Quite often the Dutch Facebook group has a few posts from people wanting to learn Dutch. So, to help them out a bit, I thought we could cover some of the basics in some beginner’s Dutch posts. If you are a bit further along with your Dutch learning, why not use the opportunity to review how far you have come.<\/p>\n
Let’s start by looking at the difference between letters<\/em> (letters), woorden<\/em> (words) and zinnen<\/em> (sentences). For many of the Dutch words I haven’t provided their English translation. See if you can figure out what they mean from the context or by looking them up in a woordenboek<\/em> (dictionary).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a, A = letter<\/em><\/p>\n koe<\/em> (cow) = woord<\/em><\/p>\n Een woord bestaat uit letters.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Het Nederlandse alfabet heeft 26 letters.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ik heet Jochem. = zin<\/em><\/p>\n Een zin bestaat uit woorden.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ik heet Jochem.<\/em><\/p>\n I<\/strong> and J<\/strong> = hoofdletters<\/em><\/p>\n .<\/strong> = punt<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And now let’s take a look at\u00a0getallen<\/em> and cijfers <\/em>.<\/p>\n 0 – nul<\/em><\/p>\n 1 – een<\/em><\/p>\n 2 – twee<\/em><\/p>\n 3 – drie<\/em><\/p>\n 4 – vier<\/em><\/p>\n 5 – vijf<\/em><\/p>\n 6 – zes<\/em><\/p>\n 7 – zeven<\/em><\/p>\n 8 – acht<\/em><\/p>\n 9 – negen<\/em><\/p>\n Een getal bestaat uit cijfers (b.v. 48573).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are some oefeningen (exercises) for you:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Kies tussen letter, woord, zin.<\/em><\/p>\n 1. naam \u00a0 \u00a0 = letter \u00a0 woord \u00a0 zin<\/p>\n 2. h\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = letter \u00a0 woord \u00a0 zin<\/p>\n 3. punt\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = letter \u00a0 woord \u00a0 zin<\/p>\n 4. s\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = letter \u00a0 woord \u00a0 zin<\/p>\n 5. Ik heet Johan.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = letter \u00a0 woord \u00a0 zin<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maak van de letters een woord.<\/em><\/p>\n 1. u.p.t.n.<\/p>\n 2. e.i.j.f.c.r.<\/p>\n 3. b.e.f.a.l.a.t.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Schrijf in letters:<\/em><\/p>\n 6 =<\/p>\n 8 =<\/p>\n 3 =<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Welk getal bestaat uit vier cijfers?<\/em><\/p>\n 386745 \u00a0 \u00a0 47697000 \u00a0 \u00a0 385 \u00a0 \u00a0 9276<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kies tussen getal, letter, woord.<\/em><\/p>\n 1. zin \u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n 2. 45\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n 3. p\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n 4. 456\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n 5. k\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n 6. 986\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 = getal \u00a0 letter \u00a0 woord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quite often the Dutch Facebook group has a few posts from people wanting to learn Dutch. So, to help them out a bit, I thought we could cover some of the basics in some beginner’s Dutch posts. If you are a bit further along with your Dutch learning, why not use the opportunity to review…<\/p>\n