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Questions & Answers about Ja, de vrouw is thuis.
How would I turn this statement into a yes/no question?
To ask "Is the woman at home?", you just swap the subject (de vrouw) and the verb (is). The question becomes: Is de vrouw thuis? This swapping is called inversion, and it is the standard way to make yes/no questions in Dutch.
Where is the word for "at" in this sentence?
The word thuis means "at home" all by itself! You don't need to add a separate preposition. It actually comes from an old combination of the words "te" (at) and "huis" (house). When you are talking about the physical building, you say het huis, but when someone is at home, you always use thuis.
Can de vrouw also mean "the wife"?
Yes! The word vrouw means both "woman" and "wife". You usually tell which one is meant from the context. For example, if someone says mijn vrouw (my woman), they mean "my wife". In this sentence, it simply means "the woman".
Does putting Ja at the beginning change the word order of the sentence?
No, it doesn't. Just like in English, words like ja (yes) and nee (no) sit outside the main sentence and are separated by a comma. Because ja isn't considered part of the main sentence structure, the regular subject-verb order (de vrouw is) stays exactly the same.