Breakdown of Waar gaan jullie naartoe? De bestemming is het hotel.
zijn
to be
jullie
you (plural)
gaan
to go / to go off (of an alarm)
waar
where
het hotel
the hotel
naartoe
to / towards (towards a destination)
de bestemming
the destination
Questions & Answers about Waar gaan jullie naartoe? De bestemming is het hotel.
Why are waar and naartoe separated?
In Dutch, the question word for "where to" is split. You put waar (where) at the start of the question and naartoe (to/towards) at the end. Literally, you are asking "Where go you guys to?".
Could I use heen instead of naartoe in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely! You can ask Waar gaan jullie heen? Both heen and naartoe indicate movement toward a destination, and they are completely interchangeable when asking "where to".
Can I put naartoe right after waar, like Waar naartoe gaan jullie?
No, that sounds unnatural in Dutch. Directional adverbs like naartoe and heen are usually pushed to the very end of the clause. You have to put the verb and the subject between waar and the directional word.
I see it is de bestemming. Is there a rule to know it uses de instead of het?
Yes! Bestemming means "destination", and like almost all Dutch nouns that end in the suffix -ing, it is a "de" word.
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