"Onze vader leest ons kinderboeken voor."
Translation:Our father reads us children's books.
1 year ago
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Dutchesse722
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From "voorlezen" which is a separable verb and which means to read something aloud while other people listen.
1 year ago
MentalPinball
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Because when you read something for someone, you're reading something they should be reading (because that was their homework, for instance) and they are not doing anything at all. Also: you are reading 'to yourself', silently.
Now, when you read something to someone (or you read them something), you're reading aloud, and they are listening/paying attention.
Hope this helps.
2 months ago
MichaelGre543747
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I don't think so. I think the separable verb needs to wrap around its object.
te voorlezen = to read aloud,
ik lees een boek voor = I read a book aloud or I read aloud a book.
6 months ago