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8 Jun 2022
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What is the difference between kijken and bekijken ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between kijken and bekijken ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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The difference between "bekijken" and "kijken" is that the former is transitive:
"Ik bekijk het boek."
The verb is followed by a direct object, in other words. Whereas "kijken" requires a preposition:
"Ik kijk naar het boek."
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Besides 'kijken' being intransitive (no direct object) and 'bekijken' being transitive (with direct object), there is another difference. 'Bekijken' is looking at something very closely, whereas 'kijken' is just looking.
* Ik kijk. (I look; no direct object)
* Ik kijk naar de foto. (I look at the photo; no direct object)
* Ik bekijk de foto. (I study the photo and look at certain details; with direct object)
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