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This means essentially the same thing as Ze zijn gaan kijken ‘They
went and had a look’.
(c) Laten in such constructions expresses ‘to have something done by
someone else’:
Hij heeft een huis laten bouwen.
He has had a house built.
Ik heb mijn haar laten knippen.
I (have) had my hair cut.
Doen often replaces laten in more formal style and in certain
standard expressions:
De regering heeft het parlementsgebouw doen ontruimen.
The government (has) had parliament house evacuated.
De zon heeft de gewassen vroeger dan gewoonlijk doen rijpen.
The sun made the plants ripen earlier than usual.
Dat was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Note: Doen can be used as a sort of auxiliary in combination with
another infinitive provided the sentence begins with that infinitive.
This expresses a certain emphasis on the verb concerned:
Lezen doet ze wel.
She does read.
(d) There are some pairs of infinitives incorporating the above verbs
which render a new concept in English:
blijven zitten to fail, stay down (at school)
gaan zitten to sit down
blijven staan to stop still, stop walking
doen denken aan to remind (someone of something)
(e) Note the following idiomatic use of hebben which requires no te
before the infinitive that follows it:
Ik heb een tante in Friesland wonen.
I have an aunt living in Friesland.
Zij heeft een prachtige lamp in de hoek staan.
She has a beautiful lamp (standing) in the corner.
The infinitive
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