** ''Ben je '''nou''' nog niet klaar?'' ("Are you still not ready yet?")<br>''Nou'' here denotes loss of patience: "Don't tell me you still haven't finished!"
Modal particles may be combined to indicate mood in a very precise way. InWhile this example, fivesome modal particles arecan usedmove toaround indicatefreely utterwhen frustrationstacked within someonecombination, whoothers ishave failingmore tofixed doplaces, somethinglike veryin simplethis combination of temporal modal particles:
* ''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:
* DoeLuister '''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> ("CloseJust close the window, will you?")
However, replacing the "order weakener" '''maar''' by the enhancer '''gewoon''', changes the complete mood of the sentence, now indicating utter frustration with someone who is failing to do something very simple:
▲**''Luister '''dan nou toch gewoon eens even'''!'' ("Listen now just regularly once for a while", meaning: "For once, can you just simply listen for a minute?")
