Breakdown of Ze blijven nieuwe ruimtelijke projecten realiseren.
het project
the project
nieuw
new
blijven
to stay
ze
they; she (unstressed form of zij) / them (object)
Questions & Answers about Ze blijven nieuwe ruimtelijke projecten realiseren.
Why is there no te before realiseren?
When blijven is used to mean 'to keep doing something', it acts as an auxiliary verb. The action being continued (realiseren) is placed at the end of the sentence as a full infinitive without te.
Why is realiseren at the very end of the sentence rather than right after blijven?
This is the classic Dutch verb brace (sometimes called the sentence sandwich). The conjugated auxiliary verb blijven takes the second position, sending the main infinitive realiseren to the end of the clause. The direct object (nieuwe ruimtelijke projecten) gets placed between them.
What exactly does a ruimtelijk project refer to in a Dutch context?
While it literally translates to 'spatial project', in Dutch government and planning, the term ruimtelijke ordening refers to land use, zoning, and urban/regional planning. So these are typically large construction, infrastructure, or land development projects.
Both nieuwe and ruimtelijke get an -e ending here. Is that always the case for multiple adjectives?
Yes! When a noun requires an inflected adjective (which projecten does, because it is a plural noun), every single adjective modifying it in a row gets the -e suffix. You must inflect all of them, not just the one closest to the noun.