Breakdown of In die cultuur is men nooit onbeschoft.
zijn
to be
in
in
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
nooit
never
Questions & Answers about In die cultuur is men nooit onbeschoft.
Why does the sentence use is men instead of zijn men if the translation says 'people are'?
The pronoun men always takes a singular verb, just like hij (he) or zij (she). Even though we often translate it as 'people', it functions exactly like the English formal pronoun 'one' ('one is never rude').
Could I use a different pronoun instead of men to say 'people' in general?
Why is the word order is men rather than men is?
I know the prefix on- often means 'un-' or 'not'. Can I just say beschoft to mean polite?