Grammatica - loco

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Ik heb ze allebei in de stad gezien. (pronominal object)
I saw them both in town.
I saw both of them in town.
(d) Expressions such as ‘both the brothers’ can be translated as follows,
but the variant with allebei is the most usual in the spoken language:
De twee broers/beide broers gaan naar de markt.
De broers gaan allebei/beiden naar de markt.
Both brothers are going to the market/The brothers are both going to
the market.
(e) Note the following expressions: mijn beide broers ‘both my brothers’,
een van beide(n) ‘one of the two’, geen van beide(n) ‘neither of the
two’, ons beider vriend ‘a friend of both of us’ (a formal genitive
form). In the second and third last examples the n ending is required
when referring to people but is omitted when referring to things.
8.6.8
‘All’ (see also ergens, nergens and overal below)
The way in which ‘all’ is translated into Dutch is similar to the way in
which ‘both’ is translated, i.e. alle(n) behaves like beide(n) and allemaal
like allebei (see 8.6.7).
(a) The basic word is alle and is used as in the expressions dealt with
under 8.6.7, i.e.
alle mensen, alle boeken
all people, all books
Alle (boeken understood) waren duur.
All ([the] books) were expensive.
Allen (mensen understood) moesten de zaal verlaten.
All ([the] people) had to leave the room.
(b) Alle(n) can also follow the verb, as in English, but this sounds a
little formal in Dutch:
Deze boeken waren alle duurder dan €30.
These books were all more expensive than 30 euros.
In this case alle(n) is interchangeable with allemaal, which follows
the verb; this is the most common way of expressing ‘all’ in the
spoken language: