Archive for 'Dutch Vocabulary'
Back to basics: Giving Directions Posted by Karoly Molina on Mar 2, 2015
Lately, I feel like the more I advance with Dutch, the more I forget the basic things I learned right at the beginning. Perhaps these are the words and situations we encounter less, perhaps its a normal part of the language acquisition (the same happened with Italian). It is because of this that I decided…
How do you destroy a house in Dutch? Posted by Karoly Molina on Feb 26, 2015
In December, I wrote about looking for a new house and financing a house. Since then, Riccardo and I have been busy renovating our future home. It’s been a messy process, and we’ve had our share of surprises, but the house is starting to look more like a house and less like a construction site. The…
Do I use “de” or do I use “het”? Posted by Karoly Molina on Jan 13, 2015
Something I’ve struggled with in Dutch is distinguishing when a noun (person, place thing) uses de or het. I remember going over that while I was still living in Mexico, and although I know some of the rules, I cannot say I really KNOW them. Perhaps some of you already have this de or het dilemma out of the way, but…
And the Winner is… Scrooge McDuck? Posted by Karoly Molina on Dec 17, 2014
Last month I wrote about the Van Dale “Word of the Year” contest. The winners have been announced and we can proceed to start using these nifty new words. Word of 2014: dagobertducktaks This was my number 1 choice and I am glad it won. Dagobertducktaks makes reference to Scrooge McDuck and it means a…
Buying a House Posted by Karoly Molina on Nov 27, 2014
For the past six months, Riccardo and I have been looking for a house, and we finally found THE one! I had only experienced selling property in the Netherlands, which was pretty easy. We decided to sell the apartment in Amsterdam, hired a makelaar who took care of the photos, listing, promotion and taking potential…
And the winner is…. Posted by Karoly Molina on Nov 25, 2014
Every year the Van Dale dictionary group selects a couple of words. Everyone is invited to vote for the word of the woord van het jaar. These words are usually based on political or social events from the year. The past winners have been: 2013- selfie After the craze of selfies, including Obama’s selfie with…
How to tell someone to f*** off in Dutch Posted by Karoly Molina on Nov 17, 2014
Yesterday the Netherlands and Mexico played a friendly soccer match in Amsterdam. If you followed either country during the World Cup in Brazil, you know it was a very important match, at least for Mexicans. Mexico and the Netherlands faced each other, and the Netherlands beat Mexico after a controversial penalty on Robben. In Mexico…