No. 3,827 in Dutch
vanmiddag
This afternoon.
In a sentence
Ik ga vanmiddag naar de winkel.
I'm going to the store this afternoon.
The word "vanmiddag" is used to indicate the timeframe "this afternoon."
Vanmiddag hadden we een belangrijke vergadering.
This afternoon, we had an important meeting.
Here, "vanmiddag" refers to a past afternoon for a completed event.
Kunnen we vanmiddag samen lunchen?
Can we have lunch together this afternoon?
In this context, "vanmiddag" denotes the time "this afternoon" for a proposed activity.
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