Breakdown of Dit is de link; je moet hierop klikken.
zijn
to be
hier
here
op
on
dit
this (neuter)
moeten
to have to, must
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
de link
the link
klikken
to click
Questions & Answers about Dit is de link; je moet hierop klikken.
Why do we say hierop instead of op dit?
In Dutch, you cannot use a preposition like op (on) directly before dit (this) or dat (that) when referring to things. Instead, dit changes to hier, and the words combine. So, "on this" becomes hierop.
Could I split hierop into two separate words?
Yes, but only if you put other words between them! It is very common in Dutch to split these combined words. For example, if you added nu (now) to the sentence, you could say je moet hier nu op klikken.
Why is klikken placed at the very end of the sentence?
The second part of the sentence uses the modal verb moet (must). Whenever you have a modal verb in Dutch, the second verb (the main action, klikken) gets pushed all the way to the end of the clause.
Since link is a de word, why does the sentence start with dit instead of deze?
When you introduce or point something out using a form of the verb zijn (to be), Dutch always uses the neutral dit (this) or dat (that). This happens even if the noun following it is a de word. Therefore, we say dit is de link.
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