Archive for 'Dutch Vocabulary'
Body Parts in Dutch Posted by heather on Jan 23, 2012
Recently I went to the city of Leiden to visit a museum that had been on my “to visit” list for quite some time. The museum’s name is CORPUS and the tagline is “journey through the human body.” At the museum you move through a large replica body learning how everything inside works via what…
How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths Posted by heather on Jan 10, 2012
Bikes. They are everywhere in the Netherlands. In 2006, there were more than 17 million bikes in the Netherlands, with 750,000 of those in Amsterdam alone and no doubt that number has significantly increased. With around 91% of households owning at least one bike (and often more than one), it is not hard to see…
Folders, Folders Everywhere Posted by heather on Nov 27, 2011
folder (de) – leaflet; brochure If you are going to live in the Netherlands, then the word “folder” is one you are going to get to know well. On an almost daily basis, these folders – advertising the current items on sale and the special offers being made – will shoot through your mailbox. There…
Ik Hou van Holland – I Love Holland Posted by heather on Oct 27, 2011
Ik hou van Holland (I love Holland) – whenever I hear or see that phrase it makes me think of the Dutch game show with the same name. The show, hosted by Linda de Mol, is on the tv channel RTL4 and tests “famous” Dutch people on their knowledge of the Netherlands. Two teams, lead…
How to Pronounce Diphthongs and Vowel Combinations in Dutch Posted by heather on Oct 26, 2011
If you want to make yourself understood in a foreign language or really sound like a native speaker, then spending some time practising pronunciation is going to be a key factor for you. In Dutch many of the sounds are quite similar to their English counterparts, although not all, and it is in the diphthongs…
My Favourite Word in Dutch Posted by heather on Oct 15, 2011
Everyone has a favourite word in the foreign language that they are learning. For some people it is the first word that they learned. For others it is that one word that makes you laugh each and every time you hear it or it is the word that you struggled over and over to learn. …
Kip, Paard, Koe – Chicken, Horse, Cow Posted by heather on Sep 24, 2011
The other day I was doing some work with Radio 538 playing in the background, when a song came on that I hadn’t heard before. The melody was pretty catchy in one of those “stuck in your head for three hours” type of ways. It didn’t help that there weren’t too many words in the…