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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1 The Dutch language -- Chapter 1 Pronunciation -- 1.1 Vowels -- 1.2 Diphthongs -- 1.3 Consonants -- 1.4 Pronunciation of the ending -en -- 1.5 Assimilation -- 1.6 Stress -- Chapter 2 Spelling -- 2.1 Spelling rules: closed and open syllables -- 2.2 The relationship between f and v, s and z -- Chapter 3 The plural -- 3.1 The plural in -en -- 3.2 The plural in -s -- 3.3 Other plurals -- Chapter 4 Articles and demonstratives -- 4.1 The definite article -- 4.2 The indefinite article -- 4.3 Demonstratives -- Chapter 5 Present tense and word order -- 5.1 Present tense -- 5.2 Spelling -- 5.3 Yes/no questions -- 5.4 Word order in the Dutch sentence -- Chapter 6 Pronouns: subject and object -- 6.1 Subject forms -- 6.2 Object pronouns used for the object of a verb -- 6.3 Subject or object pronoun die -- 6.4 A sentence with two objects: direct and indirect -- Chapter 7 Possessive adjectives and pronouns -- 7.1 Possessive adjectives -- 7.2 Adjective endings after possessives -- 7.3 Possessive pronouns -- Chapter 8 Pronouns: reflexives and indefinite -- 8.1 Reflexive pronouns -- 8.2 Indefinite pronouns -- 8.3 Use of the pronouns -- 8.4 Table of all pronouns in Dutch -- Chapter 9 The verb -- hebben and zijn and the imperative -- 9.1 Verbs with stems ending in -t or -d -- 9.2 The verbs gaan, staan, slaan, doen, zien -- 9.3 The verb komen -- 9.4 The verbs hebben and zijn -- 9.5 The imperative -- Chapter 10 Negation -- 10.1 Geen -- 10.2 Niet -- 10.3 Special negations -- Chapter 11 Adjectives, adverbs and comparison -- 11.1 Adjectives -- 11.2 Exceptions -- 11.3 Adverbs -- 11.4 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs -- 11.5 The superlative used as an adverb -- Chapter 12 Numbers and dates, currency and measurement, telling the time -- 12.1 Cardinal numbers -- 12.2 Ordinal numbers -- 12.3 Dates