Breakdown of We spelen vandaag binnen.
vandaag
today
spelen
to play
binnen
inside
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
Questions & Answers about We spelen vandaag binnen.
The English translation says "We are playing", but isn't spelen just "we play"?
Yes, we spelen means both "we play" and "we are playing". Dutch does not commonly use a separate "are doing" form like English does, so the simple present tense is usually all you need to show that something is happening right now.
Why does vandaag (today) come before binnen (inside)?
Dutch sentence structure usually follows a rule called Time-Manner-Place. This means that words telling you when something happens (vandaag) come before words telling you where it happens (binnen).
How would I add niet to this sentence to say we are NOT playing inside today?
You would say: We spelen vandaag niet binnen. When you want to say that an action does not happen at a certain place, the negative word niet goes right before the location word (binnen).
If binnen means "inside", how would we say "We are playing outside today"?
The word for "outside" is buiten. You would just swap the location words and say: We spelen vandaag buiten.