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A2Pronouns · lesson 16 of 57

Degene, diegene, datgene

English | Dutch

the thing which | [All interchangeable]

datgene wat [formal]

dat wat [common]

wat [common]

the person who

[referring to a specific person] | [All interchangeable]

degene die

d i egene die

the persons who

[referring to specific persons] | [All interchangeable]

degene n die

d i egene n die

anyone who

[referring to a person with a specific quality] | [All interchangeable]

degene die

d i egene die

hij die

wie

anyone who

[referring to a group of persons with a specific quality] | [All interchangeable]

degene n die

d i egene n die

zij die

wie

Zulk(e), zo'n, and dergelijk(e)

Such (a)

English | Dutch

such [singular] | zo'n (from 'zo een')

dergelijk (het-nouns\_

dergelijke (de-nouns)

such [plural] | zulke

dergelijke

uncountable | zulk (het-nouns)

zulke (de-nouns)

dergelijk (het-nouns)

dergelijke (de-nouns)

_Dergelijk_ is a more formal way to say _zulk_ or _zo'n_

Zodanig and dusdanig

Of such a nature, of such a degree

English | Dutch

of such a nature, of such a degree [adjective] | zodanig(e) [formal]

dusdanig [formal]

zulk(e) [common]

of such a nature, of such a degree [adverb] | zodanig [formal]

dusdanig [formal]

zo [common]

Dezelfde and hetzelfde

The same

English | Dutch

the same [singular] | hetzelfde [het-words]

dezelfde [de-words]

the same [plural] | dezelfde

You can also use _ditzelfde, deze zelfde_ (separate words!), _datzelfde,_ or _diezelfde_. They mean roughly the same as _dezelfde/hetzelfde_.

Dezelfde and hetzelfde Exclamative pronouns
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