Questions & Answers about Ze wil deze jurk hebben.
Why do we use 'deze' here instead of 'dit' for 'this'?
We use deze because jurk (dress) is a de word (de jurk). In Dutch, you use deze to say 'this' for de words, and dit for het words.
Does 'wil' mean 'will', like in the future tense?
No, wil is a false friend! It looks like the English word 'will', but the Dutch verb willen actually means 'to want'. So ze wil means 'she wants', not 'she will'.
Why is it 'ze wil' and not 'ze wilt'? Doesn't the 'she' form usually get a '-t' at the end?
willen (to want) is a special, irregular verb. For the singular forms like he, she, and it, the most natural and common form in Dutch is just wil without the -t at the end. While ze wilt technically exists, ze wil is what you will hear most native speakers say.
Why is 'hebben' (to have) placed at the very end of the sentence?
This is a standard Dutch word order rule. When you have a sentence with two verbs—like wil (wants) and hebben (to have)—the second verb gets pushed all the way to the end of the sentence in its full dictionary form (the infinitive).