It is very common to place something after the right side of the core sentence, especially when you are dealing with long sentence components.
Only the following components can be placed after the right side: Time, manner, place, the indirect object, and the prepositional phrase. This means that a whole bunch of components is not allowed here:
Component | Allowed after the right side?
[Finite formation](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | NO
[Reflexive pronoun](#/lesson/WordOrder.05) | NO
[Reduced indirect object](#/lesson/WordOrder.06) | NO
[reduced direct object](#/lesson/WordOrder.07) | NO
[hier and daar](#/lesson/WordOrder.09) | YES (only if they refer to a location)
[time](#/lesson/WordOrder.13) | YES
[manner](#/lesson/WordOrder.14) | YES
[place](#/lesson/WordOrder.15) | YES
[Direct object](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | NO
[The other verbs](#/lesson/WordOrder.24) | NO (default end of the right side)
[Prefix of a separable verb](#/lesson/WordOrder.25) | NO
[EHD-postposition](#/lesson/WordOrder.29) | NO
[Indirect object](#/lesson/WordOrder.30) | YES
[Complement](#/lesson/WordOrder.31) | NO
[Prepositional phrase](#/lesson/WordOrder.35) | YES
Examples
- Neutral word order:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [TIME](#/lesson/WordOrder.13) | [PLACE](#/lesson/WordOrder.15) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24)
Ze hebben | vorige week | op het Museumplein | een openluchtconcert | gegeven.
They gave an open-air concert on the Museum Square last week.
Place
- Placing the [place](#/lesson/WordOrder.15) element after the right side:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [TIME](#/lesson/WordOrder.13) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24) | [PLACE](#/lesson/WordOrder.15)
Ze hebben | vorige week | een openluchtconcert | gegeven | op het Museumplein
They gave an open-air concert on the Museum Square last week.
Time
- Placing the [time](#/lesson/WordOrder.13) element after the right side:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [PLACE](#/lesson/WordOrder.15) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24) | [TIME](#/lesson/WordOrder.13)
Ze hebben | op het Museumplein | een openluchtconcert | gegeven | vorige week
They gave an open-air concert on the Museum Square last week.
We cannot place the direct object after the right side. "Ze hebben vorige week op het Museumplein gegeven een openluchtconcert", is not possible.
Indirect object
- Neutral word order:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [INDOB](#/lesson/WordOrder.30) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24)
We hebben | een brief | aan de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | gestuurd.
We have sent a letter to the minister of foreign affairs.
- Placing the [indirect object](#/lesson/WordOrder.30) after the right side:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24) | [INDOB](#/lesson/WordOrder.30)
We hebben | een brief | gestuurd | aan de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.
We have sent a letter to the minister of foreign affairs.
Prepositional phrase
It is very common to place the prepositional phrase after the right side. The longer the prepositional phrase, the greater the necessity to place it outside the core sentence.
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [prep](#/lesson/WordOrder.26) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24)
De overheid wil | beperkingen | aan de verkoop van alcohol en tabak aan minderjarigen | opleggen.
The government wants to limit the sales of alcohol and tobacco to underaged persons.
- Placing the [prepositional phrase](#/lesson/WordOrder.26) after the right side:
[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB](#/lesson/WordOrder.16) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24) | [prep](#/lesson/WordOrder.26)
De overheid wil | beperkingen | opleggen | aan de verkoop van alcohol en tabak aan minderjarigen.
The government wants to limit the sales of alcohol and tobacco to underaged persons.