In Dutch, there are two words to say ‘this’ and two words to say ‘that’.<\/p>\n
When\u00a0‘this’ is used before a common noun, ‘deze<\/strong>‘ is used. Example: deze man *<\/strong>this man<\/p>\n When ‘this’ is used before a neuter noun, ‘dit<\/strong>‘ is used. Example: dit huis <\/strong>*this house<\/p>\n When ‘these’ is used, ‘deze<\/strong>‘ is used, regardless of whether the noun is a common noun or a neuter noun. Example: deze mannen<\/strong> *these men. deze huizen<\/strong> *these houses.<\/p>\n When ‘that’ is used before a common noun, ‘die<\/strong>‘ is used. Example: die man<\/strong>. *that man<\/p>\n When ‘that’ is used before a neuter noun, ‘dat<\/strong>‘ is used. *dat huis<\/strong>. *that house<\/p>\n When ‘those’ is used, it doesn’t matter whether the noun is a neuter noun or a common noun.*die mannen<\/strong>. *those people. *die huizen<\/strong>. *those houses.<\/p>\n I’ll give ya some exercises to do on this topic.<\/p>\n Translate these sentence into English:<\/p>\n 1) Dit is Jan<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) Dat is klein<\/strong><\/p>\n 3) Deze boot is klein<\/strong><\/p>\n 4) Die schoenen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Dutch, there are two words to say ‘this’ and two words to say ‘that’. When\u00a0‘this’ is used before a common noun, ‘deze‘ is used. Example: deze man *this man When ‘this’ is used before a neuter noun, ‘dit‘ is used. Example: dit huis *this house When ‘these’ is used, ‘deze‘ is used, regardless of…<\/p>\n