Breakdown of Jullie moeten de tuin altijd blijven verzorgen.
jullie
you (plural)
altijd
always
blijven
to stay
moeten
to have to, must
de tuin
the garden
verzorgen
to care for
Questions & Answers about Jullie moeten de tuin altijd blijven verzorgen.
How does blijven work here to mean "keep taking care of"?
In Dutch, you use blijven (which literally means "to stay" or "to remain") plus the infinitive of another verb to show that an action continues. In this sentence, blijven verzorgen translates to "continue taking care of" or "keep taking care of".
Why are both blijven and verzorgen at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence has three verbs: moeten, blijven, and verzorgen. The conjugated modal verb (moeten) takes the normal second position in the sentence. The rule in Dutch is that all other verbs in the clause get pushed to the very end, forming a "verb stack".
Does the order of the two verbs at the end matter? Could I say "verzorgen blijven"?
The order definitely matters! When you have multiple infinitives stacked at the end of a sentence, the "helping" verb (here, the continuous marker blijven) comes before the main action verb (verzorgen).
What is the difference between verzorgen and just zorgen?
Verzorgen specifically means to tend to, nurture, or actively look after something physical, like a garden, an animal, or a patient. Zorgen usually means "to care" or "to worry," and it requires the preposition voor (zorgen voor) if you want to say you are caring for something.
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