Breakdown of Deze video blijkt heel vaak op te duiken.
vaak
often
heel
very
deze
this / these
te
to (infinitive marker)
blijken
to turn out / to appear
de video
the video
opduiken
to emerge / to surface
Questions & Answers about Deze video blijkt heel vaak op te duiken.
How would this sentence look if we didn't use the subject raising structure taught in this lesson?
You would use a dat clause with a dummy subject het: Het blijkt dat deze video heel vaak opduikt. By bringing Deze video into the main clause as the subject, the verb opduiken is forced into a te + infinitive construction at the end of the sentence.
Why is the word te placed right in the middle of opduiken?
Opduiken is a separable verb (op + duiken). When a separable verb is used in a te + infinitive construction, the te always goes between the prefix and the core verb, merging into a single word: op te duiken.
Could I use schijnt or lijkt instead of blijkt in this structure, and would it change the meaning?
Yes, grammatically they work exactly the same in this sentence structure. However, the meaning changes based on certainty. Blijkt means it 'turns out' to be true and implies there is proof. Lijkt means it 'seems' true based on your own visual impression. Schijnt means it is rumored or reported by others to happen, but you haven't verified it.
Why does heel vaak come before op te duiken?
In this construction, the evidential verb (blijkt) takes the standard second position as the main conjugated verb. The remaining verb phrase (op te duiken) gets pushed to the very end of the clause. Adverbial phrases like heel vaak (very often) will therefore naturally sit between them.
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