Word
Ik ben een student en ik ben moe.
Meaning
I am a student and I am tired.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Ik ben een student en ik ben moe.
The current lesson is about plural pronouns like wij (we). How would this sentence change if it were 'We are students and we are tired'?
The verb ben (am) changes to the plural form zijn (are). Also, student becomes plural (studenten) and we drop the article een (a). The sentence becomes: Wij zijn studenten en wij zijn moe.
Could I say Ik ben student without the word een?
Yes! In Dutch, you can often leave out the word een (a or an) when stating your profession, identity, or role. Both Ik ben een student and Ik ben student are perfectly correct.
Does the word en (and) change the word order of the second half of the sentence?
No, en simply glues two normal sentences together without mixing up the words. The second part (ik ben moe) keeps the standard subject-verb order, exactly like the first part.
How do I pronounce the word moe?
The Dutch letter combination oe sounds like the English 'oo' in 'shoe'. So moe is pronounced exactly like the English word 'moo' (the sound a cow makes)!