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Exercise for Plurals Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 21, 2009
I’ll provide the singular form. Your job is to provide the plural form of the word. krant (newspaper) god (god) lid (member) blad (leaf) blad (tray, sheet) bakker (baker) huisje (little house) auto (car) roman (novel) broer (brother) historicus (historian) mogelijkheid (possibility) weg (path, road) kamer (room) tomaat (tomato)
Dutch Plurals Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 18, 2009
A lot of Dutch words in the plural have an -en ending. This is the regular plural ending. Ex: woord (s) = woorden (p). Meaning : word/words There are some Dutch words undergo a change in spelling in the plural: In this example, a double consonant occurs in the plural after a short vowel in…
Answers to the Exercise Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 15, 2009
de kat (the cat) het meisje (the girl) de jongen (the boy) de vrouw (the woman) de straten (the streets) het boek (the book) het kind (the child) de bloem (the flower) de katten (the cats) het gebouw (the building)
Definite Articles Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 12, 2009
Most nouns will have the “de” article, which is “the” in English. Ex: de man (the man) All plural nouns are “de”. Ex: de huizen (houses) All singular diminutives are “het.” Ex: het tafeltje (the little table) All plural diminutives are “de”. Ex: de huisjes (the little houses) Here’s a little exercise to test whether…
Answers to the Word Search Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 9, 2009
I’ll provide the answers to the last post, and the link so that you can hear the word and see a sample sentence of the word being used. 1) geraamte (skeleton). Link: https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=05-01-2009 2) goudsmid (goldsmith). Link: https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=05-02-2009 3) hangslot (padlock). Link: https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=05-03-2009 4) hommel (bumblebee). Link: https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=05-04-2009 5) ijsvogel (kingfisher). Link: https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/dutch.htm?date=05-05-2009 6) jukbeen…
Vocabulary Practice Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 6, 2009
I’m going to create a word search puzzle so that everyone will get the opportunity to study Dutch words. The words are from the Dutch “Word of the Day” at Transparent Language. I now present you the clues: 1) means “skeleton” in Dutch 2) “goldsmith” in Dutch 3) “padlock” in Dutch 4) bumblebee in Dutch…
Dutch Syllables Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 3, 2009
I’ve always planned to do a post on Dutch syllables, but I’ve never quite remembered to do it. Well, today is a different story. I’ve put together some notes on Dutch syllables. Hopefully someone will find this useful. Rule #1: When two vowels are separated by one consonant, that consonant forms the beginning of the…