Learn Dutch: We gaan allemaal naar het overleg. - We are all going to the meeting.

In everyday Dutch, allemaal is the most natural way to say 'all' when referring to a group of people like 'we all' or 'all of us'. Allen is very formal and rarely used in spoken Dutch, while al is usually placed directly before a noun, like in al de mensen (all the people).

Why does allemaal come right after the verb gaan?

In this sentence, allemaal acts like an adverb modifying the pronoun we. In Dutch main clauses, these floating pronouns typically sit directly after the conjugated verb (gaan) and before the prepositional phrase (naar het overleg).

If I want to say 'All of us are going', can I start the sentence with Allemaal van ons?

No, Dutch doesn't translate 'all of us' literally. Instead, you use a subject pronoun paired with allemaal later in the sentence, just like here: We gaan allemaal (literally: We go all). If you really need to emphasize the group at the start, you could say Wij allemaal gaan..., but the sentence structure shown here is much more common.

Is het overleg the same thing as de vergadering?