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Jullie zijn jong.

Jullie zijn jong.
You are young.
From Lesson 4:Plural pronouns and 'to be' (wij zijn)·Dutch

Breakdown of Jullie zijn jong.

zijn
to be
jullie
you (plural)
jong
young

Questions & Answers about Jullie zijn jong.

I thought "you" was jij. Why does this sentence use jullie?
Jullie is the plural form of "you" (like "you all" or "y'all" in English). You use it when you are talking directly to two or more people at the same time.
Why do we use zijn here instead of bent for "are"?
Bent is the singular form used with jij. Because jullie is a plural subject, it takes the plural verb form zijn. A helpful trick: all plural pronouns (wij, jullie, and zij) share the exact same plural verb form.
Since jullie is plural, shouldn't the adjective be jonge instead of jong?
No, when an adjective comes after a verb to describe the subject (like "are young"), it never gets an -e ending in Dutch. It stays in its basic form, jong, even if the subject is plural.

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