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Door de stress raak ik overwerkt en ontmoedigd.
Meaning
Because of the stress I get overworked and discouraged.
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Breakdown of Door de stress raak ik overwerkt en ontmoedigd.
ik
I
en
and
de stress
the stress
door
because of / due to
Questions & Answers about Door de stress raak ik overwerkt en ontmoedigd.
Why use raak here instead of word to mean 'get' or 'become'?
While worden is the standard verb for 'to become', using raken with a past participle emphasizes an unintentional, gradual, and often negative change of state. It highlights the process of slipping into the state of being overworked and discouraged.
Why is the word order raak ik instead of ik raak?
The sentence starts with the prepositional phrase Door de stress. In Dutch, when you put anything other than the subject in the first position, it triggers inversion. The main verb (raak) must stay in the second position, so the subject (ik) moves right after it.
Why does the sentence use door for 'because of' instead of omdat or want?
Door is a preposition, so it is used before a simple noun phrase (de stress). Words like omdat and want are conjunctions, which means you would use them to introduce a full clause with a subject and a verb (for example: omdat ik stress heb).
Both overwerkt and ontmoedigd are past participles. Why does one end in '-t' and the other in '-d'?