Breakdown of Waar vind ik een advocaat die het contract wil lezen?
ik
I
een
a/an
lezen
to read
vinden
to find
waar
where
willen
to want
het contract
the contract
die
who / that (relative pronoun)
de advocaat
the lawyer
Questions & Answers about Waar vind ik een advocaat die het contract wil lezen?
Why do we use die here for "who"?
In Dutch relative clauses, the word for "who", "which", or "that" depends on the noun it points back to. Because advocaat is a de-word (de advocaat), we use die. If it were a het-word, we would use dat.
Why are the verbs wil and lezen pushed to the very end of the sentence?
The part of the sentence starting with die is a relative clause (a type of subclause). In Dutch, all verbs in a subclause must move to the very end.
Could I change the order at the end and say lezen wil instead?
Yes, you can! When you have a conjugated verb like wil and an infinitive like lezen at the end of a subclause, you can put them in either order. Both wil lezen and lezen wil are perfectly correct.
Why does the sentence start with vind ik instead of ik vind?
Because this is a question starting with a question word (waar). This forces the verb (vind) to jump right in front of the subject (ik).
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