{"id":3102,"date":"2015-01-08T21:08:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2015-01-08T21:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:08:31","slug":"dutch-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch New Year’s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2015 has begun and I am happy for all the opportunities it will bring. I am not the type to make too many resolutions, but considering this will be the year to culminate my Dutch language learning process (at least school wise), I need to set up a plan. By the end of this year, I will have finished the Dutch courses offered and I hope to take the\u00a0Staatsexamen\u00a0<\/em>NT2,\u00a0<\/em>therefore I need to prepare. Some of my Dutch language resolutions will be:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0OEFENEN, OEFENEN, OEFENEN<\/em><\/p>\n

Those of you that live in the Netherlands will probably understand when I say that practicing Dutch isn’t always easy. Why? Because Dutch people speak English and they don’t seem to mind speaking it to foreigners. It is easy to sit back and continue speaking in English because you can get by, but 2015 will be the year of pushing myself to practice Dutch a lot more. I will speak more Dutch and I will write in my journal in Dutch so that I can continue practicing and at the end of the year I can evaluate my improvement.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Onregelmatige werkwoorden<\/em><\/p>\n

I have to admit that I never really did memorize all the irregular verbs in\u00a0imperfectum\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0perfectum<\/em>. I cannot say I am proud of this and this is why 2015 will be the year to work on this. Although I know that memorizing isn’t always the best way to learn words, I think I will have to repeat them every morning.<\/p>\n

lezen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0las, lazen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0gelezen
\nschrijven \u00a0 \u00a0schreef, schreven \u00a0 \u00a0geschreven
\nkopen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 kocht, kochten \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 gekocht
\nlopen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0liep, liepen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 gelopen\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

3. To use or not to use passive voice<\/p>\n

One of the most important tips for writing that has stuck with me has been to avoid using the passive voice. Even in English, I try very hard to avoid it. When I was an English teacher, my students and I often struggled with passive voice because the rules were complicated, and it just made a lot more sense to write using the active voice. Regardless of my personal objections to the passive voice, I will push myself to fully learn the rules in Dutch and use it, even if sporadically, when writing Dutch.<\/p>\n

De kat at de muis.
\nDe muis wordt gedood door de kat.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What will your Dutch resolutions be? Any language goals you want to accomplish in 2015?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

2015 has begun and I am happy for all the opportunities it will bring. I am not the type to make too many resolutions, but considering this will be the year to culminate my Dutch language learning process (at least school wise), I need to set up a plan. By the end of this year…<\/p>\n

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