Correcting Written Work - Resource

This site: http://www.correctmytext.com/ allows you to input your text in whatever language you like and native speakers of that language will correct it for you free of charge.

Some More Resources

http://www.heardutchhere.net/LearningDutch.html
http://www.lingq.com/
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ - good for looking up parts of verbs etc
http://www.specialdutch.com/ stories and songs in Dutch
http://www.dutchpod101.com/ some free, but some pay only
http://www.pronunciator.com/ includes voice recognition

4th November 2011 Today's Words

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
noun	het beetje	the little bit
adjective	blij	happy, eager
noun	het buitenland	(the) abroad
adjective	gemeen	mean, hurtful, intense, extreme
adverb	gisteren	yesterday
adjective	makkelijk	simple, easy, effortless
adjective	soepel	flexible, supple
verb	teleurstellen	to disappoint
verb	terugbezorgen	to return, bring back
noun	het verschil	the difference
preposition	volgens	according to
verb	vrezen	to dread, be afraid of

3rd November 2011 Today's Words

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
adjective	blind	blind
noun	de blind	the blind
noun	droom	dream
noun	geit	goat
noun	grond	ground
noun	hart	heart
noun	kalf	calf
adjective	koel	cool
noun	kus	kiss
adjective	rood	red
noun	de rust	the rest
adjective	scherp	sharp
noun	stok	stick
noun	voet	foot
noun	wiel	wheel

31st October 2011 Today's Words 2

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
verb	aanvragen	to to request
verb	bakken	to bake
noun	de band	the band
adverb	bijvoorbeeld	to for example
noun	bord	board
adjective	doorsnee	average mean
noun	doorsneed	diameter croass-section	This is a popular rather than a precise mathematical term.
noun	eiland	island
adjective	geldig	valid legitimate current
adjective	gewoon	usual regular mundane
noun	de hand	the hand
verb	helpen	to help	The past participle can follow both hebben and zijn. For example: 'Hij heeft haar geholpen' which means 'He has helped her' whereas 'Zij is door hem geholpen' means 'She is helped by him.'
adverb	hier	to here
noun	de inlichtingendienst	the intelligence service
adjective	kalm	calm
noun	het loket	the counter	This is, for example, a ticket counter.
noun	nek	neck
adjective	netjes	tidy
noun	prinses	princess
noun	stro	straw
noun	de telefooncel	the telephone kiosk
verb	uitslapen	to sleep in
noun	het verven	the paint
noun	voornaam	first name

30th October 2011 Today's Words 3

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
noun	aardappel	potato
noun	groente	vegetable
noun	rijst	rice
noun	sojaboon	soya bean
noun	sorgo	sorghum
noun	specerij	spice
noun	suiker	sugar
noun	tarwe	wheat
noun	tomaat	tomato

31st October 2011 Today's Words 1

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
adjective	blauw	blue	Een blauwe plek is a bruise. The only time blauw is used is when it's the end of a sentence: Het huis is blauw and een blauw huis (since it's het huis), but it's het blauwe huis.
noun	deur	door
noun	kamp	camp
noun	pan	pan
noun	pot	pot
noun	prins	prince
noun	teek	tick	This is the parasitic arachnid.