"Zij gaan niet."
Translation:They do not go.
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It helps if you say you had the male or female voice.
I hear niet clear enough in both.
How can you tell "ze" from "zij" (and "he/hij", "we/wij" etc) with these listening exercises? I have chosen the wrong form a few times now and cannot tell the difference.
Yeah, the computer voice is not very good at pronouncing these clearly. Your best bet is the slow audio version.
What I do is listen to the ending. zij, hij, and wij have an -ay sound at the end while ze, he, and we have an -uh sound. it take a little time and practice to hear the difference.
"Ze gaat niet". The verb is conjugated differently although the pronoun is the same
Oh.. that makes sense :p just to make sure, 'gaat' is singular, referring to he/she (and you?), while 'gaan' is used in the plural form, referring to they?
Remember that second and third singular person always have a T in the end of the verb and plural second and third have an N. First person without T or N
ja: ze of zij kan gebruikt worden. / yes "ze" or "zij" can be used for "she"
In the selection version of this question, the only option that comes up is gaan.
Is it just me or does gaan in this recording sound like it ends in an M rather than N ? I went ahead and put the N in anyway because that's what it should be, but it was a little hard to understand
no, that is not a good sentence
geen for example: er is een (1) hond -- er is geen hond.
er zijn twee (2) honden-- er zijn geen honden
you do use the word "geen" if you can replace it with a number. except that there are none at al when you use the word "geen"
Can someone give me an example of when you would use this phrase in a sentence or conversation, either in English or Dutch?
If the singular was "ik gaan" then the plural would be "wij ganen". However, this is not the case.
Or more accurately "ze vertrekt niet"
Leave=vertrekken (In some cases gaan might work but not always. So better stick with go=gaan and leave=vertrekken to be sure)
This voice is terrible because I heard "wij" instead of "zij". I wish they could improve the voice.
Usually duo lingo doesnt make a big deal about using do not vs using don't....wonder why it decided i was wrong this time
No we hardly use any contract rations. Some words are said in the same breath just like in any language though. But there is no dispearing ie in gaan niet. (At mist you could hear gaanniet)
The only contractions I can think of but these are only in very informal written language you would find any contractions in formal language. Well apart from the times of the day which are actually a relic of the case system
's avonds
's middags etc
The informal ones are
D'r
Z'n
'm
't
Can someone explain to me how does gaan change?
Ik ga
Zij gaan
I don't know the rest..
Zij gaat niet = She doesn't go.
Zij gaan niet = They don't go.
The verb will tell you whether it is she or they.
In plural, 'they' it usually is they are not going. If you say they do not go, it is an incomplete sentence because this requires a 'where'.
Zij gaat niet = She doesn't go.
Zij gaan niet = They don't go.
The verb will tell you whether it is she or they.
It sounds like "Zij hun niet.", but there's no verb. Try as I might, I couldn't make out what was said.
For the third time, she has marked me wrong, and I wrote it EXACTLY word for word the same!!!! Does she hate me??? She seems to make me wrong almost all the time, whereas Mr. Green almost always marks me right!!! He'll say I have a typo, never wrong. But Ms. Red almost always makes me wrong, over and over and over again.
Word for word I was perfect, marked wrong but perfect. I feel that she waits for me, and always marks me wrong.