Topic: Dutch

"Jij bent klein, net zoals een muis."

Translation:You are small, just like a mouse.

3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/stewartpowles

    I should probably know this by now, but why jij instead of je?

    3 years ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/xMerrie
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    Both are fine. 'Je' is the unstressed form of 'jij', which means that the emphasis in the sentence is on an other word than 'je'.

    3 years ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/sp1cytuna
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    Why is it spelled "klein" and not "klijn"? Sounds very similar to other "ij" words.

    3 years ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/El2theK
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    Because words that are spelled with ij originally had a long i sound. However, that changed to a ei sound and hence ei and ij sound the same. On the other hand words that sound the same can have a different meaning depending on if it is spelled with ei or ij.

    3 years ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/kristy3lyons
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    Net zoals - are these words always said together to translate as ,just like, or dose 'net' mean just and 'zoals' mean like.

    1 year ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/MorbidEntree
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    Is it acceptable to translate it to "You are small, like a mouse"?

    2 years ago
    https://www.duolingo.com/Elardus
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    No, 'net' means 'just'. Why leave out a word with a definite purpose?

    2 years ago
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    so f that little b i'm an albatraoz.

    1 year ago
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