Word
Ik denk dat de lezer het verhaal anders zal interpreteren.
Meaning
I think that the reader will interpret the story differently.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ik denk dat de lezer het verhaal anders zal interpreteren.
ik
I
het verhaal
the story
zullen
shall / will
denken
to think
Questions & Answers about Ik denk dat de lezer het verhaal anders zal interpreteren.
Why do we use denk here instead of vind?
The verb denken is used when you are making a prediction, expressing a belief, or guessing a fact—in this case, predicting what the reader will do. You use vinden when expressing a personal, subjective opinion about something you have directly experienced, for example if you were to say, "I find the story boring" (Ik vind het verhaal saai).
Why are the verbs zal and interpreteren pushed to the very end of the sentence?
The word dat (that) introduces a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, all verbs are kicked to the end of the sentence. Here, the auxiliary verb zal (will) and the infinitive interpreteren (interpret) group together to form a verb cluster at the very end.
Could I reverse the order of the verbs at the end and say ...interpreteren zal?
Yes, you can! In a subordinate clause, when you have a helping verb like zal and an infinitive like interpreteren, they can usually go in either order. Both ...zal interpreteren and ...interpreteren zal are grammatically correct, though putting the helping verb first is generally more common in modern Dutch.
I've seen anders used to mean "else". How does it mean "differently" here?