"We drink juice."

Topic: Dutch

Translation:We drinken sap.

November 26, 2014

25 Comments

Kidney_bueno

What is the difference between "we" and "wij"?

March 10, 2015

BewilderedBunny

Wij vs. we

“Wij komen niet.” = “/We/ are not coming.” (but the others are…)

“We komen niet.” = “We are not coming.”

I had to fish around a bit to get that. This site is controlled chaos. Pretty much it's emphasis. Things like zij, jij, wij, are putting emphasis on the words they translate to. Ze, je, we, are kind of the more chilled versions of things. It's a statement, but no emphasis. That make sense?

August 8, 2017

CrankyAnkh

Duolingo said, that 'drink' was a correct translation, but then it marked it as false :/ what is correct now?

November 26, 2014

xMerrie

Mod

We conjugate verbs:

Ik drink

Jij(/je)/u drinkt

Hij/zij(/ze)/het drinkt

Wij(/we) drinken

Jullie drinken

Zij(/ze) drinken

November 26, 2014

YesikaPere2

Thanks thats really useful! But what is the difference between jij/je/u, hij/zij/ze/het, wij/we and zij/ze? That is very confusing... I don't know when to use each of those

January 9, 2016

Susande

I = ik
you (singular) = jij (emphasis), je (no emphasis), u (formal)
he = hij
she = zij (emphasis), ze (no emphasis)
it = het
we = wij (emphasis), we (no emphasis)
you (plural) = jullie
they = zij (emphasis), ze (no emphasis)

January 10, 2016

CrankyAnkh

Thank you :)

November 26, 2014

Puzmen26

That cleared things up for me.

July 7, 2015

FavianLeon1

Perfect explanation, it's clear to me now.

February 25, 2016

RaeLynn208909

Oooooooh, that is how! Thanks, but are there any easier ways to tell

May 12, 2016

xMerrie

Mod

What do you mean with 'easier ways to tell'? How to conjugate?

If you want to know how the Dutch conjugation works, I would recommend this page.

May 13, 2016

GowreShank

Thanks Merlin

June 21, 2017

MarksAaronPlus

In case anyone is wondering Dutch "sap" and English "sap" are indeed related. Both words originally referred to fluids from plants that people could drink. In English, it's now just used in the living tree/biological sense, instead of in the beverage sense.

May 6, 2018