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1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 12111 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 41111 (de) WAO* 3 Wet op de Arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering invalid pension wo. woensdag Wednesday wsch. waarschijnlijk probably (de) WW* 3 Werkloosheidswet unemployment benefits za. zaterdag Saturday Z., Zld. Zeeland Zeeland (province) z.g., zgn. zogenaamd(e)/zogenoemd so-called z.g.a.n. zo goed als nieuw as good as new Z.-H. Zuid-Holland South Holland (province) z.i. zijns inziens in his opinion Z.K.H. Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid His Royal Highness ZM Zijne Majesteit His Majesty zo. zondag Sunday z.o.z. zie ommezijde p.t.o. 3In de WW zitten ‘to be on unemployment benefits/the dole’, in de WAO zitten ‘to be on an invalid pension’; the latter can also be expressed as Hij loopt in de ziektewet. Common Dutch abbreviations 415

416 Glossary of grammatical terms ABSTRACT NOUN A noun having an abstract (i.e. non-concrete) meaning, commonly made with an abstract suffix, e.g. gezelligheid ‘cosiness’. ACCUSATIVE (CASE) The case of the direct object in a sentence. ACTIVE The active is the opposite of the passive. ‘He is/was reading a book’ is an example of a sentence in the active (i.e. the normal present/past tense) whereas the passive of this would be ‘The book is/was being read by him’. ACUTE The name of the accent placed on certain vowels in a few loanwords as well as for indicating stress in Dutch words, e.g. logé ‘house guest’. ADJECTIVE That part of speech which modifies or limits a noun, e.g. ‘the large house’. ADVERB That part of speech which modifies or limits a verb, an adjective or another adverb, e.g. ‘He’s driving slowly, a very large car, terribly slowly’. ADVERB OF MANNER An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes how the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They go to school by tram’. ADVERB OF PLACE An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes where the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They are at school’. ADVERB OF TIME An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes when the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They don’t go to school on Saturdays’. ADVERBIAL CONJUNCTION An adverb that is used as a conjunction, i.e. to join two clauses, but which also functions as an adverb in causing inversion of subject and verb in its clause as it functions as the first idea in the clause, unlike co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions. ADVERBIAL PREFIX An adverb that is functioning as a verbal prefix. (See ‘separable verbs’ and ‘inseparable verbs’.) AGENT A person or a doer of the action of a verb in a clause.

416<br />

Glossary of grammatical<br />

terms<br />

ABSTRACT NOUN A noun having an abstract (i.e. non-concrete) meaning,<br />

commonly made with an abstract suffix, e.g. gezelligheid ‘cosiness’.<br />

ACCUSATIVE (CASE) The case of the direct object in a sentence.<br />

ACTIVE The active is the opposite of the passive. ‘He is/was reading a<br />

book’ is an example of a sentence in the active (i.e. the normal<br />

present/past tense) whereas the passive of this would be ‘The book<br />

is/was being read by him’.<br />

ACUTE The name of the accent placed on certain vowels in a few loanwords<br />

as well as for indicating stress in Dutch words, e.g. logé ‘house guest’.<br />

ADJECTIVE That part of speech which modifies or limits a noun, e.g.<br />

‘the large house’.<br />

ADVERB That part of speech which modifies or limits a verb, an adjective<br />

or another adverb, e.g. ‘He’s driving slowly, a very large car, terribly<br />

slowly’.<br />

ADVERB OF MANNER An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes how<br />

the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They go to school by<br />

tram’.<br />

ADVERB OF PLACE An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes where<br />

the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They are at school’.<br />

ADVERB OF TIME An adverb or adverbial phrase that describes when<br />

the action of a clause is being performed, e.g. ‘They don’t go to school<br />

on Saturdays’.<br />

ADVERBIAL CONJUNCTION An adverb that is used as a conjunction, i.e.<br />

to join two clauses, but which also functions as an adverb in causing<br />

inversion of subject and verb in its clause as it functions as the<br />

first idea in the clause, unlike co-ordinating and subordinating<br />

conjunctions.<br />

ADVERBIAL PREFIX An adverb that is functioning as a verbal prefix. (See<br />

‘separable verbs’ and ‘inseparable verbs’.)<br />

AGENT A person or a doer of the action of a verb in a clause.

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