Breakdown of Voor deze functie moet je of zelfstandig of in een team werken.
een
a/an
werken
to work
in
in
deze
this / these
moeten
to have to, must
het team
the team
voor
for (on behalf of)
of
or
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
de functie
the position / the role (job)
zelfstandig
independent / independently
Questions & Answers about Voor deze functie moet je of zelfstandig of in een team werken.
Why does the sentence use of twice?
In Dutch, the double conjunction of ... of is used to mean 'either ... or'. Instead of having a separate word for 'either', Dutch literally says 'or independently or in a team'.
Why is it moet je instead of je moet?
The sentence starts with the phrase Voor deze functie (For this position). Whenever you start a Dutch sentence with something other than the subject, the subject and the verb swap places. This rule is called inversion.
Why is the verb werken placed at the very end of the sentence?
The sentence uses the modal verb moet (must). In Dutch, when a sentence has a modal verb, it pushes the other verb (here, the infinitive werken) all the way to the end of the sentence.
Does functie just mean 'function' here?
It is related to the English word 'function', but in the context of a job or a company, functie is the standard Dutch word for a 'position' or 'role'.
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