Breakdown of Voor deze functie heb je of veel tijd of veel kennis nodig.
hebben
to have
veel
much / many / a lot of
de tijd
the time
nodig
needed
deze
this / these
voor
for (on behalf of)
of
or
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
de kennis
the knowledge
de functie
the position / the role (job)
Questions & Answers about Voor deze functie heb je of veel tijd of veel kennis nodig.
I know of means "or", but why is it used twice here as of ... of?
In Dutch, of ... of means "either ... or". The first of acts as "either" and the second of acts as "or". Here, it connects the two options you can have: of veel tijd of veel kennis (either a lot of time or a lot of knowledge).
Why does the sentence say heb je instead of je hebt?
This is because of inversion. The sentence starts with the phrase Voor deze functie (For this position). In Dutch, whenever you start a main clause with something other than the subject, the verb and subject swap places. So, je hebt flips to heb je.
Why is the word nodig pushed all the way to the end of the sentence?
The full verb phrase here is nodig hebben (to need). In a Dutch main clause, the conjugated part of the verb (heb) takes the second position, and the word nodig gets pushed to the very end of the sentence. It wraps around the things you need: ...heb je [of veel tijd of veel kennis] nodig.
Does functie literally mean "function" here?
It can mean "function", but in a work or professional context like this sentence, functie is the standard word for a job "position" or "role".
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