Word order

Word order: position of adverbs

 

Place and time:

Adverbs (bijwoorden) that indicate time or place are called: Adverbs of place and time. They are usually put at the end of a sentence:

 

If you want to stress the importance of the time; you may put the time at the beginning of the sentence:

 

If there's both a time and a place in a sentence, the place is always before the time:

 

Adverbs of manner:

Adverbs that inidicate how something happens are adverbs of manner. (really, incredibly, terribly, etc). They are put before the word they give information about, if that's an adverb (bijwoord) or and adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord):

 

If the adverb of manner says something about a verb, it's placed at the end of a sentence...

 

... or before the verb:

 

Adverbs of frequency:

Adverbs that indicate how often something occurs, are called adverbs of frequency. They're usually placed before the verb...

 

... or after a form of 'to be' (am / is / are)