Wij lezen vaak samen in de tuin.

Word
Wij lezen vaak samen in de tuin.
Meaning
We often read together in the garden.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Wij lezen vaak samen in de tuin.

wij
we
lezen
to read
in
in
samen
together
de tuin
the garden
vaak
often
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Questions & Answers about Wij lezen vaak samen in de tuin.

Why does the sentence use Wij instead of We?
In Dutch, Wij is the stressed form of the pronoun (meaning we in English). When you want to emphasize the group doing the action, you use Wij. The unstressed form we often appears in less emphatic contexts or in spoken language.
Why is vaak placed after lezen and before samen?
Dutch word order typically puts the main verb near the start and places adverbs (like vaak) after it. Since samen is another adverb (indicating how you do something), it comes after vaak. The sequence is subject (Wij), verb (lezen), adverb of frequency (vaak), then manner adverb (samen).
What is the function of samen in this sentence?
Samen means together in English and indicates that the action (reading) is done jointly by the group. It adds detail to how the reading is happening.
Is in de tuin always placed at the end of the sentence in Dutch?
Not always. You can change word order for emphasis, but a common pattern is to place phrase elements like in de tuin (telling where something happens) later in the sentence. If you want to emphasize the location, you could start with In de tuin lezen wij vaak samen, but that slightly shifts the focus of the sentence.
Why is the verb lezen not conjugated differently for Wij?
In Dutch, the present tense of many verbs uses the same form for ik (I), jij (you), wij (we), and zij (they) when it's in the plural or infinitive-like form. For lezen, both Wij lezen and Zij lezen share the same spelling and pronunciation.

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