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Verbs
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2 Nominal prefixes formed from what is actually the object of the verb
but which has been used so frequently with certain verbs that the
object has come to be regarded as a verbal prefix and behaves as a
separable prefix, i.e. is joined to the verb in the infinitive and the past
participle. It is however common to write these prefixes separately, e.g.
koffiedrinken ‘to drink coffee’, haarknippen ‘to cut hair’, boekbinden
‘to bind books’, lesgeven ‘to teach’, gelukwensen ‘to congratulate’,
televisiekijken ‘to watch television’, schaatsenrijden ‘to skate’.
3 There are also many verbs whose prefix is adverbial in origin rather
than nominal, e.g. goedkeuren ‘to approve’, misverstaan ‘to
misunderstand’, samengaan ‘to go along’, tegemoetkomen ‘to meet,
fall in with’, teleurstellen ‘to disappoint’, terechtwijzen ‘to reprimand’,
thuiskomen ‘to come home’, volstoppen ‘to cram full’, weergeven ‘to
reproduce’.
11.20.1.1
Tenses of separable verbs
(a) When a separable verb is conjugated in the present and imperfect
tenses, as well as in the imperative, the prefix goes to the end of the
clause:
meegaan ‘to go along’, e.g. Hij gaat/ging ook graag mee.
He wants/wanted to go along too.
opstaan ‘to get/stand up’, e.g. Sta onmiddellijk op!
Get/stand up immediately.
But these prefixes can precede prepositional adjuncts (i.e. any
adverbial expression of time, manner or place that begins with a
preposition), in which case they do not have to stand at the very
end of their clause:
Wij gingen samen na afloop van het programma weg or
Wij gingen samen weg na afloop van het programma.
We left together after the conclusion of the programme.
In formal writing one may be more inclined to find the prefix
standing at the end of the clause in such cases, and the second
option is possibly more usual in speech.
(b) In the future tense or after modals the infinitive of a separable verb
remains as one word at the end of the clause:
Ik zal je opbellen.
I’ll ring you up.