Breakdown of We controleren de informatie samen met u.
u
you (formal)
samen
together
met
with
controleren
to check
de informatie
the information
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
Questions & Answers about We controleren de informatie samen met u.
Is "u" an object pronoun here? I thought it was only a subject pronoun.
Yes, it is the object of the preposition met ("with"). Unlike the informal pronoun which changes form (jij becomes jou), the formal pronoun u is used for both the subject and the object. It stays exactly the same!
Does "controleren" mean "to control"?
This is a classic false friend! While it looks like "to control", controleren almost always means "to check", "to verify", or "to inspect" in Dutch.
Can I just say "met u" instead of "samen met u"?
Yes! met u just means "with you", which is perfectly correct. Adding samen makes the phrase "together with you", which emphasizes the teamwork.
Why does "samen met u" go at the very end of the sentence?
In Dutch, the direct object (the thing you are checking, which is de informatie) usually comes right after the verb. Extra details, like who you are doing it with (samen met u), generally get pushed toward the end of the sentence.
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