{"id":3887,"date":"2016-01-27T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2016-01-27T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:32:33","slug":"the-pain-of-separable-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-pain-of-separable-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pain of Separable Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I had a very &#8220;girly&#8221; problem related to Dutch. I was getting a manicure and I wanted to explain to the manicurist that I wasn&#8217;t able to completely remove the gel nail polish and needed her to help me. The problem was&#8230;.which verb do you use for removing nail polish. In my head, I went over the options:\u00a0<em>aftrekken, afdoen, wegdoen&#8230;<\/em>wait, am I making any of these up?<\/p>\n<p>The kind lady understood what I meant even with my improvised explanation as to what had happened, but the question lingered&#8230;.what is the proper way to say this? I got home and hit the books for this and embraced one of my most hated Dutch enemies&#8230;separable verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Since I was first introduced to them, separable verbs and I just don&#8217;t like each other. They simply don&#8217;t pop up in my head when I need them, and I always forget to separate them. This has been our story from level A1 to level B2!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9GnXDE\" aria-label=\"5707798540 E597981bf9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2165\/5707798540_e597981bf9.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of my personal aversion to them, separable verbs are here to stay (no Dutch language authority is going to modify them to fit this language learner&#8217;s needs), and I simply just need to work on them. So, in an effort to conquer my enemies, here is a list of some of the separable verbs and what these loathed enemies mean.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>afmaken-\u00a0<\/em>to finish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ik maak mijn huiswerk af.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ik heb gisteren de was afgemaakt.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>inbreken-\u00a0<\/em>to break in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Wij hebben een sterk slot zodat niemand in kan breken.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gisteren was er in de winkel ingebroken.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>meenemen-\u00a0<\/em>to take along<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mijn moeder is op bezoek dus heb ik haar meegenomen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Ik neem mijn hond mee want het restaurant is diervriendelijk.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>opeten-\u00a0<\/em>to eat up\/to finish eating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ik eet de hele pizza op want ik heb veel honger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Heb je de groenten opgegeten?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>aankomen-\u00a0<\/em>to arrive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mijn moeder is vanochtend op het vliegveld aangekomen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mijn man komt morgen aan.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>voorstellen-\u00a0<\/em>to suggest or propose or to introduce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ik heb een nieuw project aan mijn baas voorgesteld.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ik stel mezelf even voor.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>voorkomen-\u00a0<\/em>to prevent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>De regering zegt dat zij een tragedie willen voorkomen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Basisonderwijs\u00a0voor iedereen voorkomt armoede.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>weggaan-\u00a0<\/em>to go away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Als de kou weg gaat, dan kunnen wij van de tuin genieten.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Zij was gisteren weggegaan.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>meegaan-\u00a0<\/em>to go along with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ga je morgen met moeder mee?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gisteren was ik met mijn zus\u00a0naar Amsterdam meegegaan.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>uitgaan-\u00a0<\/em>to go out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ik ga morgen met mijn vriendinnen uit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mijn dochter was met haar\u00a0vriendinnen\u00a0naar de bioscoop uitgegaan.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Which are your Dutch language enemies? How do you deal with them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I had a very &#8220;girly&#8221; problem related to Dutch. I was getting a manicure and I wanted to explain to the manicurist that I wasn&#8217;t able to completely remove the gel nail polish and needed her to help me. The problem was&#8230;.which verb do you use for removing nail polish. 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