Breakdown of Drink jij bier zonder alcohol?
jij
you
drinken
to drink
het bier
the beer
zonder
without
de alcohol
the alcohol
Questions & Answers about Drink jij bier zonder alcohol?
How could I say this using a suffix from this lesson?
You could use the suffix -vrij (meaning free of) and say Drink jij alcoholvrij bier?. In fact, alcoholvrij bier is the most natural and common way to refer to alcohol-free beer in Dutch.
What if the beer has a little bit of alcohol in it, rather than none at all?
In that case, you would use the suffix -arm (meaning low or poor in). You would ask Drink jij alcoholarm bier? which translates to low-alcohol beer.
Could I use -rijk with alcohol to describe a strong drink?
Yes, you can use alcoholrijk to describe a drink with a high percentage of alcohol. For example, you might say Dat is een alcoholrijk bier (That is a strong/alcohol-rich beer).
Why doesn't the verb have a -t at the end, like Drinkt jij?
Remember the inversion rule: when the subject jij or je comes immediately after the verb, the verb drops the -t. If it were a statement, it would be Jij drinkt, but as a question, it becomes Drink jij.
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