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* ''Luister '''nou toch gewoon eens even'''!'' ("Listen now just regularly once for a while", meaning: "For once, can you just simply listen for a minute?")
 
While some modal particles can move around freely when stacked in combination, others have more fixed places, like the temporal modal particles:
* '''''dan nu toch maar eens even'''''
This combination is used to make an order '''stronger''', and than '''transforming''' that order into a '''weaker''' request:
* Doe '''dan nu''' (this moment + now: indicating impatience) '''toch maar''' (incentive + weakener: indicating transition) '''eens even''' (only this time + a short time: indicating politeness) het raam dicht.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hulshof |first1=H. |title=Forum der Letteren. Jaargang 1987 · dbnl |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_for004198701_01/_for004198701_01_0036.php |website=DBNL |publisher=dbnl |accessdate=27 July 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> ("Close the window, will you?")
 
==See also==