{"id":98,"date":"2009-12-17T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=98"},"modified":"2009-12-17T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T16:21:02","slug":"and-were-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/and-were-back\/","title":{"rendered":"And We&#8217;re Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised by George, we are back and hope to hit the ground running with some fresh and fun information for you. But first, you&#8217;re probably wondering who I am. Or maybe not, but introductions are in order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mijn naam is Sarah en ik woon al anderhalf jaar in Nederland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-My name is Sarah and I have lived for a year and a half in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik kom uit Amerika en ik woon nu in Amsterdam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I come from America and I now live in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik heb twee huisdieren.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I have two pets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik vind het leuk om een nieuwe taal te leren.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I find it fun to learn a new language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik heb een cursus Nederlands gevolgd en nu kan ik heel goed Nederlands spreken!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I&#8217;ve taken Dutch courses and now I can speak very good Dutch!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, now that introductions are taken care of, I&#8217;d love to hear back from some of you. Feel free to post a comment with a sentence or two about yourself.\u00a0 Here are some suggestions to get you started:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mijn lievelingshobby is&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-My favorite hobby is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik kom uit&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I come from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik ben&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik werk bij&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I work at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ik hou van&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-I love\/like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And one last note to leave you with. We&#8217;re all very excited here in the Netherlands to see real snow today. It&#8217;s a bit of a rare occasion. Here are a few words and phrases on everyone&#8217;s lips right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wat mooi! Sneeuw!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-How lovely! 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