Breakdown of Zij drinkt koffie in de keuken.
zij
she
drinken
to drink
in
in
de keuken
the kitchen
de koffie
the coffee
Questions & Answers about Zij drinkt koffie in de keuken.
How do I make this into a yes/no question?
To ask "Does she drink coffee...?", you just swap the subject and the verb, putting the verb first. The sentence becomes: Drinkt zij koffie in de keuken? You don't need an extra helper word like "does" in Dutch.
If I change the subject to "you" to ask a question, does the verb change?
Yes, this is a special spelling rule! If you use jij or je (you, singular) in a question, the verb comes first AND it loses its -t ending. So the statement is Jij drinkt (You drink), but the question is Drink jij? (Do you drink?). This dropping rule only happens for "you", not for zij (she) or hij (he).
Can I say ze instead of zij?
Yes. Both zij and ze mean "she". Zij is the stressed form, used when you want to strongly emphasize who is drinking the coffee. Ze is the unstressed form and is used much more often in everyday conversation.
Is the word order the same as in English here?
Mostly, yes. Subject (zij), verb (drinkt), object (koffie), and then the location (in de keuken). However, remember that if we added a time word like "today" (vandaag), it would normally come before the place in Dutch: Zij drinkt vandaag koffie in de keuken.
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