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Practice: Word Order II

Inversie

Dutch keeps the verb in position 2 no matter what comes first. When a time expression, place, or adverb starts the sentence, the subject and verb swap — this is called inversie.
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Key rules for Word Order II

The V2 rule — verb always in position 2

In a Dutch main clause the finite verb is always the second "chunk". When anything other than the subject starts the sentence, the subject moves to position 3 and the verb stays in position 2.

Common fronted elements

Any of these can move to position 1 and trigger inversion. The rule is the same for all of them.

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