Questions & Answers about De oppositie wil meer macht.
How would I add evenwel to this sentence to mean 'The opposition, however, wants more power'?
You can place the adverb evenwel (however) directly after the conjugated verb. The sentence becomes: De oppositie wil evenwel meer macht. You could also put it at the very beginning, which triggers inversion (verb before subject): Evenwel wil de oppositie meer macht.
Why is the verb wil rather than wilt, given that de oppositie is a third-person singular subject?
The verb willen (to want) is an exception to the normal present tense rules. For third-person singular subjects (like he, she, or a singular group like de oppositie), both wil and wilt are technically correct, but wil is the accepted standard and is far more common in both everyday and formal Dutch.
Could I use kracht instead of macht to translate 'power' in this context?
No, because they refer to entirely different types of power. Macht means authority, political power, or control. Kracht refers to physical strength, energy, or mechanical force (like the power of an athlete or a machine).
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