Word
Schaam jij je voor je vraag?
Meaning
Are you ashamed of your question?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Schaam jij je voor je vraag?
jij
you
de vraag
the question
je
your (unstressed)
zich schamen voor
to be ashamed of
Questions & Answers about Schaam jij je voor je vraag?
Why does the sentence use voor when the English translation uses the word of?
The verb zich schamen (to be ashamed) uses the fixed preposition voor. In Dutch, you aren't ashamed of something, you are ashamed for it! You just have to memorize zich schamen voor as a set combination.
Why are both jij and je used right next to each other?
The verb zich schamen is a reflexive verb, meaning it always needs a reflexive pronoun like myself or yourself. Because the subject is jij (you), the matching reflexive pronoun is je (yourself). So, schaam jij je translates literally to shame you yourself.
There are two je words in this sentence. Do they mean the same thing?
No, they do different jobs! The first je after jij is the reflexive pronoun (yourself). The second je in je vraag is the possessive pronoun meaning your (your question).
Why is there no -t at the end of schaam? Doesn't the jij form usually get a -t?
When you ask a question and the subject jij or je comes right after the verb, the verb drops its -t ending. A normal statement is jij schaamt je, but as an inverted question it becomes schaam jij je?