Word order

4 important questions on Word order

Position of adverbials of place is when?

An adverbial of place shows where something happened, they generally have front and end position. When an adverbial of place and an adverbial of indefinite time occur side by side the adverbial of place usually precedes the time.

The positions of adverbials of manner?

Tells us how something is done, they usually are at the end or after a verb. They can also be immediately after the last verb if there are more. Well and badly are always put at the end of the sentence.

The position of the direct and indirect object?

The object comes after the predicator. The indirect object usually precedes the direct object.
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What is the difference between indefinite time and definite time?

Indefinite time only has signaal woorden and definite time tells us exactly when it took place.

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