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waar . . . vandaan where . . . from<br />

waar + prep. (see Relative pronouns, 8.5.3)<br />

Direct question Wat heeft hij in zijn hand?<br />

What has he got in his hand?<br />

Indirect question Ik weet niet wat hij in zijn hand heeft.<br />

I don’t know what he has in his hand.<br />

Direct question Waar komt ze vandaan?<br />

Where does she come from?<br />

Indirect question Ik weet niet waar ze vandaan komt.<br />

I don’t know where she comes from.<br />

Direct question Welke boeken hadden ze gelezen?<br />

What books had they read?<br />

Indirect question Hij vroeg welke boeken ze gelezen<br />

hadden.<br />

He asked which books they had read.<br />

Direct question In hoeverre zal dat mogelijk zijn?<br />

To what extent will that be possible?<br />

Indirect question Ik weet niet in hoeverre dat mogelijk<br />

zal zijn.<br />

I don’t know to what extent that will be<br />

possible.<br />

Note: Often a superfluous subordinating of or dat is used after these<br />

words in colloquial speech, but the practice should be avoided (see also<br />

12.2.1.1, 12.2.1.9 (b)):<br />

Ik vroeg me af hoe of ze dat had kunnen doen.<br />

I wondered how she had been able to do that.<br />

Ik weet niet waar of ze de bruiloft willen houden.<br />

I don’t know where they want to hold the wedding.<br />

Kun je me zeggen waar dat hij woont?<br />

Can you tell me where he lives?<br />

The same words are used as subordinating conjunctions in combination<br />

with ook to express ‘whoever’, ‘wherever’ etc. (see 8.6.5):<br />

wat . . . ook whatever<br />

wie . . . ook whoever<br />

Interrogative<br />

adverbs and<br />

pronouns<br />

introducing<br />

indirect<br />

questions<br />

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