Breakdown of In plaats van dat het hotel een compensatie aanbiedt, betalen we extra.
een
a/an
betalen
to pay
het hotel
the hotel
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
extra
extra
in plaats van dat
instead of (conjunction)
de compensatie
the compensation
aanbieden
to offer
Questions & Answers about In plaats van dat het hotel een compensatie aanbiedt, betalen we extra.
Why do we use in plaats van dat here instead of just in plaats van with an infinitive?
You must use in plaats van dat when the two clauses have different subjects. Here, the hotel is doing the offering (het hotel), but we are doing the paying (we). If the subject were the same for both actions, you would use in plaats van ... te plus an infinitive.
Why is aanbiedt placed at the very end of the first clause?
The phrase in plaats van dat acts as a subordinating conjunction. Just like omdat or dat, it introduces a subordinate clause, which forces the conjugated verb (aanbiedt) all the way to the end of that clause.
Aanbieden (to offer) is a separable verb. Why isn't it split into biedt ... aan here?
Because this is a subordinate clause! When a separable verb is pushed to the end of a subordinate clause, its prefix (aan) and the conjugated verb (biedt) are pushed back together and written as one single word: aanbiedt.
Why does the second half of the sentence use inverted word order (betalen we instead of we betalen)?
This is because of the V2 (verb-second) rule. The entire first clause (In plaats van dat... aanbiedt) occupies the first position in the overall sentence. To keep the main verb in the second position, betalen must come immediately after the comma, followed by the subject we.
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