Breakdown of Wil jij ook geld doneren?
jij
you
ook
also / -ever (concessive particle)
het geld
the money
willen
to want
doneren
to donate
Questions & Answers about Wil jij ook geld doneren?
Why is it jij here instead of the usual je?
Using jij instead of the unstressed je adds emphasis. In this context, it translates roughly to "Do you also want to donate money?" — perhaps someone else just made a donation, and now the speaker is specifically asking what you want to do.
Doesn't the verb for "you" usually get a -t at the end? Why isn't it wilt jij?
You are right that the second-person singular normally gets a -t (like in jij drinkt). However, there is a special rule for questions: when jij or je comes immediately after the verb, that -t is dropped. So it is jij wilt, but wil jij?.
Could I put ook at the end of the sentence, like "Wil jij geld doneren ook?"
No, that word order sounds unnatural in Dutch. Short adverbs like ook (also) generally come right after the subject but before the direct object (geld).
Why does the verb doneren go all the way at the end?
In Dutch, when you use a modal verb like willen (to want), the main action verb gets pushed to the end of the clause. Here, the conjugated verb wil starts the question, and the full verb doneren (to donate) waits at the very end.
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