Breakdown of Gaan jullie morgen even serieus werken als vandaag?
jullie
you (plural)
werken
to work
vandaag
today
morgen
tomorrow
Questions & Answers about Gaan jullie morgen even serieus werken als vandaag?
How does the comparison even ... als work in this sentence?
To say "as seriously as", you use even serieus als. In Dutch, to compare things equally, you put the describing word between even and als. Here, the sentence compares how you work tomorrow with how you work today.
Can I use net zo ... als instead of even ... als here?
Yes, they mean exactly the same thing. You could say Gaan jullie morgen net zo serieus werken als vandaag? and it would still mean "Are you going to work as seriously tomorrow as today?".
The English translation says "seriously", but the Dutch word is just serieus. Why doesn't it have a special ending?
Unlike English, which often adds "-ly" to make an adjective into an adverb (serious becomes seriously), Dutch keeps it simple. You just use the basic adjective form serieus to describe how the working is done.
Why is the verb werken pushed all the way to the end of the sentence?
This happens because of the helping verb gaan. In Dutch, when you use a helping verb, it takes the normal verb spot near the beginning of the sentence, and the main action verb (werken) gets pushed to the very end in its full dictionary form.