Feel free to just provide example sentences. Report copyright infringement. The owner of it will not be notified. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. Read more comments. Hi, this is quite difficult! All of these linking words are conjunctions. Native speakers use these intuitively most of the time. Even native speakers, including me, use them incorrectly sometimes.
In some cases these conjunctions can be used interchangeably. However, there are some subtle differences and unfortunately, irregularities. It is quite difficult to get the hang of since it requires some feel for the Dutch language. Consider the following example:. In this example, the speaker is giving his personal and subjective justification for having eaten lots of food: he or she was hungry, and therefore decided to eat to satiate their appetite.
Therefore, they're using want to explain their behaviour. Let's look at another example:. Here, an objective explanation is being provided. We're being given the actual objective cause for his smiling: he's happy! Because this sentence is using "because" to share the objective reason for the man's smiling, we use omdat. At first glance, you might ask yourself why this sentence uses want.
This sentence doesn't appear to be "subjective" — after all, a dark sky is objectively likely to herald rain, right? Want is used here because the speaker is justifying what he's just said ; although rain indeed tends to follow a dark sky, the speaker isn't giving us a cause , and thus must use want here.
Perhaps, other people can add more examples to clarify it further. Omdat After 'omdat' in the subordinating clause , you give the reason for 'A' an action or state of affairs in the main clause. A Hij leert Spaans, B omdat hij volgend jaar naar Venezuela verhuist. A He learns Spanish B because he is moving to Venezuela next year. A Haar huis is blauw, B omdat blauw haar lievelingskleur is. A Her house is blue B because blue is her favourite colour. Want We use 'want' in a co-ordinating clause to explain why you said 'A' in the main clause.
A We moeten snel gaan pauzeren, B want ik begin echt moe te worden. A We must take a break soon B because I am really getting tired. A Het zal wel gaan regenen, B want de lucht is erg donker. A It is probably going to rain B because the sky looks very dark. We cannot say: "Het zal wel gaan regenen, omdat de lucht erg donker is", because 'omdat' implies a reason for the state of affairs. Recommended Posts. Trellum 78 Posted February 27, Posted February 27, Like for example: Er wonen in Nederland mensen uit allerlei culturen.
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