Breakdown of Ga je nooit naar de bioscoop?
naar
to
gaan
to go / to go off (of an alarm)
de bioscoop
the cinema
nooit
never
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
Questions & Answers about Ga je nooit naar de bioscoop?
Why is it Ga je instead of Gaat je?
When you ask a question using je or jij (you), the verb comes before the subject. In Dutch, when a verb comes before je or jij, it drops the -t at the end. For the irregular verb gaan (to go), the normal form jij gaat becomes ga je.
The English translation says 'Do you never go', but where is the word for 'do' in the Dutch sentence?
Dutch does not use a translation of 'do' to make questions like English does. Instead, you simply swap the order of the subject and the verb. 'You go' is je gaat, and 'do you go?' is just ga je?.
Why do we use naar for 'to' the cinema?
The word naar is the standard Dutch preposition for 'to' when you are talking about physical movement or direction towards a destination, such as a building, a city, or a person.
Why does nooit (never) come right after je?
In a Dutch yes/no question, the verb and subject must stay together at the very beginning of the sentence (Ga je). Words that describe 'when' or 'how often', like nooit, typically come immediately after that verb-subject pair.
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