{"id":3166,"date":"2015-03-02T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2015-03-02T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T16:46:42","slug":"back-to-basics-giving-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/back-to-basics-giving-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to basics: Giving Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lately, I feel like the more I advance with Dutch, the more I forget the basic things I learned right at the beginning. Perhaps these are the words and situations we encounter less, perhaps its a normal part of the language acquisition (the same happened with Italian). It is because of this that I decided to go back to basics, and, in this case, talk about giving directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The basic vocabulary for giving directions is the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>rechts-\u00a0<\/em>right<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>links-\u00a0<\/em>left<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>rechtdoor-\u00a0<\/em>straight (straight ahead)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>rechtsaf-<\/em>\u00a0go right or turn right<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>linksaf-<\/em> go left or turn left<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>aan de rechterkant-\u00a0<\/em> on the right side<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>aan de linkerkant-\u00a0<\/em>on the left side<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>de hoek-\u00a0<\/em>corner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>de rotonde-\u00a0<\/em>the turnaround\/turnabout<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>het\u00a0<\/em><em>stoplicht-\u00a0<\/em>de stoplight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>tegenover- across or across from<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>tussen-\u00a0<\/em>in between<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With these words, you can give directions. One example of the sentence structure for giving directions is the following. I will give a couple examples so that I can use all the words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Ga rechdoor tot het stoplicht. Op de hoek, ga linskaf. De winkel is tegenover de apotheek.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Op de hoek, ga rechtsaf. Aan de rotonde, neem de derde afrit. Mijn huis is tussen het park en de basisschool.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I found the following video on YouTube about the dangers of not knowing where you are going in the Netherlands. I don&#8217;t know if this is real, but it sure made me laugh! Can any of you relate to the men in the video?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asking the Police for Directions in the Netherlands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1w_ir0V3UI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I feel like the more I advance with Dutch, the more I forget the basic things I learned right at the beginning. Perhaps these are the words and situations we encounter less, perhaps its a normal part of the language acquisition (the same happened with Italian). 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