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Infinitive sentences and object

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Infinitive sentences and object

Postby sherlok11 » January 10th, 2012, 3:42 pm

Hi all in this wonderful forum for pure Dutch language lovers!
I am in the middle of learning this new language for me ( just arrived from Italy )
and today I faced this english sentence that created me panic
"I find that learning Arabic language is harder than learning Dutch!\
I translated like this

"Ik vind data ARABISCH TALEN LEREN mokkelijker dan NEDERLANDSE LEREN is!"

..then I asked my self: it is correct to say ARABISCH TALEN LEREN or it is
better to say LEREN ARABISH TALEN? How a real Dutch would say in this case?
Kind Regards to everybody
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Re: Infinitive sentences and object

Postby Quetzal » January 10th, 2012, 7:34 pm

sherlok11 wrote:Hi all in this wonderful forum for pure Dutch language lovers!
I am in the middle of learning this new language for me ( just arrived from Italy )
and today I faced this english sentence that created me panic
"I find that learning Arabic language is harder than learning Dutch!\
I translated like this

"Ik vind data ARABISCH TALEN LEREN mokkelijker dan NEDERLANDSE LEREN is!"

..then I asked my self: it is correct to say ARABISCH TALEN LEREN or it is
better to say LEREN ARABISH TALEN? How a real Dutch would say in this case?
Kind Regards to everybody
ManuStone


The right sentence is "Ik vind dat Arabisch leren makkelijker is dan Nederlands leren" - it's easier if you leave the "taal" out.

What most native speakers would say, however, is "Ik vind Arabisch leren makkelijker dan Nederlands leren", without the "dat" and "is".
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