Word
Bovendien zal de investering u veel tijd besparen.
Meaning
Moreover, the investment will save you a lot of time.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bovendien zal de investering u veel tijd besparen.
u
you (formal)
veel
much / many / a lot of
de tijd
the time
zullen
shall / will
Questions & Answers about Bovendien zal de investering u veel tijd besparen.
Why is the verb zal placed before the subject de investering?
Because the sentence starts with the adverb bovendien (moreover). Whenever you start a main clause with a connector like bovendien, daarnaast, or verder, the conjugated verb must take the second position. This pushes the subject to the third position, right after the verb. This rule is known as inversion.
Can I use daarnaast or verder instead of bovendien here?
Yes, they are very similar in meaning and function. Daarnaast (additionally) and verder (furthermore) also add new information to a previous point. Because they are all adverbs, starting the sentence with any of them will trigger the exact same verb-second word order: Daarnaast zal de investering... or Verder zal de investering....
Why is besparen at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence uses the auxiliary verb zal (will) to express the future tense. In Dutch, the conjugated verb takes the second position in the sentence, while the main action verb (besparen) gets pushed to the very end as an infinitive.
Why does the sentence use u instead of je or jij?