Zij heeft haar fobie nog niet overwonnen en is doodsbang voor wespen.

Questions & Answers about Zij heeft haar fobie nog niet overwonnen en is doodsbang voor wespen.

Since this lesson is about laat staan dat, how could I add that phrase to this sentence?
You could use it to emphasize that an even smaller action is completely impossible. For example: ...en is doodsbang voor wespen, laat staan dat ze er een zou aanraken (...and is terrified of wasps, let alone that she would touch one). Remember that laat staan dat introduces a subordinate clause, so the verbs in that new part get pushed to the end.
Why doesn't the past participle overwonnen get a ge- prefix?
The verb overwinnen (to overcome/conquer) has an inseparable prefix (over-). Because the stress falls on the second syllable (overWINnen), it behaves like verbs starting with be- or ver- and does not take the ge- prefix in the past participle.
Why is the preposition voor used with doodsbang?
In Dutch, the fixed preposition for being afraid of something is bang voor (literally 'afraid for'). The compound adjective doodsbang (terrified / scared to death) follows the exact same rule, so it becomes doodsbang voor wespen.
Could I put nog niet at the very end of the first clause, after overwonnen?
No, that would be incorrect. In Dutch, negations like niet and time modifiers like nog niet (not yet) usually come before the verbs grouped at the end of the clause. Therefore, nog niet must be placed right before the past participle overwonnen.

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