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OF THE

DUTCH LANGUAGE,

CONTAINING:

AN EXPLANATION OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH; ALL
THE RULES OF SYNTAX, AND A GREAT NUMBER OF
PRACTICAL EXERCICES.

BY

R. VAN DER PYL

SEVENTH EDITION.

REVISED AND IMPROVED.

ROTTERDAM,

WIDOW KRAP & VAN DUYM.
1892/3.

2008-27

Harvard Colege Library

Sept. 3, 1913

Bequest of
Jeremiah Curtin

BOUND JUN 22 1914

Jeremiah Curtin

PREFACE.

By the publication of this Work I hope to fulfill the wish of many Englishmen, who desire to find a practical grammar, by which the means of acquiring the dutch language are simplified and facilitated.

The several parts of speech are arranged in the usual order, and explained with precision, every rule being followed by practical exercises. This mode of teaching being already appreciated, it will not be deemed necessary to point out the utility of it. As to syntax, it is fully treated of in the same manner.

Throughout the whole composition, my chief aim has been to unite ease and simplicity with accuracy and

precision, whilst care has been taken to render the exer

cises progressively difficult, to animate the efforts of the learner.

DORDRECHT.

R. VAN DER PYL.

A PRACTICAL GRAMMAR

OF THE

DUTCH LANGUAGE.

1

DUTCH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the dutch language with propriety.

It is divided into three parts, viz: Ortography, Etymology and Syntax.

Ortography treats of the form and sound of letters, the combination of letters into syllables, and syllables into words. Etymology treats of the different sorts of words, their various modifications, and their derivation.

Syntax treats of the union and right order of words, in the formation of a sentence.

PART I.

Ortography teaches the nature and power of letters and the just method of spelling words.

A letter is the first principle, or least part of a word. The letters of the dutch language, called the dutch alphabet, are twenty six in number.

A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z.

q and x are only used in spelling words, which derive from a foreign language.

Letters are divided into vowels and consonants.

A vowel is a simple sound, formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences, till it ends.

A consonant is an articulate sound which cannot be perfectly uttered without the help of a vowel.

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