{"id":19,"date":"2008-11-10T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T02:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=19"},"modified":"2008-11-10T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T02:05:21","slug":"deze-die-dit-dat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/deze-die-dit-dat\/","title":{"rendered":"Deze, die, dit, dat"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was browsing \u2013 again- on the internet, I noticed a little problem some people have with the Dutch language. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m talking about the pronouns dit\/deze and die\/dat. I think in English both pair of pronouns would be this\/that. Of course, in Dutch we have common gender words and neuter gender words that\u2019s why we have these two pairs of pronouns.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dit\/deze are words to describe items or circumstances which are close by. Die\/dat are words to describe items or circumstances further away.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To make things a bit more confusing\u2026 dit\/dat are the words used for neuter gender words (het) and deze\/die are used for common gender words (de). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A few examples to make things a little more clear:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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* <\/span>Dit boek is nieuw en dat boek is oud. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This book is new and that book is old.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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– \u2018Boek\u2019 uses the article \u2018het\u2019 because it\u2019s a neuter gender word, hence \u2018dit\/dat\u2019 <\/span>– <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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* <\/span>Deze<\/em> man is jong en die<\/em> man is oud.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This<\/span><\/em><\/strong> man is young en that<\/em> man is old. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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– \u2018Man\u2019 uses the article \u2018de\u2019 because it\u2019s a common gender word, hence \u2018deze\/die\u2019- <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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* <\/span>Deze<\/em> man woont in dat<\/em> <\/span>huis. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>This<\/span><\/em><\/strong> man lives in that<\/em> house. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>-\u2018Man\u2019 uses the article \u2018de\u2019, hence \u2018deze\u2019, house uses the article \u2018het\u2019 hence \u2018dat\u2019- <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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* <\/span>Dit<\/em> huis is van die<\/em> man.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>This<\/span><\/em><\/strong> house belongs to that<\/em> man.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>-\u2018House\u2019 uses the article \u2018de\u2019, hence \u2018dit\u2019, \u2018man\u2019 uses the article \u2018de\u2019 hence \u2018die\u2019- <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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As you can see, <\/span>deze\/dit both mean \u2018this\u2019 and die\/dat both mean \u2018that\u2019. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As I was browsing \u2013 again- on the internet, I noticed a little problem some people have with the Dutch language. I\u2019m talking about the pronouns dit\/deze and die\/dat. I think in English both pair of pronouns would be this\/that. Of course, in Dutch we have common gender words and neuter gender words that\u2019s why…<\/p>\n

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