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Velen (mensen understood) moesten de zaal verlaten.
Many (people) had to leave the room.
Note: In formal literary style a genitive form veler is found, e.g. op veler
verzoek ‘at the request of many’.
8.6.7
‘Both’
(a) The basic word for ‘both’ is beide. It is used in the same way as the
expressions given above, i.e. either as an attributive adjective or as a
pronoun, e.g.
beide mensen, beide boeken
both people, both books
Beide (boeken understood) waren duur.
Both (books) were expensive.
Beiden (mensen understood) zijn vertrokken.
Both (people) departed.
(b) But beide(n) can also follow the verb, as in English, but in Dutch
this sounds rather formal:
Deze boeken waren beide duurder dan €30.
These books were both more expensive than 30 euros.
In this case beide(n) is interchangeable with allebei, which is what is
preferred in the spoken language:
Deze boeken waren allebei duurder dan €30.
(c) In addition, the form allebei is used to translate ‘both of us/you/
them’ and it is not just used with personal pronouns but also with
nominal subjects and objects, e.g.
Mijn ouders gaan allebei naar de markt. (nominal subject)
My parents are both going to the market.
Both my parents are going to the market.
Ze gaan allebei naar de markt. (pronominal subject)
They are both going to the market.
Both of them are going to the market.
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