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Chapter 16<br />

Negation<br />

Ontkenning<br />

16.1<br />

16.1.1<br />

Position of niet/nooit<br />

The negative follows:<br />

(a) Adverbs of time<br />

Ik kom morgen niet.<br />

I’m not coming tomorrow.<br />

But for emphasis it can precede expressions of time, in which case<br />

an alternative time is either stated or implied:<br />

We willen het dit jaar niet doen.<br />

We don’t want to do it this year. But for emphasis:<br />

We willen het niet dit jaar doen (maar volgend jaar).<br />

We don’t want to do it this year (but next).<br />

Note: Niet always precedes altijd and vaak although the latter are<br />

expressions of time:<br />

Zijn verhalen worden niet altijd/vaak geloofd.<br />

His tales are not always/often believed.<br />

(b) Definite direct objects<br />

The negative follows the direct object as long as it is definite, i.e.<br />

preceded by de or het, deze or dit, die or dat, a possessive or a<br />

pronoun:<br />

Hij heeft het/dit/dat/zijn boek nooit gelezen. (definite)<br />

He has never read the/this/that/his book.

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