Breakdown of Wij evacueren hoe dan ook onmiddellijk.
onmiddellijk
immediately
evacueren
to evacuate
hoe dan ook
in any case / anyway
Questions & Answers about Wij evacueren hoe dan ook onmiddellijk.
The lesson is about using dan after a fronted clause. Is that what is happening here with hoe dan ook?
No, there is no fronted clause here. In this sentence, hoe dan ook is a very common fixed phrase meaning "in any case," "anyway," or "no matter what." You do not need a conditional clause to use it.
Could I put hoe dan ook at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can move it to the front to really emphasize "in any case"! If you do, remember to apply inversion by swapping the subject and the verb: Hoe dan ook evacueren wij onmiddellijk.
Is there a simpler alternative if I forget the phrase hoe dan ook?
Yes, a great alternative at this level is in ieder geval. You could say: Wij evacueren in ieder geval onmiddellijk. Both phrases mean the exact same thing in this context.
The word onmiddellijk has a lot of double letters. How is that suffix pronounced?
It looks intimidating! The most important thing to remember is that the -lijk suffix at the end of Dutch words is always pronounced like "luk" (with a weak, unstressed "uh" sound), never like the English word "like".
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