This, That, These, Those
Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Transparent Language in Dutch Language
In Dutch, there are two words to say ‘this’ and two words to say ‘that’.
When ’this’ is used before a common noun, ‘deze‘ is used. Example: deze man *this man
When ‘this’ is used before a neuter noun, ‘dit‘ is used. Example: dit huis *this house
When ‘these’ is used, ‘deze‘ is used, regardless of whether the noun is a common noun or a neuter noun. Example: deze mannen *these men. deze huizen *these houses.
When ‘that’ is used before a common noun, ‘die‘ is used. Example: die man. *that man
When ‘that’ is used before a neuter noun, ‘dat‘ is used. *dat huis. *that house
When ‘those’ is used, it doesn’t matter whether the noun is a neuter noun or a common noun.*die mannen. *those people. *die huizen. *those houses.
I’ll give ya some exercises to do on this topic.
Translate these sentence into English:
1) Dit is Jan
2) Dat is klein
3) Deze boot is klein
4) Die schoenen
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1- Dit is Jan — This is Jan
2- Dat is klein- That is small.
3- Deze boot is klein.- This boot is small.
4- Die schoenen Those shoes.
Thanks lot for in helping to learn a new language.Hope very soon I will be able to post a comment in Dutch
Really very interesting to be able to learn another language
hoe is het ?