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A1
1. Singular pronouns and 'to be'ik ben, hij is
2. The formal 'you'u bent
3. Definite articlesde, het
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. Comparative adjectives-er dan
77. Comparatives with spelling change-der
78. Superlative adjectives-st
79. Irregular comparisonsbeter, meer, minder
80. Expressing preferencegraag, liever, het liefst
81. Equality comparisonseven ... als
82. Fixed prepositions
83. That clausesdat
84. Because clausesomdat
85. If and when clausesals
86. Inversion after clauses
87. Separable verbs in clauses
88. Negation in clausesniet
89. Past tense of to bewas / waren
90. Past tense of to havehad / hadden
91. Past tense of modal verbswilde, kon, moest, mocht
92. Regular past tense-te, -ten
93. Regular past tense-de, -den
94. Irregular past tensekwam, ging, deed, zag
95. Past events with 'when'toen
96. Negated obligationhoeven niet te
97. Continuous aspect with posture verbszitten te, staan te
98. Infinitive clauseste
99. Purpose clausesom ... te
100. Separable verbs in infinitive clauses
101. Pronominal adverbserop, ermee
102. Split pronominal adverbser ... op
103. Demonstrative pronominal adverbshierop, daarmee
104. Quantitative pronouner
105. Indirect yes/no questionsof
106. Indirect wh-questionswie, wat, waar
107. Relative clauses for de-wordsdie
108. Relative clauses for het-wordsdat
109. Reflexive pronounszich
110. Polite requests and hypotheticalszouden
111. Time clausesvoordat, nadat
112. Clauses of contrasthoewel
113. The past perfect tensehad / hadden
114. Separable verbs in the perfect tense-ge-
115. Inseparable verbs in the perfect tenseno ge-
116. The present passive voiceworden
117. Material adjectives-en
118. Dummy subjecter
119. Questions with prepositionswaarop, waarmee
120. Partitive adjectives-s
121. Adverb word orderTime, Manner, Place
122. Time conjunctionsterwijl, totdat
123. Modal particleseven, eens, maar, toch
124. Simple past passivewerd, werden
125. The passive agentdoor
126. Interrogative determinerswelke, wat voor een
127. Continuous actionblijven
128. Relative clauses for objectswaar + preposition
129. Independent possessive pronounsde mijne, de jouwe
130. Relative clauses with prepositionsmet wie, aan wie
131. Placement of the negatorniet
132. Inversion after sequence adverbsdaarna, toen
133. The unstressed pronoun of placeer
134. Directional adverbsheen, naartoe
135. Causative verbslaten
136. Verbs of perceptionzien, horen
137. Perfect tense with modal verbshebben moeten...
138. Perfect tense with perception and motion verbshebben zien...
139. Impersonal passive voiceer wordt...
140. Verb-first conditional clauseskom je, dan...
141. Indefinite pronominal adverbsergens voor
142. Conjunction of resultzodat
143. Past continuouswas aan het
144. Double conjunctionszowel ... als, of ... of
145. The conjunction unlesstenzij
146. Reflexive verbs in the present perfect
147. Present participle as an adverb-d
148. Present perfect passive voiceis / zijn ...
149. Suggestionslaten we
150. Anticipatory pronominal adverbserop dat, ervan om
151. Dummy subject with infinitiveshet is ... om te
152. Too ... tote ... om te
153. Correlative conjunctionsniet alleen ... maar ook
154. Everyday thingshet moment, de keer
155. Saying and meaningbedoelen, lijken
156. Little wordsmee, af, toe
B1
157. Distributive determinerselke, iedere
158. Distributive pronounsallemaal, beide
159. Quantifying pronounssommige, enkele
160. Fractionsde helft, een kwart
161. Demonstrative determinerszo'n, zulke
162. Identity pronounshetzelfde, dezelfde
163. Emphatic pronoun and adverbzelf, alleen
164. Formal indefinite subjectmen
165. Nominalized adjectives for peoplede zieke, de blinde
166. Nominalized adjectives for conceptshet goede, het leuke
167. Focus adverbszelfs, vooral
168. Time contrast particlesal, pas, nog
169. Adverbs of contrastechter, daarentegen, integendeel
170. Source and opinion prepositionsvolgens, namens
171. Exceptionsbehalve
172. Prepositions of reason and timevanwege, wegens, tijdens
173. Prepositions of concessionondanks
174. Attributive present participles
175. Attributive past participles
176. Present continuous with direct objectsaan het
177. Reflexive pronouns in infinitive clausesom zich te...
178. Probability and assumptionzullen
179. Logical deductionmoeten
180. Present passive with modalsmoet worden...
181. Simple past passive with modalsmoest worden...
182. Past perfect passivewas gedaan
183. Future perfect tensezal hebben...
184. Past conditionalzou hebben...
185. Unfulfilled past obligationshad moeten...
186. Conjunction of reasonaangezien
187. Objective causedoordat
188. Time conjunctionszodra, zolang
189. Sincesinds
190. Concessionondanks dat
191. Just in casevoor het geval dat
192. Provided thatmits
193. Proportionshoe ... hoe
194. Reported speech in the past
195. Reported speech in the past perfect
196. Reported commands
197. Split pronominal adverbsdaar ... mee
198. Moving phrases after the final verbuittreding
199. Relative pronoun for clauses and indefiniteswat
200. Demonstrative pronounsdegene die, datgene wat
201. Progressive changesteeds
202. Placement of enoughgenoeg
203. Circumpositions for movementom ... heen, door ... heen
204. Irregular plurals of classical loanwords-a, -ums
205. Future in the pastzouden
206. Prepositional infinitive clausesdoor te, zonder te
207. Complex subordinating conjunctionszonder dat, in plaats van dat
208. Hypothetical comparisonsalsof
209. Quantitative er with adjectiveser twee rode
210. The reciprocal pronoun with prepositionsmet elkaar
211. Singular units of measure
212. One and a halfanderhalf, anderhalve
213. Time agogeleden
214. Future timeover
215. Groupsmet z'n allen, met z'n tweeën
216. Emphatic reflexive pronouns-zelf
217. Verbs as nouns
218. Emphasishet is ... die, het is ... dat
219. Even ifal
220. Emphasizing in the pasthet was ... die/dat ...
221. Perfect tense auxiliaries for motionhebben / zijn
222. Evidential verbslijken, schijnen, blijken
223. Fixed prepositions with adjectivesop, voor, in, met
224. Abstract noun plurals-heden
225. Word order for direct objects
226. Connectors of additionbovendien, daarnaast, verder
227. Connectors of concessiondesondanks
228. Emphatic possessioneigen
229. Indirect objectsaan, voor
230. Compound words-s-, -en-
231. Possibility and capabilityzijn / vallen te
232. Past activitieswezen + infinitive
233. Even if / even thoughook al
234. Proportional comparisonshoe ... des te
235. State passivezijn + past participle
236. Impersonal commandsniet roken
237. Perfect tense in subordinate clausesheeft gewerkt / gewerkt heeft
238. Double infinitives in subordinate clausesheeft moeten werken
239. Perfect tense of posture verbsheeft staan wachten
240. The passive with krijgenkrijgen + past participle
241. Explanatory adverbsnamelijk
242. Consensus adverbsimmers
243. Imminent actionop het punt staan te
244. Restrictive clausesvoor zover
245. Perfect infinitivesna te hebben/zijn
246. Irregular noun plurals-en, -eren
247. Placement verbsleggen, liggen, zetten, zitten
248. Knowledge verbskennen, weten
249. Resumptive adverbsdan, zo
250. Split pronominal adverbser ... mee
251. Question tagshè, toch, of niet
252. Distributive frequencyom de
253. Relative pronouns after superlativeswat
254. All vs. all of thealle / al de
255. Moral obligationzouden moeten
256. Opinions vs. thoughtsvinden / denken
257. Neither nornoch ... noch
258. Exclamatory determinerswat een, wat
259. Moderate degree adverbsvrij, tamelijk, nogal, best
260. Adverbial degree modifierwat
261. Discontinued state negationniet meer, geen ... meer
262. Amplified negationhelemaal niet, helemaal niets
263. Inclusive limit prepositionstot en met, tot aan
264. Verbs with intrinsic 'er'eruitzien, ertoe doen
265. First-person offers and proposalszal ik, zullen we
266. Position of "er"
267. Restrictive obligationhoeven alleen maar te
268. Active taskshebben te
269. Not yetnog niet / nog geen
270. Absolute negationgeen enkel
271. Hypothetical conditionsals ... zouden
272. Result clauseszo ... dat
273. Noun gender suffixes
274. Formal conditionsindien
275. Complex past participles
276. Ongoing actionsal / sinds
277. Future plans in the present tense
278. The indefinite pronoun 'wat'wat
279. Clauses of mannerzoals
280. Clauses of circumstancenu
281. Adverbial superlativeshet snelst
282. Anticipatory objecthet
283. Relative clauses for peoplevan wie
284. Relative clauses for objectswaarvan
285. Reciprocal possessiveselkaars
286. Indefinite possessivesiemands, niemands
287. Diminutive vowel doubling-tje
288. Feminine professions-es, -in, -ster
289. Becomingworden / zijn geworden
290. Task-focused continuousbezig zijn met
291. Intensifying comparativesveel / een stuk
292. Directional motionnaar binnen, naar boven
293. Placement of alsoook / ook niet
B2
294. Nouns from verbs-ing
295. Nouns from adjectives-heid, -iteit
296. Adjectives of potential-baar
297. Adjectives of absence-loos
298. Verbs of changever-
299. Intensifying compound adjectives
300. Formal relative pronounhetgeen
301. Formal relative possessiveswiens, wier
302. Universal concessive pronouns... dan ook
303. Categorical demonstrativesdergelijke
304. Idiomatic verbser, het
305. State changesraken
306. Passive potentialzich laten
307. Formal obligationdienen te
308. Formal expectationsgeacht worden te
309. Modal concessionmogen
310. Inevitabilitynou eenmaal
311. Clarifying argumentskortom, althans
312. Contrasting pairsenerzijds, anderzijds
313. Formal contrastniettemin, evenwel
314. Resultative adverbszodoende
315. Prepositions of consequenceten gevolge van, naar aanleiding van
316. Prepositions of topicinzake, omtrent, aangaande
317. Prepositions of exceptionbehoudens, ongeacht
318. Proportion clausesnaarmate
319. Dependency clausesnaargelang
320. Negative alternativeslaat staan dat
321. Hypothetical assumptionsstel dat, aangenomen dat
322. Improbable conditionalsmocht
323. Past counterfactuals without zouden
324. Concessive degree clauseshoe ... ook
325. Restrictive conditional clausespas als, alleen wanneer
326. Infinitive clauseste + infinitive
327. Present participial clauses
328. Past participial clauses
329. Extended attributive phrases
330. Formulaic subjunctiveleve, koste wat het kost
331. Genitive relicsdes, der
332. Emphasizing a pointWat ...
333. Managing to do somethingweten te
334. Formal purposeopdat
335. Risks and likelihooddreigen te, beloven te
336. Exceptions and additionsbehalve dat, buiten dat
337. Partly this, partly thatdeels ... deels
338. Causative verbslaten, doen
339. Dual-nature prefixed verbs
340. Resulting state auxiliarykomen te
341. Explanatory conjunctionvandaar dat
342. Topic emphasisdie, dat
343. Verbs of categorizationals
344. Relative clauses for timedat
345. Exclamationsdat
346. Adjectives of similarity-achtig
347. Verbs of repetition and reversalher-, ont-
348. Abstract nouns-schap
349. Adverbial diminutives (-(p)jes)
350. Amplified superlativesaller-, veruit
351. Plurals with trema-eeën, -iën
352. The attributive modal infinitivete + infinitive
353. Transitive verbs with the prefix be-be-
354. Adverbs of manner-wijze, -gewijs, -weg
355. Plurals of professions-lieden, -lui
356. Short responsesvan wel, van niet
357. Adjective order
358. Negative adjectiveson-
359. Stative verbs and the continuous aspect
360. Independent relative clauseswie, wat
361. Emphatic inversionzelden, nauwelijks
362. Prepositional phrases with clauseshet feit dat
363. Physical dimension nouns-te, -de
364. Absolute participial constructionsdat gezegd hebbende
365. Nouns from adjectives-de
366. Reporting hearsayzouden
367. Omitting repeated wordssamentrekking
368. Agent and instrument nouns-er, -aar, -der
369. Continuous and annoying actionsge-
370. Irregular diminutives with vowel shifts
371. Pronominal adverbs with split prepositionseromheen, waartussendoor
372. Multiple infinitives with 'om ... te'om te kunnen werken
373. Adjectival past participlesde vergrote foto
374. Exclusivity and exceptionsniets anders dan
375. Resumptive pronoun 'het'ik ben het
376. Polite requests in the past tense
377. The middle voiceligt lekker, rijdt soepel
378. Attributing causeste danken aan, te wijten aan
379. Adjectives of composition-vrij, -arm, -rijk
380. Quantity phrasestwee kilo appels
381. Invariable adjectivesplastic, roze, gratis
382. Formal prepositions of referencemet betrekking tot, in verband met
383. Geographical proper nounsde Verenigde Staten
384. Right dislocation
385. Evaluative adjectiveste + infinitive
386. Clausal comparisonsdan dat
387. Nominal stylehet + infinitive + van
388. Function verb structures
389. Seeming and appearingblijkt te / schijnt te
390. Wishes and regretshad ik maar / was het maar
391. As for / Regardingwat ... betreft
392. Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses
393. Universal concessive clauses... ook
394. Quantifiers: whole vs. allheel / alle
395. Reflexive prepositional phrasesbij zich, achter zich
396. Past modal deductionsmoet hebben gedaan
397. Negative prefixesmis-, wan-
398. Plural indefinite determinerwat
399. Negated additionevenmin
400. Indefinite numeric aggregates-tallen
401. Past tenses of English loanwordsgeĂ¼pdatet
402. Invariant adverbs of degreeeen heel groot huis
403. Persuading and advising with infinitivesom te / te
404. Reflexive placement with full nounszich
405. Proportions and statisticsop de / van de
406. Separable continuous verbsaan het
407. Fronting verbs for focus
408. Dropping dat in spoken Dutch
409. Split noun phrases
410. The imperative conditionalen / of
411. Approximative quantitieseen stuk of...
412. Conversational pronoun drop
413. Impersonal prepositional passiveser wordt... aan gewerkt
414. Possessives with body partsop de rug
415. Reflexive verbs for mistakeszich ver-
416. Dative passives
417. Possessive pronounsdie/dat van
418. Manner of arrivalkomen + infinitive
419. Inseparable back-formation verbs
420. Colloquial possessivesz'n, d'r, hun
421. Compound locative adverbs
422. Multiplicative comparisonskeer zo ... als
423. Prepositional infinitivesom ... mee te
424. State changeszijn / hebben
425. Concessionsweliswaar ... maar
426. Indirect questions of extentin hoeverre
427. Geographical categoriesde stad ...
428. Independent plurals for people-n
429. Perfect continuous aspect...aan het... geweest
430. Complex fractions
431. Mild states and tendencies-erig
432. Pre-emptive negationniet dat ...
433. Minimal conditionshoeven maar te ... of ...
434. Setting aside exceptionsafgezien van
435. Subjective claimsmenen te ...
436. Conditional coordinating adverbsanders
437. Relative adverbs of inclusionwaaronder
438. Dative adjectivesdat is me te...
439. Middle field evaluation adverbs
440. Past habitsals, toen
441. Accompanying circumstancesmet
442. Causal adverbsdaardoor, hierdoor
443. Identity and differencehetzelfde als, een ander dan
444. Except if / unlessbehalve als, behalve wanneer
445. Fluctuationdan weer ..., dan weer ...
446. Citing evidenceblijken uit
447. Concessionszij het
448. Framing clausesnaar...
449. Understatementniet on-...
450. Temporal prepositionsover, binnen, in
451. Avoiding double 'er'daar
452. Countable diminutives-tje, -je
453. Modal passivesmoet worden, moet zijn
454. Counterfactual explanationshet is dat…
455. Even if justal is het maar
456. Formal causesdaar
457. Whoever and whateveral wie, al wat
458. Auxiliary omission in relative clauses
459. Formal plural object pronounshun, hen
460. Domain restrictionsqua, -gezien
461. Iterative verbs-elen, -eren
462. Possession with posture verbshebben ... staan/liggen
463. Tense alignmentnadat
464. Prepositions with people and objectsover hem / erover
465. Ranked superlativesop ... na
466. Role and comparison prepositionsals / zoals
467. Receiving informationkrijgen te
468. Situational causationmaken dat
469. Degree emphasisdes te
470. Unexpected sequenceom vervolgens te
471. Consequential particlesdan ook
472. Resultative statekrijgen
473. Emphatic affirmationof
474. Simultaneous actional + present participle
475. Advanced contrastniet zozeer ... als wel
476. Logical premiseuitgaande van, afgaande op