{"id":6401,"date":"2019-12-05T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2020-10-29T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:59:59","slug":"spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-13-sinterklaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/spreekwoorden-en-uitdrukkingen-sayings-and-expressions-13-sinterklaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreekwoorden en Uitdrukkingen (Sayings and Expressions) 13 &#8211; Sinterklaas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s December. A month full of long hours at work to meet that early end-of-the-month deadline, sitting in traffic on the way home in the dark, and trying to stay warm despite blazing up the fireplace. But it is also a month of coming together with friends and family, reminiscing the year past and looking forward for what&#8217;s coming next &#8211; and gifts, of course. This all starts a bit earlier for the Dutch, since they celebrate\u00a0<em>Sinterklaas <\/em>already tonight on December 5! Read all about Sinterklaas <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/sinterklaas-is-back-4-things-you-gotta-know\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/sinterklaas-santa-claus%e2%80%a6-same-same-but-different\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/zwarte-piet-black-pete-still-there\/\">here<\/a>. You can also improve your Dutch for Sinterklaas &#8211; with a <em>spreekwoord<\/em> (saying) and an\u00a0<em>uitdrukking<\/em> (expression). Let&#8217;s start with the\u00a0<em>spreekwoord<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tag\/sayings-expressions\/\"><strong>For other sayings and expressions in this series, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Ik ben Sinterklaas niet!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ik ben toch zeker Sinterklaas niet (songtekst) - Kinderen voor Kinderen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6H2L6aD3m8?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><em>Literally: I&#8217;m not St. Nicholas!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m not Santa Claus!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<em>spreekwoord<\/em> comes simply from a song by <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen <\/em>(children for children), which is a\u00a0<em>kinderkoor\u00a0<\/em>(children&#8217;s choir) of the Dutch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/8-things-you-have-to-know-about-the-dutch-verzuiling\/\"><em>omroep<\/em><\/a> (channel) BNNVARA. With new\u00a0<em>kinderliedjes\u00a0<\/em>(children&#8217;s songs) every year, the\u00a0<em>koor\u00a0<\/em>that started in the 1980s is building on children&#8217;s themes constantly.<\/p>\n<p>In the song, which you can listen to in the video above, the children want a\u00a0<em>computer<\/em>,\u00a0<em>walkman\u00a0<\/em>(the song is from 1986, after all!), <em>rode fiets\u00a0<\/em>(red bike) and more!<\/p>\n<p>And when the father hears this, he gets angry, and gets <i>rooier <\/i>(redder) and <em>rooier<\/em>. And then he complains:<\/p>\n<p><em>Ik ben toch zeker Sinterklaas niet.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Er staat geen geldboom in mn tuin.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ik ben Sinterklaas niet.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ik heb een negatief fortuin.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Als er straks bankbiljetten groeien op mn rug,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>ben jij de eerste die het hoort, kom dan nog maar eens terug.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ik ben Sinterklaas niet (Sinterklaas).<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ik ben toch zeker Sinterklaas niet (Sinterklaas).<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Als er straks bankbiljetten groeien op mn rug,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>ben jij de eerste die het hoort, kom dan nog maar eens terug.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m not Sinterklaas, am I?<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no money tree in the garden.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not Sinterklaas.<br \/>\nI have a negative balance.<br \/>\nIf bills grow on my back soon,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll be the first to hear it, then you can come back.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not Sinterklaas (Sinterklaas).<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not Sinterklaas, am I? (Sinterklaas).<br \/>\nIf bills grow on my back soon,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll be the first to hear it, then you can come back.)<\/p>\n<p>Quite dramatic, isn&#8217;t it?! The meaning becomes quite obvious here. Sinterklaas is the man that brings all the gifts to all the children. All <em>wensen\u00a0<\/em>(wishes) can be fulfilled! But there are limits &#8211; and dad is not\u00a0<em>Sinterklaas<\/em>, he doesn&#8217;t have unlimited money!<\/p>\n<p>So, if you say this, you are basically indicating that you can&#8217;t just gift things to everybody. For example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hee Hans! Kun je mijn lunch vandaag betalen?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<em>Alweer? Dit is al de derde keer deze week. Ik ben Sinterklaas niet!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Hey Hans! Can you pay my lunch today?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Again? This is already the third time this week. I&#8217;m not St. Nicholas!)<\/p>\n<p>On to the\u00a0<em>uitdrukking<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Voor Sinterklaas spelen<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4716\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bestand:Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008.jpg\" aria-label=\"1920px Amerigo With Sinterklaas 2008 1024x680\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4716\" class=\"wp-image-4716 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/11\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/11\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/11\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/11\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/11\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by RF Jorna at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 4.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Literally: To act as Sinterklaas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conversely to the\u00a0<em>spreekwoord<\/em>, this means exactly that &#8211; to play\u00a0<em>Sinterklaas\u00a0<\/em>and to pay for everything or to fulfill every wish. Where it comes from is quite obvious &#8211; again from the figure of Sinterklaas!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it could be used:<\/p>\n<p><em>Jan geeft alweer een chocoladeletter aan iedereen op kantoor. Hij speelt graag voor Sinterklaas!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Jan is again giving a chocolate letter to everyone in the office. He likes act as Sinterklaas!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you celebrate Sinterklaas tomorrow? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/12\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/12\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/12\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/12\/1920px-Amerigo_with_Sinterklaas_2008-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It&#8217;s December. 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