Breakdown of Hebben jullie vorige week in de stad wijn gedronken?
jullie
you (plural)
hebben
to have
drinken
to drink
in
in
Questions & Answers about Hebben jullie vorige week in de stad wijn gedronken?
Why does this sentence use hebben and gedronken to mean "did drink"?
Dutch often uses the present perfect tense (a helping verb plus a past participle) to talk about completed past events. So, hebben ... gedronken literally means "have drunk," which translates naturally to "did drink" in English.
How do I know the past participle of drinken is gedronken?
Drinken (to drink) is an irregular verb. Instead of following the standard rules for past participles, the vowel changes from "i" to "o" and it gets the ge- prefix and -en suffix. Many high-frequency verbs have vowel changes in the past tense that simply need to be memorized.
Why is gedronken placed at the very end of the sentence?
When you use a two-part verb structure in Dutch, the helping verb (in this case, hebben) stays near the front of the sentence, and the past participle (gedronken) is always pushed to the very end.
Why does vorige week come before in de stad?
Dutch sentences usually follow a specific order for extra details: Time, Manner, Place (often called the TMP rule). Because of this rule, the time (vorige week) must come before the place (in de stad).