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"Is the girl eating? No, she is not eating."
Translation:Eet het meisje? Nee, ze eet niet.
7 months ago
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Dutchesse722
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Meid is not really used all that much, except in certain expressions and in very casual speech among older teen girls and women. Young men as well as adult men might also say something like "Dat is een knappe meid" (That's a good-looking girl) obviously when they see a young woman they like.
7 months ago
NVed4
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Why is the SV inversion in the second part 'Nee, eet ze niet" not accepted? I thought subject verb inversion has to be applied
4 months ago
CJ.Dennis
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It's just a standard sentence with "no" prepended.
- Ze eet niet - She isn't eating
- Nee, ze eet niet - No, she isn't eating
You invert the subject and verb in questions, although in statements Dutch is a V2 language:
- Ze eet niet - She isn't eating
- Nu eet ze niet - Now she isn't eating
3 months ago
the translation on the question page uses the word "meid" for girl. But in the above example the word "meisje" is used. CONFUSION!!!!
1 month ago