Talk:zoals gewoonlijk

RFD discussion: November 2019–December 2022
Dutch, +. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:17, 5 November 2019 (UTC)


 * The usual English expression is, short for as is usual, so the word usual is an adjective. The similar expressions as always and as before use adverbs. I think the word is also an adverb, so the word-by-word translation (as usually) is somewhat unidiomatic. So this is not an open-and-shut SOP case.  --Lambiam 15:02, 5 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. Zeker moet het hier blijven. ;-) - Dentonius (my politics | talk) 04:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Is (also?) an adjective like ? nl.wt has it as adjective and with inflection and as adverb. If so, it could (also?) give: . --幽霊四 (talk) 11:01, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It is both, but I think it is more commonly used as an adverb and deadjectival words suffixed with -lijk are usually primarily adverbs. The inflected adjective gewoonlijke is for instance rather easy to attest. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  19:05, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * We also have . Is the Dutch expression really more soppy than the English one? Fytcha (talk) 23:47, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I would say it is. 1: this form strongly suggests an adverbial interpretation, which is a much less unusual and more productive construction that the English as usual is; 2: just about any Dutch adjective can be used as an adverb, so the substitionability is much higher. If this is kept, why not a whole slew of equivalent attested expressions? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  20:38, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, might as well have zoals altijd, zoals gebruikelijk, zoals soms het geval is, yadda yadda. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 10:14, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Thadh (talk) 15:40, 29 December 2022 (UTC)