When a Dutch sentence carries several kinds of information, they line up as time, then manner, then place: ik ga elke dag met de fiets naar het werk. Frequency words like altijd, vaak and nooit belong to the time slot and come early.
Examples
- Ik ga elke dag met de fiets naar het werk.
- I cycle to work every day.
- Wij eten bijna nooit buiten de deur.
- We almost never eat out.
- Zij sport twee keer per week in de sportschool.
- She exercises twice a week at the gym.
The mistake to avoid
Dutch uses one negative: ik ga nooit, never "ik ga niet nooit".
Where this fits in
Daily routines & habits, Dutch A2: Talk about what you do every day, at what time, and how often. Reflexive verbs and frequency adverbs.