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De in de jaren vijftig gebouwde huizen zijn gehorig.
De man die in de hoek de krant zit te lezen, is ernstig ziek.
The man reading the paper in the corner of the room is seriously ill.
(present participle)
8.5.12
For omission of a relative ‘that’ in English see 12.2.1.1.
8.6
8.6.1
Indefinite pronouns
Onbepaalde voornaamwoorden
‘One’
The English pronoun ‘one’ has an exact equivalent in Dutch, which is
men. Like its English counterpart, men belongs more in formal speech
and writing than in everyday language. In conversation it is commonly
replaced by unstressed je or ze (i.e. ‘they’, see 11.12.4.9). It differs from
English, however, in that men can only serve as a subject pronoun; when
the object is needed, je (i.e. unstressed jou) or iemand is used in colloquial
style; in formal style a passive is often used (see 11.12.4.9):
Als een leraar je tussen de middag in een klaslokaal vindt,
word je gestraft.
If a teacher finds one in a classroom at lunchtime one is punished.
The possessive ‘one’s’ is rendered by zijn and the reflexive ‘oneself’ by
zich:
Men moet jaarlijks zijn belasting betalen.
One has to pay one’s taxes every year.
Men probeert zich te amuseren.
One tries to enjoy oneself.
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‘Everyone’, ‘everybody’
The most usual word is iedereen. Occasionally just ieder (also ieders
‘everyone’s’) is used. In more formal style een ieder and elkeen are also
found:
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