"Ik ben achter je."
Translation:I am behind you.
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Sadly not. When my Dutch now-fiancé moved to Britain he thought we were all insane.
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Am I the only one who hears "Ik ben achter t'je"? Is it correct? Why does he insert a "t" before "je", to make "je" stand out more? Or is it a mistake of Duolingo? I've never heard this "t" inserted before.
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I hear it to and it is definitely not correct. I am a native dutch woman and I often find the man from duolingo pronouncing dutch sentences completely wrong. Sometimes I let my parents listen to the dutch sentence and they don't understand what he is saying.
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"I am after you" as in I am hunting you, what would the possible translations be?
That would be: "Ik zit achter je aan"
"Achter iemand aanzitten" means "to follow/seek/hunt" someone.
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Could this sentence be translated as "I'm after you", meaning 'I'm behind you.'?
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"Ik heb het op je gemunt" is probably the closest equivalent.
"Munten op" is a verb that means "to aim at" so it basically means that someone is your target.
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I don't know, but for "achter" Interglot gives "after, behind, later than, at the back" and a couple of obscure meanings.
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It can mean after you if you are talking about location. The trouble is that we use "after" in many ways in English, so there are quite a few words in Dutch to use for those different meanings. This is not commonly used to mean "after". http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-dutch/after
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How would you say, "Am I in front of you or after you in this line (queue)"?
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If you are talking about your physical location in line, then you can use "achter" here. http://www.reverso.net/translationresults.aspx?lang=ENdirection=english-dutch Ik ben voor je of achter je in lijn
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Is this behind you in the physical sense (I am standing behind you in line) or in the other sense (I am behind you in tonight's textbook reading)?
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The fysical sense is rather expressed like this: Ik sta achter je (in de rij). The other one would be: Ik loop achter op jou met lezen.
It's an idiomatic expression meaning 'I support you' like Pauline said.
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This section does not update correctly after reviewing, leading to a lot of unnecessary repetition. Please fix!
Wat doe jij achter mijn rug?
Here is what I was trying to say.
What are you doing behind my back?
I am still trying to get my Dutch to a native speaking level that is my goal, I am trying to reach.
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"What are you doing behind my back" = "Wat doe jij achter mijn rug om?"
