Dutch grammar.
Is the sentence “Did I who asked” correct or should one say “It is I who did it”. In other words, must have be conjugated in the first person (I) or in the third person (that)?
Similarly: “It is you who did that” or “It is you who did that”
Asker: Luke, 57 years old
Answer
Dear ludo,
The second alternative is the correct one. The grammatical rule is that the relative pronoun “die” is considered a form of the 3rd person in Dutch. The conjugated verb in a relative clause is therefore always “is”, “has”, and the like.
Answered by
dr. Koen Plevoets
Dutch linguistics
university of Ghent
http://www.ugent.be
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