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Questions & Answers about Ik wil een ander boek.
Why is it ander instead of andere?
In Dutch, adjectives usually get an -e added to the end. However, boek is a het word (het boek). When a het word comes after the indefinite article een (a/an), the adjective before it drops the -e. So it is een ander boek, but it would be het andere boek if you used "the" instead of "a".
Does een ander boek mean "a different book" or "an additional book"?
In this sentence, it specifically means "a different book." In English, "another" can mean either a replacement or one more. In Dutch, if you want an additional book (one more book), you must say nog een boek.
Is wil an irregular verb form?
Yes, willen (to want) is a modal verb, which means it behaves a little differently than regular verbs. However, for the ik (I) form, it follows the normal rule of just using the stem: wil. (It is irregular because the "he/she" forms can also be just wil instead of adding a -t).