Breakdown of De onderhandelaar adviseert de politie om het gebouw te omsingelen en het geweld te beëindigen.
en
and
het gebouw
the building
de politie
the police
te
to (infinitive marker)
Questions & Answers about De onderhandelaar adviseert de politie om het gebouw te omsingelen en het geweld te beëindigen.
How does the object control structure work in this sentence with adviseert?
The verb adviseren takes an object—here, de politie—and an infinitive clause with om ... te. Even though de onderhandelaar is the subject of the main sentence, the object (de politie) acts as the semantic subject of the infinitive clauses. This means the police are the ones who will actually perform the surrounding and ending.
Why is there no om before het geweld te beëindigen?
When you link two om ... te infinitive clauses with en (and), you usually drop the second om to avoid repetition. You still keep the te before the second verb, which is why it is written as en het geweld te beëindigen rather than repeating the om.
Why is it te omsingelen? Shouldn't te go between the prefix and the verb, like om te singelen?
While many verbs with the prefix om- are separable (like omdraaien becoming om te draaien), omsingelen (to surround) is an inseparable verb. Because it cannot be split, the word te is placed directly in front of the entire verb.
Is beëindigen also an inseparable verb?