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Questions & Answers about Ik heb informatie nodig.
Why is nodig placed at the end of the sentence instead of right after heb?
In Dutch main clauses you follow the V2 rule: the finite verb (heb) occupies the second position and the subject (Ik) is often first. The adjective nodig is part of the predicate and therefore comes after the direct object (informatie). The fixed construction is nodig hebben (“to need”), but you split it around the object:
Ik (subject) + heb (verb) + informatie (object) + nodig (predicate adjective).
Why isn’t there an article like een informatie?
Informatie is normally an uncountable noun in Dutch, so you don’t use een. If you want to express “some information,” you can say wat informatie or enige informatie, but you wouldn’t use een informatie in this context.
What part of speech is nodig here?
Here nodig is an adjective functioning as a predicate complement in the verb phrase nodig hebben. It describes the requirement itself. If you use it attributively (“necessary information”), you say noodzakelijke informatie or nodige informatie before the noun.
How do I make the negative: “I don’t need information”?