Word
Zonder de bon krijg je geen vergoeding.
Meaning
Without the receipt you get no reimbursement.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Zonder de bon krijg je geen vergoeding.
geen
no / not any
je
you (unstressed form of jij)
krijgen
to get (receive)
zonder
without
Questions & Answers about Zonder de bon krijg je geen vergoeding.
Why is the word order krijg je instead of je krijgt?
Because the sentence starts with the prepositional phrase zonder de bon (without the receipt). In Dutch, whenever you put a phrase other than the subject at the beginning of the sentence, the verb and subject swap places so the main verb stays in the second position. This is the exact same verb-second (V2) inversion rule you use with connectors like desondanks.
Why does this sentence use geen instead of niet?
Can I use het bonnetje instead of de bon?
Yes! In everyday Dutch, it is incredibly common to use the diminutive form het bonnetje when talking about a store receipt. Both de bon and het bonnetje are correct and sound completely natural here.