Breakdown of Deze attractie is te wild om stil te zitten.
zijn
to be
zitten
to sit
te
too
deze
this / these
stil
quiet
te
to (infinitive marker)
om
in order to
de attractie
the attraction
wild
wild
Questions & Answers about Deze attractie is te wild om stil te zitten.
How does the te ... om ... te structure translate here?
The structure te [adjective] om ... te [verb] is used to express that something is "too X to do Y". Here, te wild means "too wild", and om stil te zitten tells us the consequence: it is too wild for you to sit still.
I thought stil meant "quiet". Does it mean something else here?
Yes! While stil often translates to "quiet" or "silent", it also means "still" or "motionless". On a wild amusement park ride, stil zitten means "to sit still" rather than "to sit silently".
Why does stil come before te zitten?
In an om ... te clause, the infinitive verb (the full dictionary form of the verb, here zitten) always goes at the very end of the sentence, directly after te. Any extra details, like how you sit (stil), must be placed before the te + verb.
Why do we use deze attractie and not dit attractie?
The Dutch word for attraction is a de-word (de attractie). When you want to say "this" with a de-word, you must use deze. You only use dit when pointing out het-words.
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