Question 1

Why is the verb aanraden at the very end of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

This is because of zou (would). zou is a helper verb here, and in Dutch, helper verbs push the main action verb (in this case, aanraden) to the end of the sentence in its full dictionary form (the infinitive).

Question 2

I learned that aanraden is a separable verb. Why isn't it split up into raad ... aan here?

Accepted Answer

Separable verbs only split when they are the active, conjugated verb in a normal present or past tense sentence. Because zou is doing that work here, aanraden is pushed to the end as a full infinitive, meaning it stays glued together as one word.

Question 3

Why do we use dat hotel instead of die hotel?

Accepted Answer

In Dutch, hotel is a het word (het hotel). When you want to say that with a het word, you must use dat. You only use die for de words or for plurals.

Question 4

Why does niet come after the object dat hotel instead of before it?

Accepted Answer

When you have a specific direct object (like a word pointing to a specific thing with de, het, deze, or dat), niet usually goes after it. Since dat hotel refers to one specific hotel, niet follows it and sits right before the verb at the end.

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