Breakdown of Daarna trekken jullie een nieuwe kaart.
een
a/an
jullie
you (plural)
nieuw
new
daarna
after that
trekken
to draw (to pull)
de kaart
the card
Questions & Answers about Daarna trekken jullie een nieuwe kaart.
Why is the word order trekken jullie instead of jullie trekken?
Because the sentence starts with the word daarna (after that). In Dutch, the conjugated verb must almost always take the second position in a main clause. Since daarna is in position one, the verb trekken takes position two, pushing the subject jullie to position three. This is called inversion.
Could I write this sentence without flipping the subject and verb?
Yes, if you change the starting word! You could say Jullie trekken daarna een nieuwe kaart. Because the subject jullie is now in the first position, the verb trekken safely stays in the second position. We put daarna at the front here just to put extra emphasis on the sequence of events.
I thought trekken meant "to pull". Does it mean "to draw" here?
Yes! While trekken usually translates to "to pull" or "to drag", in the context of playing a game, you are "pulling" a card from the deck. This is the standard way to say "to draw a card" in Dutch.
Why is there an -e at the end of nieuwe?
Because kaart is a de-word (de kaart). When an adjective comes before a noun, we almost always add an -e to it. The only time we leave the -e off after the word een is when the noun is a het-word.
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