Open questions

An open question begins with an interrogative pronoun: who, what, where, etc.

In Dutch, open questions are formed in the same way as in English:

• We add an interrogative word at the beginning of the sentence
• We invert the finite form (subject and finite verb switch places)

The affirmative sentence " You can learn to play the violin" can become:

• " When can you learn to play the violin?"
• " How can you learn to play the violin?"
• " Where can you learn to play the violin?"

In Dutch:

• " Wanneer kun\\* je viool leren spelen?"
• " Hoe kun je viool leren spelen?"
• " Waar kun je viool leren spelen?"

(\*) Recall that we drop _t_ from the stem if inversion takes place with _je/jij_. Thus, _jij kun t_ becomes _kun jij_.