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Basic colours in Dutch!

Red - Rood

Pink - Roze

Orange - Oranje

Copper - Koper

Yellow - Geel

Gold - Goud

Green - Groen

Light geen - Lichtgroen

Dark green - Donkergroen

Blue - Blauw

Light blue - Lichtblauw

Dark blue - Donkerblauw

Cyan - Cyaan

Purple - Paars

Indigo - Indigo

Lilac - Lila

Magenta - Magenta

Black - Zwart

Grey - Grijs

Beige - Beige

Brown - Bruin

White - Wit

Some useful scentences:

The t-shirt is purple - Het t-shirt is paars My favourite colour is red - Mijn favoriete kleur is rood It’s green! - Het is groen! 

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Dutch Tools Vocabulary List

What's in a Dutch man's toolshed?

Nouns

The tools - Het gereedschap

The toolbox - De gereedschapskist

The screwdriver - De schroevendraaier

The screw - De schroef

The nail - De nagel

The hammer - The hamer

The chisel - De beitel

The saw - De zaag

The pliers - De tang

The knife - Het mes

The scissors - De schaar

The chainsaw - De kettingzaag

The lawnmower - De grasmaaier

The drill - De boor

The crowbar - De koevoet

The wrench - De moersleutel (big wrench)

The wrench - De sleutel (small wrench)

The tape measure - Het meetlint

The (spirit) level - De waterpas

The pencil - De potlood

The helmet - De helm

The safety shoes - De veiligheidsschoenen

The safety glasses - De veiligheidsbril

Verbs

To fix - Maken, herstellen

To saw - Zagen

To mow (the lawn) - (het gras) Maaien

To drill - Boren

To screw - Schroeven

To measure - Meten

To cut (with a knife) - Snijden (met een mes)

To cut (with scissors) - Knippen (met een schaar)

To put on (a helmet) - (een helm) Opdoen.

To draw - Tekenen

Sentences

I’m going to drill a hole - Ik ga een gat boren

Let’s fix this - Laten we dit herstellen.

Put on safety glasses. - Zet een veiligheidsbril op.

I need to measure this - Ik moet dit meten.

Can you give me the pliers? - Kan je me de tang geven?

I need a hammer - Ik heb een hamer nodig.

Can you mow the lawn? - Wil je het gras maaien?

Hand me a nail please. - Geef me een nagel alsjeblieft.

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Netherlands or Belgium? Which one is better🤔?

Belgium all the way

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Hello, van waar uit Vlaanderen kom je eigenlijk? Tof dat je bijdraagt tot de langblr community :)

Hey! Ik ben van Diepenbeek, Limburg :)

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I always find it really weird to read and hear Afrikaans, because I know Turkish and Maroccan immigrants who are learning Dutch that actually speak that way.

"Om met die kaart te betaal" is something they would definitely say.

Dutch versus Flemish

Because Dutch people use weird words and learners of the language should be aware of it. 

Dutch - Flemish - English Aangelijnd - aan de leiband - on a leash De afstandsbediening - het kaske - the remote control De bank - de zetel - the sofa De basisschool - de lagere school - the elementary school De bijbaan - de studentenjob - the student job  Hoor - ze - (interjection) Kamers - kot - student room De magnetron - de microgolf - the microwave De mobiel - de GSM - the mobile phone Pinnen - met de kaart betalen - to pay by card De scheikunde - de chemie - the chemistry Sneu - zielig - sad, pityful Zodadelijk, zometeen - seffens (pronounced as ‘sewwes’), sebiet - in a minute, soon

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English: Poppy

Dutch: :)

English: ... tell me

Dutch: Clap rose

english: coconut oil

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: oil of the nut of the coco

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thank you SO MUCH for the dutch vocabulary lists and grammar and.. basically everything!! I really appreciate your work and it's motivating me to keep going

Thank you very much!! It's a shame I have had very little time for Tumblr lately because of school, work, ... I'm planning a trip with my bae too and there's so much going on atm.

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Dutch & Flemish Pronunciation Series: Masterpost

This is a series about Dutch and Flemish pronunciation in collaboration with @join-the-dutch-clan. She posts the Dutch ones, I post the Flemish ones :)

(I had to do it via Soundcloud, because the files wouldn’t upload to Tumblr for some reason. But you can find all of the Flemish recordings in the series on my soundcloud!)

Part 1: Vowels & Vowel Combinations (Dutch) Part 1: Vowels & Vowel Combinations (Flemish)

Part 2: Cosonants (Dutch) Part 2: Cosonants (Flemish)

Part 3: English Loanwords (Dutch) Part 3: English Loanwords (Flemish)

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Hoi! My bf is dutch and I would really like to have some “useful” romantic phrases to surprise him! Can you maybe help me with a list or something? Thanks! :)

Hallo!

I’ve made a Love, Relationships and Sex Vocabulary List in the past, check it out :)

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Dutch Homonyms.

Homonyms are words with multiple meanings.

Bank

1: The bank that handles money.

2: A bench.

3: A sandbank (zandbank)

Vorst

1: A king, emperor

2: Frost

Sla

1: Lettuce

2: From the verb “slaan”,  meaning “to hit”. (Ik sla - I hit)

Naar

1: Direction. “Ik ga naar daar” (I’m going there)

2: Bothersome, annoying. 

Blik

1: A look, gaze

2: A can

Spinnen

1: Plural of “spin”, meaning “spider”

2: Purring (of a cat)

3: Spinning wool.

Lijken

1: Plural of “lijk”, meaning “corpse”

2: To look like / to resemble

3: To seem 

Waren

1: Goods

2: From the verb “zijn”, meaning “to be” (Zij waren- they were)

Weken

1: Plural of “week”, meaning “week”

2: To soak

Schop

1: A shovel

2: A kick

Gerecht

1: A dish

2: The court

Kater

1: A male cat

2: A hangover

Graven

1: To dig

2: Plural of “graf”, meaning “grave”

Ofcourse there are a lot more! Add to the list if you want :) x Tamara

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‘Er’: what, when, how and why

This weird word has many different functions. In this post, requested by @studerendutch, I’ll try to tackle all of them!

Note: as you’ll notice, a Dutch synonym of ‘er’ will often be ‘daar’ but they’re not always interchangeable!

1. Indication of place

In this case, you replace a certain location by ‘er’, as it has already been mentioned and you know what you’re talking about.

Examples

Ik ben gisteren in Rotterdam gaan shoppen, ik heb er een t-shirt en een paar schoenen gekocht.

I went shopping in Rotterdam yesterday, I’ve bought a t-shirt and a pair of shoes.

‘Rotterdam’ is replaced by ‘er’ in the second part of the sentence. As you can see, I left out any English translation, although you could use ‘there’.

Hanna: ”Volgende week gaan we met de klas op uitstap naar Brussel.”  Tom: “Zo leuk! Je moet er zeker een Brusselse wafel gaan eten, die vind ik nog beter dan de Luikse.”

Hanna: “Next week, we’re going on a trip to Brussels with our class.”                                                                                            Tom: “So nice! You must go eat a Belgian waffle, I think they’re even better than the waffles from Liège.”

‘Er’ replaces ‘Brussels’ here, but that’s really the only difference. Again, you see I didn’t use an English equivalent, though you could use ‘there’ again.

2. In combination with a preposition

When you have preposition + part of a sentence, ‘er’ will replace the ‘part of the sentence’ while the preposition will stay. In this case, er and the preposition are written as one word (with ‘er’ first and then the preposition’) if there are no words in between. Mind structures like ‘ernaartoe/er naartoe’: even most native speakers have no idea when to write them as one word and when not! (When in doubt, you can always go to taaltelefoon.be)

Examples

Felix: “Ga je een essay schrijven over het gebruik van pesticiden in de landbouw?”                                                                                          Evelien: “Nee, ik ga er een toespraak over houden.”

Felix: “Are you going to write an essay about the use of pesticides in agriculture?”                                                                                Evelien: “No, I’m going to do a speech about it.”

Here, ‘er’ and ‘over’ aren’t written as one word, because the direct object comes in between. In English, ‘er’ is replaced by ‘it’.

Heleen: “Heb je je pakje al aangekregen?”                                         Tobias: “Nee, ik ben erop aan het wachten.”

Heleen: “Have you gotten your package yet?”                                     Tobias: “No, I’m waiting for it.”

The preposition in the second sentence, ‘op’, isn’t used in the first sentence. Still, Tobias refers to the direct object of the first sentence in his sentence by ‘er’, because otherwise he’d have to repeat it. In the second sentence, it’s an object by the verb but that doesn’t matter to the use of ‘er’.

3. In combination with a numeral

Only used with integer numbers, so not if you’re talking about “3/4 of a cake”, for example.

Examples

Annelies: “Hoeveel appels heb je gekocht?”                                          Emma: “Ik heb er tien gekocht, zou dat genoeg zijn?”

Annelies: “How many apples did you buy?”                                Emma: “I’ve bought ten, would that be enough?”

Here, there is really no English equivalent for ‘er’. 

Gilles: “Heb je ooit al antilopes gezien?”                                            Ismaël: “Ja, ik heb er zelfs ooit al één in het wild gezien!”

Gilles: “Have you ever seen antelopes?                                     Ismaël: “Yeah, I even saw one in the wild once!”

Again, no English equivalent for ‘er’

4. As the subject of a passive sentence

‘Er’ is used in passive sentences who don’t really have a subject. These kind of sentences are also called ‘subject clauses’. Subject clauses can also have ‘het’ as a subject (e.g. het regent = it rains), but ‘er’ and ‘het’ aren’t interchangeable and ‘er’ is used most of the time.

Examples

Er was eens een mooi meisje met haren zo zwart als ebbenhout en een huid zo wit als sneeuw. Daarom werd ze Sneeuwwitje genoemd.

Once upon a time (literally: there was once) a girl with hair as black as ebony and a skin as white as snow. That’s why she was called Snow-white.

The classic beginning of fairy tails is a nice example of a subject clause. As you can see, the direct English equivalent would be ‘there’.

Er heeft iemand voor je gebeld, ik heb het nummer opgeschreven.

Someone called for you, I’ve written the number down.

As you see, this sentence is active in English but passive in Dutch! You could make it active in Dutch (’Iemand heeft voor je gebeld’) but that sounds a lot less natural.

5. As temporary subject

I was kind of shocked by this one myself. Temporary subject, what? Apparently, a temporary subject would be a subject that’s placed somewhere in the beginning of the sentence, while the ‘real’ subject is to be found further in the sentence. That ‘real’ subject can only be indefinite. so you can’t put de/het in front of it, only een. ‘Er’ is not placed in the beginning of certain questions.  I’ve noticed ‘er’ often functions as an adverb of place here. Sounds complicated, right? Here come some examples:

Examples

Er zijn nog mensen in het gebouw!

There are still people in the building!

“Mensen zijn nog in het gebouw” is a sentence! Just not a very naturally-sounding sentence. So that’s why you use ‘er’ here: to make it all a bit smoother. As you can see, ‘er’ becomes ‘there’ in English.

Zijn je vrienden er nog?

Are your friends still there?

Er = there

Sources

I used two sources (of which one used the other as a source), both in Dutch but I thought I’d include them anyway.

https://educatie-en-school.infonu.nl/taal/27737-het-gebruik-van-het-woord-er-in-het-nederlands.html

http://taalgroepnl.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bijwoorden-gebruik-van-er.pdf

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You know, in the Netherlands we use a lot of (adjusted) English loanwords. Therefore, I feel like it’s only fair that the English Dutchify some of their words. So from now on gloves are called handshoes and dandelions are called horseflowers.

Like/reblog if you agree 😂

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Reblog als je van België bent

Ik wil meer mensen volgen!

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“The study of languages is the world history of human thoughts and perception.”

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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100 Verbs in Dutch

Inspired by this post by @colonelstudy

To be - Zijn

To have - Hebben

To be able to - Kunnen

To make - Maken

To do - Doen

To put - Zetten

To place - Plaatsen

To say - Zeggen

To tell - Vertellen

To talk - Praten

To have to - Moeten

To take - Nemen, pakken

To catch - Vangen

To give - Geven

To go - Gaan

To want - Willen

To wish - Wensen

To know - Weten, kennen

To see - Zien

To ask - Vragen

To find - Vinden

To return - Terugkeren

To give back - Teruggeven

To come - Komen

To go past (someone) - Passeren

To understand - Snappen

To stay - Blijven

To hold - (Vast)houden

To keep - Houden

To carry - Dragen

To wear - Dragen

To show - Tonen

To continue - Doorgaan

To think - Denken

To follow - Volgen

To believe - Geloven

To begin - Beginnen

To count - Tellen

To hear - Horen

To wait - Wachten

To expect - Verwachten

To call - Bellen

To allow - Toestaan

To grow - Groeien

To leave - Vertrekken

To decide - Beslissen

To arrive - Arriveren

To serve - Serveren

To reply - Antwoorden

To answer - Antwoorden

To live - Leven

To remember - Herinneren

To introduce - Voorstellen

To accept - Accepteren

To behave - Gedragen

To play - Spelen

To recognize - Herkennen

To choose - Kiezen

To touch - Aanraken

To feel - Voelen

To like - Mogen, leuk vinden

To love - Houden van

To find - Vinden

To meet - Ontmoeten

To lose - Verliezen

To explain - Uitleggen

To open - Openen

To win - Winnen

To exist - Bestaan

To read - Lezen

To refuse - Weigeren

To change - Veranderen

To work - Werken

To try - Proberen

To prevent - Voorkomen

To stop - Stoppen

To go out - Uitgaan

To lead - Leiden

To risk - Riskeren

To learn - Leren

To teach - Leren

To meet - Ontmoeten

To create - Creëren

To get - Krijgen

To look for - Zoeken

To bring - Brengen

To cause - Veroorzaken

To use - Gebruiken

To reach - Reiken

To achieve - Bereiken

To produce - Produceren

To import - Importeren

To add - Toevoegen

To stand up - Opstaan

To prepare - Klaarmaken, voorbereiden

To write - Schrijven

To defend - Beschermen

To pull - Trekken

To draw - Tekenen

To build - Bouwen

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Dutch-related Questions Masterpost.

I’ve gotten a few questions on this blog, so I listed them chonologically here. The oldest ones are on the top, the most recent ones will be added on the bottom! 

Also check out my Vocabulary List Masterpost and Grammar Masterpost!

Alsjeblieft or Graag? - August 18th 2017

‘Zin Hebben’ - August 22nd 2017

Dutch and Flemish Phonetics - August 22nd 2017

Dutch and Flemish Phonetics II - August 22nd 2017

Wenen, Wennen, Kennen - August 26th 2017

Weten, Kennen - August 27th 2017

Verschillende or Verscheidene? - November 20th 2017

Dutch Slang - November 20th 2017

Dutch Slang II - November 21st 2017

Little everyday words - April 5th 2018

Vocabulary List in text-form. - April 5th 2018

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Dutch Grammar Masterpost.

A list of my grammar posts up until now! The list is chronological, so the oldest posts are at the top, the most recent ones will be added at the bottom.

Also check out my Vocabulary List Masterpost and Dutch-related Questions Masterpost!

Conjugating Verbs in Dutch (Present Tense) - April 24th 2017

Conjugating Verbs in Dutch (Past Tense) - April 25th 2017

Conjugating Verbs in Dutch (Future Tense) - April 26th 2017

When do you put a diaeresis on a vowel in Dutch? - April 27th 2017

When do you use DE and HET in Dutch? - April 30th 2017

Dutch: Separable Verbs. - August 11th 2017

Dutch Verbs: D, T, DT, DD or TT? - September 17th 2017