Word
Herinner jij je de vakantie goed?
Meaning
Do you remember the vacation well?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Herinner jij je de vakantie goed?
jij
you
de vakantie
the holiday
goed
good
zich herinneren
to remember
Questions & Answers about Herinner jij je de vakantie goed?
Why are the words jij and je right next to each other?
The verb "to remember" is reflexive in Dutch: zich herinneren. This means you must include a reflexive pronoun. In this sentence, jij is the subject ("you") and je is the reflexive pronoun (like "yourself"). You are literally asking "Remember you yourself the vacation well?".
Why is the verb herinner instead of herinnert?
Normally, the jij form gets a -t at the end (like jij herinnert). However, when the subject jij or je comes after the verb—which happens in questions—the -t is dropped. That is why it is Herinner jij.
Can I use the unstressed pronoun and say Herinner je je de vakantie goed?
Grammatically yes, but saying je je right next to each other sounds awkward. To avoid this double sound, Dutch speakers usually use the stressed subject pronoun jij instead, making it Herinner jij je.
Where exactly does the reflexive pronoun je go in a question?
In a question, the verb comes first, followed by the subject. The reflexive pronoun always stays as close to the subject as possible, so it goes immediately after the subject jij, and before the object de vakantie.