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Eet Smakelijk Posted by Karoly Molina on Jul 7, 2014
Summer is here and the sun has been generous enough to shine on the Netherlands. As soon as the sun peaks out even just a bit, the terrassen of restaurants, bars and cafes are filled with people enjoying the good weather and a drink in the company of friends and family. Just like in last…
Welkom (to me)! Posted by Karoly Molina on Jun 5, 2014
Hello fellow readers and language learners! My name is Karoly and I am happy to be contributing to this blog! In case you are wondering from my name, I am not Dutch by birth, but I am by love. I recently moved to the Netherlands to live with Riccardo, the man I love, and Mona…
Food With Alessia #2 – Pancakes! Posted by Sten on Jun 3, 2014
Here it is: The second video of Food with Alessia! This week, we will have pannenkoeken (pancakes) with a variety of toppings! De Pannenkoek The pancake is originally from Asia, but came to Europe already in the 12th century. The original did not have any eggs, but boekweitmeel (buckwheat), some milk, water and butter. It…
Game of Thrones and Language Development Posted by Sten on Apr 14, 2014
I bet you have heard of Game of Thrones – the HBO Series that became so popular. I am again and again stunned by the great performance of the actors in it. And their accents. It is interesting that in certain American series all actors speak another accent, mostly the English one. That is also…
Paulien Cornelisse: Taal is zeg maar echt haar ding Posted by Elena on Mar 13, 2011
My office book club, which has only met once, at Trafalgar Café in Eindhoven, where we discussed our shared literary experiences over schnietzel and beers, recently read a book that has been quite popular among Dutch readers since it came out in 2009: Taal is zeg maar echt mijn ding, by Paulien Cornelisse. Cornelisse is a…
Countries, Nationality, Languages Continued Posted by Transparent Language on May 9, 2009
Using the information from the post before, let’s use that to make complete sentences. Just pretend that someone asks you “Where are you from?” in Dutch, formally (Waar komt u vandaan?) and informally (Waar kom je vandaan?) You can answer this question by saying, “I am from the United States” in Dutch, (Ik kom uit de…