"Ben je een man? Nee, je bent een vrouw."
Translation:Are you a man? No, you are a woman.
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I know someone will want to direct me to somewhere not available directly through the mobile site to answer this, so without doing so, why is the "t" dropped from "bent" when it proceeds the pronoun "je", and is that a rule for all verbs?
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The -t is dropped in questions where 'je/jij' is the subject. It's just the rule. "Ga je weg?" "Wat lees je?" "Waar kijk je naar?" "Werk je nog morgen?"
But note that verbs where the stem ends in a -t, the -t isn't dropped. "Eet je mee?" "Zit je goed zo?"
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I think that similar to other languages certain consonants are added or dropped in order to ease pronunciation. For example in English, we say 'a' or 'an' depending on whether the following word starts with a consonant or a vowel. In Spanish 'agua' is feminine but is preceded with the masculine article 'el' instead of the feminine 'la' because it aids pronunciation. Perhaps this is something like that.
Hi, trans man here. This sentence is not about specifically about trans people. In life, any given person may mistake a man for a woman or a woman for a man; regardless if said person is a transgender man or woman or not. Associating transgender people with the act of mistaking a man for a woman or woman for a man is a stereotype a lot of us do not want to be associated with.
the true question is: did the person asking misgender them first and then correct themselves or the other way round? because if it is the latter - i'm sorry, transgender person :(
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Question 1: Is the general rule here just to put the verb in front of the pronoun just as it is conjugated for that pronoun? Question 2: If answer for question 1 is yes, is there any other case you change the form of the verb like is done when it used "Je, Jih"?
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That is one crazy sentence, don't see that coming up in daily conversation, and shouldn't it be: Ne u ben een vrouw?
Ne doesn't exist, it should be nee. U is extremely formal and in a situation where u ís preferred, it would be bent
Edit Please dont downvote correct answers, if you think there is a mistake in the reply please say what it is and explain why it's wrong and what it should be.
Downvoting me (or anyone) because you don't like my picture, name or me personally for whatever reason is not helping other learners.
Correcting me if I made a mistake ís helpful, but like I said show which part according to you is not correct and why.
Btw I say this everywhere I see correct answers being downvoted nothing to do with it being my own comment.
Dutch conjugates verbs:
- Ik ben
- Jij bent
- Hij/zij/het is
- U bent
- Wij zijn
- Jullie zijn
- Zij zijn
Silly question. Maybe I should know by now, but it is just to clarify.
Je, Jij and U have the same meaning?
Thanks a lot
Yeah. The only difference is they are used depending on formality and emphasis.
U - formal; singular; Jij - stressed; singular; Je - unstressed; singular; Jullie - plural
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Can you explain what is meant by stressed? Is it a way of saying a word to show emphasis, or something else?
It's to show emphasis, yes.
See here for more information: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3734337
(As an addition to Laddie.Lass, "u" can be both singular and plural. However, "u" is always conbined with 2nd/3rd pers. singular verbs)
I'm quoting user catnipkitten:
"The -t is dropped in questions where 'je/jij' is the subject. It's just the rule. "Ga je weg?" "Wat lees je?" "Waar kijk je naar?" "Werk je nog morgen?"
But note that verbs where the stem ends in a -t, the -t isn't dropped. "Eet je mee?" "Zit je goed zo?""
Not confused about the sentence but it didn't give me the right words to select
There is no reason why this should be marked incorrect if you use "jij" instead of "je". "ben jij een man?" and "Jij bent een vrouw " are perfectly fine sentences.
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True. But using too much "jij" can come off pushy, like writing in ALL CAPS. So although it should be marked as correct, don't use it too much in real life ;-)
I understand what you mean. I suppose "jij" would be more specific. As a native speaker I feel, in a sentence like this, "jij" is perfectly fine to use. Since you are being quite specific. My issue here was that it marked "jij" as incorrect.
Was it a listening exercise? Because then there isnt any leeway (speling) you need to type exactly what they said.
Or perhaps you didn't add the nee?
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In listening exercises only one will be correct.
Sometimes it's a matter of that option hasn't been added to the database of correct answers yet, sometimes "jij" would be wrong. For example: "ik zie je lopen" - "ik zie jou lopen", in this case the form "jij" would be wrong.
Hey what's the difference between je and jij? My mum is a native dutch speaker and I only ever hear her use jij, never je, and she corrects me when I use je.
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https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3734337
"Jij" is the stressed form. If there's anything else in the sentence you want to stress you would have to use "je". Also in some other cases "jij" would be wrong.