Questions & Answers about Ik vertrouw Anna niet.
Why is niet placed at the end of the sentence and not directly after vertrouw?
In Dutch, when you negate a verb with a direct object, niet normally comes after the object. Here Anna is the object, so you say Ik vertrouw Anna niet. If there were no object, niet would follow the verb (e.g., Ik spreek niet).
How do you conjugate the verb vertrouwen in the present tense?
vertrouwen is a regular weak verb. Its present‐tense forms are:
- ik vertrouw
- jij/je vertrouwt
- hij/zij/het vertrouwt
- wij/we vertrouwen
- jullie vertrouwen
- zij/ze vertrouwen
Note that the stem is vertrouw- (infinitive minus -en), and you add -t for second and third person singular.
When would I use geen instead of niet?