Wil je ijs in je drankje?

Because this is a yes/no question in Dutch.

In a normal statement, the subject usually comes first:

• Je wilt ijs in je drankje.

In a yes/no question, Dutch typically puts the verb first:

• Wil je ijs in je drankje?

So this is the normal question pattern: verb + subject + rest.

The two je forms do different jobs:

• the first je = you (subject)
• the second je = your (possessive)

So:

• Wil je = are you wanting / would you like
• je drankje = your drink

Dutch often uses the same short form je for both you and your, and the meaning is clear from the sentence structure.

Je is the unstressed form, and jij is the stressed form.

In an ordinary question like this, Dutch usually uses je:

• Wil je ijs in je drankje?

You would use jij if you want emphasis or contrast, for example:

• Wil jij ijs in je drankje, of liever niet?
• Ik niet, maar wil jij ijs?

So je is the most natural choice here.

This is a very common point for learners.

The verb is willen. With jij/je, you often see wilt in statements:

• Je wilt ijs.

But when jij/je comes after the verb, as in a question, the -t usually drops:

• Wil je ijs?

So:

• statement: je wilt
• question/inversion: wil je

Also, with willen, both jij wilt and jij wil can be heard, but wil je is the standard and very common question form.

Here it means ice, as in ice cubes for a drink.

Dutch ijs can mean both:

• ice
• ice cream

The context tells you which one is meant. Because the sentence says in je drankje (in your drink), it clearly means ice.

If someone wants to be extra specific, they might say:

• ijsblokjes = ice cubes

But ijs is very natural in everyday speech.

Because ijs here is being used as an uncountable substance noun, like water or sugar.

Dutch often leaves out an article with uncountable nouns:

• Wil je suiker in je koffie?
• Wil je melk in je thee?
• Wil je ijs in je drankje?

If you want to be more specific about countable pieces, you could say:

• Wil je een ijsblokje in je drankje?
• Wil je ijsblokjes in je drankje?

But ijs by itself is perfectly natural.

Drankje is the diminutive form of drank.

• drank = drink / beverage
• drankje = little drink, drink

In Dutch, diminutives are used a lot, and they do not always mean physically small. Very often they make a word sound:

• more casual
• friendlier
• more natural in everyday conversation

So drankje is extremely common when talking about a drink someone is having.

In many situations, je drankje sounds more idiomatic than je drank.

That is how Dutch forms many diminutives.

A very common diminutive ending is:

• -je

So:

• drank → drankje

Dutch diminutives are very common and often feel natural rather than especially cute or childish.

A useful extra point: diminutive nouns are always neuter in Dutch, so they take het:

• het drankje

In this sentence, though, there is no article because of the possessive:

• je drankje = your drink

It can correspond to either one, depending on context.

Literally, wil je is connected to want. But in everyday Dutch, Wil je ...? is very often used when offering something, where natural English would often say:

• Would you like ...?

So in this kind of situation, Wil je ijs in je drankje? is a normal polite offer.

It does not sound too direct in Dutch.

Yes, this version is informal because it uses je.

For a formal or polite version, Dutch uses u:

• Wilt u ijs in uw drankje?

So:

• informal: Wil je ijs in je drankje?
• formal: Wilt u ijs in uw drankje?

In everyday life, the informal version is very common with friends, family, children, and in many casual service situations.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

• wil → roughly like vil (with a Dutch w, softer than English w)
• je → like yuh
• ijs → close to ice
• in → like in
• je → yuh
• drankje → roughly DRAHNG-kyuh

Very roughly as a whole:

• vil yuh ice in yuh DRAHNG-kyuh?

A few useful notes:

• Dutch j sounds like English y
• je is usually weak and unstressed
• drankje has a little ky sound before the final -e

Yes, definitely.

• Wil je ijs in je drankje? = natural, everyday
• Wil je ijsblokjes in je drankje? = more explicit, specifically ice cubes

Both are correct. The version with ijs is shorter and very common because the meaning is obvious from the situation.

Because the ice goes inside the drink.

So Dutch uses:

• in je drankje = in your drink

That matches English very closely here. If something is served alongside a drink, you might use a different preposition, but for ice actually going into the drink, in is the natural choice.