Ik vertrouw haar volledig.

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Breakdown of Ik vertrouw haar volledig.

• haar: her
• vertrouwen: to trust
• volledig: fully

Questions & Answers about Ik vertrouw haar volledig.

What function does haar serve in the sentence Ik vertrouw haar volledig?

Here, haar is the direct object pronoun “her.”

• Dutch personal pronouns often distinguish between subject (e.g. zij/ze) and object (e.g. haar).
• Haar can also be a possessive adjective (“her book”), but in Ik vertrouw haar it is clearly the object of vertrouw.

Why isn’t there a preposition like “in” before haar, as in English “trust in her”?

Dutch vertrouwen is a transitive verb, so you can say vertrouwen iemand without a preposition.

• You could also use the intransitive variant vertrouwen op iemand (“to rely on someone”), e.g. Ik vertrouw op haar, but that slightly shifts the nuance toward “I depend on her.”

Why is the adverb volledig placed at the end of the sentence?

Dutch word order for adverbials often follows: Subject – Verb – Object – Adverbs.

• Ik (S) vertrouw (V) haar (O) volledig (Adv).
• Placing volledig earlier (e.g. Ik volledig vertrouw haar) sounds unnatural.
• If you use a separable or modal verb, adverbs can move around, but with a simple transitively used verb like vertrouwen they typically appear after the object.