. Probability and assumptionzullen
181. Logical deductionmoeten
182. Present passive with modalsmoet worden...
183. Simple past passive with modalsmoest worden...
184. Past perfect passivewas gedaan
185. Future perfect tensezal hebben...
186. Past conditionalzou hebben...
187. Unfulfilled past obligationshad moeten...
188. Conjunction of reasonaangezien
189. Objective causedoordat
190. Time conjunctionszodra, zolang
191. Sincesinds
192. Concessionondanks dat
193. Just in casevoor het geval dat
194. Provided thatmits
195. Proportionshoe ... hoe
196. Reported speech in the past
197. Reported speech in the past perfect
198. Reported commands
199. Split pronominal adverbsdaar ... mee
200. Moving phrases after the final verbuittreding
201. Relative pronoun for clauses and indefiniteswat
202. Demonstrative pronounsdegene die, datgene wat
203. Progressive changesteeds
204. Placement of enoughgenoeg
205. Circumpositions for movementom ... heen, door ... heen
206. Irregular plurals of classical loanwords-a, -ums
207. Future in the pastzouden
208. Prepositional infinitive clausesdoor te, zonder te
209. Complex subordinating conjunctionszonder dat, in plaats van dat
210. Hypothetical comparisonsalsof
211. Quantitative er with adjectiveser twee rode
212. The reciprocal pronoun with prepositionsmet elkaar
213. Singular units of measure
214. One and a halfanderhalf, anderhalve
215. Time agogeleden
216. Future timeover
217. Groupsmet z'n allen, met z'n tweeën
218. Emphatic reflexive pronouns-zelf
219. Verbs as nouns
220. Emphasishet is ... die, het is ... dat
221. Even ifal
222. Emphasizing in the pasthet was ... die/dat ...
223. Perfect tense auxiliaries for motionhebben / zijn
224. Evidential verbslijken, schijnen, blijken
225. Fixed prepositions with adjectivesop, voor, in, met
226. Abstract noun plurals-heden
227. Word order for direct objects
228. Connectors of additionbovendien, daarnaast, verder
229. Connectors of concessiondesondanks
230. Emphatic possessioneigen
231. Indirect objectsaan, voor
232. Giving it to himhet hem
233. Compound words-s-, -en-
234. Possibility and capabilityzijn / vallen te
235. Past activitieswezen + infinitive
236. Even if / even thoughook al
237. Proportional comparisonshoe ... des te
238. State passivezijn + past participle
239. Impersonal commandsniet roken
240. Perfect tense in subordinate clausesheeft gewerkt / gewerkt heeft
241. Double infinitives in subordinate clausesheeft moeten werken
242. Perfect tense of posture verbsheeft staan wachten
243. The passive with krijgenkrijgen + past participle
244. Explanatory adverbsnamelijk
245. Consensus adverbsimmers
246. Imminent actionop het punt staan te
247. Restrictive clausesvoor zover
248. Perfect infinitivesna te hebben/zijn
249. Irregular noun plurals-en, -eren
250. Placement verbsleggen, liggen, zetten, zitten
251. Knowledge verbskennen, weten
252. Resumptive adverbsdan, zo
253. Split pronominal adverbser ... mee
254. Question tagshè, toch, of niet
255. Distributive frequencyom de
256. Relative pronouns after superlativeswat
257. All vs. all of thealle / al de
258. Moral obligationzouden moeten
259. Opinions vs. thoughtsvinden / denken
260. Neither nornoch ... noch
261. Exclamatory determinerswat een, wat
262. Moderate degree adverbsvrij, tamelijk, nogal, best
263. Adverbial degree modifierwat
264. Discontinued state negationniet meer, geen ... meer
265. Amplified negationhelemaal niet, helemaal niets
266. Inclusive limit prepositionstot en met, tot aan
267. Verbs with intrinsic 'er'eruitzien, ertoe doen
268. First-person offers and proposalszal ik, zullen we
269. Position of "er"
270. Restrictive obligationhoeven alleen maar te
271. Active taskshebben te
272. Not yetnog niet / nog geen
273. Absolute negationgeen enkel
274. Hypothetical conditionsals ... zouden
275. Result clauseszo ... dat
276. Noun gender suffixes
277. Formal conditionsindien
278. Complex past participles
279. Ongoing actionsal / sinds
280. Future plans in the present tense
281. The indefinite pronoun 'wat'wat
282. Clauses of mannerzoals
283. Clauses of circumstancenu
284. Adverbial superlativeshet snelst
285. Anticipatory objecthet
286. Relative clauses for peoplevan wie
287. Relative clauses for objectswaarvan
288. Reciprocal possessiveselkaars
289. Indefinite possessivesiemands, niemands
290. Diminutive vowel doubling-tje
291. Feminine professions-es, -in, -ster
292. Becomingworden / zijn geworden
293. Task-focused continuousbezig zijn met
294. Intensifying comparativesveel / een stuk
295. The most interestingmeer, meest
296. Directional motionnaar binnen, naar boven
297. Placement of alsoook / ook niet
B2
298. Nouns from verbs-ing
299. Nouns from adjectives-heid, -iteit
300. Adjectives of potential-baar
301. Adjectives of absence-loos
302. Verbs of changever-
303. Intensifying compound adjectives
304. Formal relative pronounhetgeen
305. Formal relative possessiveswiens, wier
306. Universal concessive pronouns... dan ook
307. Categorical demonstrativesdergelijke
308. Idiomatic verbser, het
309. State changesraken
310. Passive potentialzich laten
311. Formal obligationdienen te
312. Formal expectationsgeacht worden te
313. Modal concessionmogen
314. Inevitabilitynou eenmaal
315. Clarifying argumentskortom, althans
316. Contrasting pairsenerzijds, anderzijds
317. Formal contrastniettemin, evenwel
318. Resultative adverbszodoende
319. Prepositions of consequenceten gevolge van, naar aanleiding van
320. Prepositions of topicinzake, omtrent, aangaande
321. Prepositions of exceptionbehoudens, ongeacht
322. Proportion clausesnaarmate
323. Dependency clausesnaargelang
324. Negative alternativeslaat staan dat
325. Hypothetical assumptionsstel dat, aangenomen dat
326. Improbable conditionalsmocht
327. Past counterfactuals without zouden
328. Concessive degree clauseshoe ... ook
329. Restrictive conditional clausespas als, alleen wanneer
330. Infinitive clauseste + infinitive
331. Present participial clauses
332. Past participial clauses
333. Extended attributive phrases
334. Formulaic subjunctiveleve, koste wat het kost
335. Genitive relicsdes, der
336. Emphasizing a pointWat ...
337. Managing to do somethingweten te
338. Formal purposeopdat
339. Risks and likelihooddreigen te, beloven te
340. Exceptions and additionsbehalve dat, buiten dat
341. Partly this, partly thatdeels ... deels
342. Causative verbslaten, doen
343. Dual-nature prefixed verbs
344. Resulting state auxiliarykomen te
345. Explanatory conjunctionvandaar dat
346. Topic emphasisdie, dat
347. Verbs of categorizationals
348. Relative clauses for timedat
349. Exclamationsdat
350. Adjectives of similarity-achtig
351. Verbs of repetition and reversalher-, ont-
352. Abstract nouns-schap
353. Adverbial diminutives (-(p)jes)
354. Amplified superlativesaller-, veruit
355. Plurals with trema-eeën, -iën
356. The attributive modal infinitivete + infinitive
357. Transitive verbs with the prefix be-be-
358. Adverbs of manner-wijze, -gewijs, -weg
359. Plurals of professions-lieden, -lui
360. Short responsesvan wel, van niet
361. Adjective order
362. Negative adjectiveson-
363. Stative verbs and the continuous aspect
364. Independent relative clauseswie, wat
365. Emphatic inversionzelden, nauwelijks
366. Prepositional phrases with clauseshet feit dat
367. Physical dimension nouns-te, -de
368. Absolute participial constructionsdat gezegd hebbende
369. Nouns from adjectives-de
370. Reporting hearsayzouden
371. Omitting repeated wordssamentrekking
372. Agent and instrument nouns-er, -aar, -der
373. Continuous and annoying actionsge-
374. Irregular diminutives with vowel shifts
375. Pronominal adverbs with split prepositionseromheen, waartussendoor
376. Multiple infinitives with 'om ... te'om te kunnen werken
377. Adjectival past participlesde vergrote foto
378. Exclusivity and exceptionsniets anders dan
379. Resumptive pronoun 'het'ik ben het
380. Polite requests in the past tense
381. The middle voiceligt lekker, rijdt soepel
382. Attributing causeste danken aan, te wijten aan
383. Adjectives of composition-vrij, -arm, -rijk
384. Quantity phrasestwee kilo appels
385. Invariable adjectivesplastic, roze, gratis
386. Formal prepositions of referencemet betrekking tot, in verband met
387. Geographical proper nounsde Verenigde Staten
388. Right dislocation
389. Evaluative adjectiveste + infinitive
390. Clausal comparisonsdan dat
391. Nominal stylehet + infinitive + van
392. Function verb structures
393. Seeming and appearingblijkt te / schijnt te
394. Wishes and regretshad ik maar / was het maar
395. As for / Regardingwat ... betreft
396. Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses
397. Universal concessive clauses... ook
398. Quantifiers: whole vs. allheel / alle
399. Reflexive prepositional phrasesbij zich, achter zich
400. Past modal deductionsmoet hebben gedaan
401. Negative prefixesmis-, wan-
402. Plural indefinite determinerwat
403. Negated additionevenmin
404. Indefinite numeric aggregates-tallen
405. Past tenses of English loanwordsgeüpdatet
406. Invariant adverbs of degreeeen heel groot huis
407. Persuading and advising with infinitivesom te / te
408. Reflexive placement with full nounszich
409. Proportions and statisticsop de / van de
410. Separable continuous verbsaan het
411. Fronting verbs for focus
412. Dropping dat in spoken Dutch
413. Split noun phrases
414. The imperative conditionalen / of
415. Approximative quantitieseen stuk of...
416. Conversational pronoun drop
417. Impersonal prepositional passiveser wordt... aan gewerkt
418. Possessives with body partsop de rug
419. Reflexive verbs for mistakeszich ver-
420. Dative passives
421. Possessive pronounsdie/dat van
422. Manner of arrivalkomen + infinitive
423. Inseparable back-formation verbs
424. Colloquial possessivesz'n, d'r, hun
425. Compound locative adverbs
426. Multiplicative comparisonskeer zo ... als
427. Prepositional infinitivesom ... mee te
428. State changeszijn / hebben
429. Concessionsweliswaar ... maar
430. Indirect questions of extentin hoeverre
431. Geographical categoriesde stad ...
432. Independent plurals for people-n
433. Perfect continuous aspect...aan het... geweest
434. Complex fractions
435. Mild states and tendencies-erig
436. Pre-emptive negationniet dat ...
437. Minimal conditionshoeven maar te ... of ...
438. Setting aside exceptionsafgezien van
439. Subjective claimsmenen te ...
440. Conditional coordinating adverbsanders
441. Relative adverbs of inclusionwaaronder
442. Dative adjectivesdat is me te...
443. Middle field evaluation adverbs
444. Past habitsals, toen
445. Accompanying circumstancesmet
446. Causal adverbsdaardoor, hierdoor
447. Identity and differencehetzelfde als, een ander dan
448. Except if / unlessbehalve als, behalve wanneer
449. Fluctuationdan weer ..., dan weer ...
450. Citing evidenceblijken uit
451. Concessionszij het
452. Framing clausesnaar...
453. Understatementniet on-...
454. Temporal prepositionsover, binnen, in
455. Avoiding double 'er'daar
456. Countable diminutives-tje, -je
457. Modal passivesmoet worden, moet zijn
458. Counterfactual explanationshet is dat…
459. Even if justal is het maar
460. Formal causesdaar
461. Whoever and whateveral wie, al wat
462. Auxiliary omission in relative clauses
463. Formal plural object pronounshun, hen
464. Domain restrictionsqua, -gezien
465. Iterative verbs-elen, -eren
466. Possession with posture verbshebben ... staan/liggen
467. Tense alignmentnadat
468. Prepositions with people and objectsover hem / erover
469. Ranked superlativesop ... na
470. Role and comparison prepositionsals / zoals
471. Receiving informationkrijgen te
472. Situational causationmaken dat
473. Degree emphasisdes te
474. Unexpected sequenceom vervolgens te
475. Consequential particlesdan ook
476. Resultative statekrijgen
477. Emphatic affirmationof
478. Simultaneous actional + present participle
479. Advanced contrastniet zozeer ... als wel
480. Logical premiseuitgaande van, afgaande op