Jij duwt de stoel naar de tafel.

You push the chair to the table.

Breakdown of Jij duwt de stoel naar de tafel.

• jij: you
• naar: to
• de tafel: the table
• de stoel: the chair
• duwen: to push

Questions & Answers about Jij duwt de stoel naar de tafel.

Why is the verb duwen conjugated as duwt when the subject is jij?

In Dutch present‐tense conjugation, second‐person singular subjects (jij/je) normally take a ‐t ending: duwen → duwt. Because jij precedes the verb here, standard conjugation applies and you keep the t. (If you invert—Duw je de stoel…—you drop the t.)

What is the difference between jij and je?

• je is the unstressed, neutral form used in everyday speech.
• jij is stressed/emphatic, used to highlight or contrast (“It is you pushing, not someone else.”).

Why is the word order Subject–Verb–Object–Prepositional Phrase here?

In a simple main clause without fronting, Dutch follows SVO order:
1) Subject: jij
2) Verb: duwt
3) Direct object: de stoel
4) Prepositional phrase (direction): naar de tafel

This obeys the verb‐second (V2) rule: the finite verb always sits in second position.

Why use the preposition naar for de tafel?

naar expresses movement toward a destination. Here the chair is being moved to the table. Using another preposition, like bij (“at”) or aan (“on”), would change the meaning to static position rather than direction.

Could I say Duw de stoel naar de tafel as a command?

Yes. The imperative uses the verb stem without jij:
Duw de stoel naar de tafel!
No subject pronoun is needed in Dutch imperatives.

What’s the difference between naar de tafel and tot de tafel?

• naar de tafel = “to/toward the table” (movement onto or up to it).
• tot de tafel = “up to the table” (movement until the edge/boundary, not necessarily onto it).

Why are both stoel and tafel preceded by de and not het?

Dutch nouns have two genders: common (de) and neuter (het). Both stoel and tafel are common‐gender nouns, so they take de. There’s no strict rule—you learn each noun’s article by practice or dictionary lookup.

Is de stoel a direct object and naar de tafel an indirect object?

• de stoel is the direct object (what is being pushed).
• naar de tafel is a prepositional phrase indicating direction (often called a prepositional object or adjunct, not a true indirect object in Dutch terms).