Breakdown of Wij zouden niemand anders dan invloedrijke connecties moeten uitnodigen.
wij
we
moeten
to have to, must
zullen
shall / will
uitnodigen
to invite
niemand
no one
dan
than
anders
else / other (than)
invloedrijk
influential
de connectie
the connection (social, abstract)
Questions & Answers about Wij zouden niemand anders dan invloedrijke connecties moeten uitnodigen.
How do we structure a sentence with niemand anders dan?
It acts as a single block that means "nobody but" or "nobody else than". You place it right before the noun or pronoun that is the exception—in this case, invloedrijke connecties. The entire block then functions together as the direct object of the sentence.
Why do we use zouden and moeten together to say "should"?
Why are the verbs moeten and uitnodigen pushed to the very end?
In a Dutch main clause, only the conjugated verb (zouden) takes the second position. All other verbs in the sentence form a "verb cluster" at the end of the clause. This means the entire direct object phrase (niemand anders dan invloedrijke connecties) must come before them.
Why does the adjective invloedrijk get an -e ending here?
Connecties is a plural noun. In Dutch, adjectives placed directly before a plural noun always get an -e ending, regardless of whether there is an article in front of them or not.
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