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.

30th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
noun	het bord	the table
noun	het brood	the bread
noun	de eetlepel	the tablespoon	Literally: eat spoon
verb	eten	to eat
noun	de koelkast	the refridgerator
noun	de melk	the milk
noun	het mes	the knife
noun	het recept	the recipe	This also means prescription.
noun	de theelepel	the teaspoon
verb	toevoegen	to add	This is add as in 'add salt' to a recipe. It does not a mathematical term.
noun	de vis	the fish
noun	het vlees	the meat
noun	de vork	the fork

30th October 2011 - New Resource and Today's Words 1

Today, I was linked to the site http://www.pronunciator.com/ by +Jaana Nyström. It has voice recognition software and checks your pronunciation, recognition of the words both spoken and written, and then has a spelling test where you are given the letters and have to put them in the right order. I found the beeping of the spelling test a bit annoying but the rest is good and well worth using from my first contact with it.

These are the words from the first unit of the first lesson, although I've given the singular when the plural was presented for bes (bessen), graan (granen) and druif (druiven).

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
noun	appel	apple
noun	banaan	banana
noun	bes	berry
noun	boon	bean
noun	citroen	lemon
noun	druif	grape
noun	ei	egg
noun	fruit	fruit	This is a collective noun so you don't get 'een fruit' but 'een stuk fruit'.
noun	gerst	barley
noun	graan	grain
noun	hooi	hay
noun	knoflook	garlic
noun	limoen	lime
noun	maïs	corn
noun	meloen	melon
noun	noot	nut
noun	paddestoel	mushroom	This is the general word for mushroom. The most commonly eaten white variety is champignon.
noun	sinaasappel	orange
noun	tuin	garden
noun	ui	onion

29th October 2011 Today's Words

Type	Dutch	English	Comment
noun	de aardappel	potato
noun	de boter	butter
noun	het fornuis	stove
noun	de keuken	kitchen
noun	de koffie	coffee
noun	de kok	cook
verb	koken	to cook
noun	de lepel	spoon
noun	de oven	oven
noun	peper	pepper
noun	the soep	soup
noun	het vuur	fire
noun	het zout	salt

Progress

The status of all the wordlists I'm learning.

Word List	Growing	Ready	Garden	Wilting
Dutch: 1: same roots as English Dutch and English share the same roots, so many present-day Dutch words sound like or are spelt the same way as their English equivalents. You can learn them here.	0	0	85	0
Dutch: basics e.g. het weekend/ weekeinde, vandaag, hoe gaat het?, vlakbij, dorp, stad, dat klopt, waar kom je vandaan?, dag, welterusten/ slaaplekker ...	0	0	14	0
Dutch: buying a train ticket e.g. tweede klas, erste klas, waarheen?, het perron/ spoor, het station, de trein missen, instappen, overstappen, korting, wisselgeld ...	0	0	1	0
Dutch: Chapter 9 Deel From Dutch textbook	0	0	2	0
Dutch: characteristics e.g. nooit, altijd, soms, best wel, erg, vrij/ nogal, niet zo, helemaal niet, heel erg, een beetje ...	0	0	1	0
Dutch: dagen van de week e.g. vorige week, volgende week, door de week, gisteren, zondag, zaterdag, vrijdag, donderdag, woensday, dinsdag ...	0	0	11	0
Dutch: De of Het List of nouns used in the textbook "Help!", with an emphasis on rembering de or het.	0	0	1	0
Dutch: describing your day e.g. meestal, vaak, af en toe, huiswerk maken, een bijbaantje hebben, boodschappen doen, stofzuigen, het huishouden, de koffie, de thee ...	0	0	1	0
Dutch: directions e.g. door de tunnel, over de brug, steek over, even kijken, ik zoek, mag ik u iets vragen?, terug, over, rechtdoor, rechts ...	0	0	1	0
Dutch: Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch	0	0	807	0
Dutch: Dutch Unit 1-3 Pearson Longman Text Book	0	0	61	0
Dutch: English- Dutch words Taken from textbook: Follow up page 58-62	0	0	2	0
Dutch: English-Dutch Advanced words English to Dutch. Words I encountered in books and on the internet.	0	0	2	0
Dutch: familie e.g. vrouw, man, neef, nicht, tante, oom, kleinzoon, kleindochter, oma, opa ...	0	0	21	0
Dutch: food/ in the cafe e.g. wilt u een tasje?, dat is...alstublieft, mogen we de rekening?, kunnen we afrekenen?, dat was het, anders nog iets?, ja, een...alstublieft, kan ik u helpen?, fooi, ijsje ...	0	0	28	0
Dutch: Help! Dutch e.g. sta, alleen, geldig, voorbereiden, een aantal, iets, iemand, nog een keer, wanneer, daarover ...	0	0	2	0
Dutch: Introducing yourself Basic conversational phrases in Dutch	0	0	3	0
Dutch: Irregular and strong verbs e.g. is gebleven, brengen, bracht/brachten, heeft gebracht, buigen, boog/bogen, heeft gebogen, bestaan, bestond/bestonden, heeft bestaan ...	0	0	2	0
Dutch: kitchen stuff Hou je van koken? Hier leer je hoe je in het Nederlands eten bereidt	0	0	3	0
Dutch: looks e.g. kort haar, leuk, kaal, baard, snor, hij heeft/draagt een bril, bruine ogen, blauwe ogen, rood, lang ...	0	0	21	0
Dutch: maanden e.g. december, november, oktober, september, augustus, juli, juni, mei, april, maart ...	0	0	12	0
Dutch: Naar de winkel Shopping, groceries, etc.....	0	0	18	0
Dutch: question words There aren't many of these, but they crop up the whole time	0	0	5	0
Dutch: transportation	0	0	5	0
Dutch: useful phrases e.g. alstublieft, noemen, nadenken over, schrijf...op, spreken, luister naar, bijvoorbeeld, pagina, opdracht, huiswerk ...	0	0	1	0
Dutch: when e.g. tot zes uur, voor acht uur, na vier uur, om een uur drie, tegen twee uur, om half drie, iets for/ een paar minuten ..., enz, kwart voor, twintig voor ...	0	0	7	0

27th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
boot	boat
onder	under
wild	wild
wol	wool
knie	knee
plank	plank
hut	hut
bad	bath
ding	thing
dief	thief
dank	thank
kanon	cannon
woord	word
luid	loud
muis	mouse
hulp	help
kurk	cork
haat	hate
geest	ghost
laat	late
wil	will
dood	dead
open	open
beter	better
in	in
dat	that
heet	hot
net	net

26th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
rond	round
hoorn	horn	As in an animal's horn. A car horn is claxon.
paal	pole	The nationality is pools.
klok	clock	Klok also means bell.
beer	bear	Not to be confused with bier = beer.
zilver	silver
bed	bed
wit	white
fruit	fruit	The word vrucht also means fruit.
boek	book
wapen	weapon
oor	ear	Oren is ears.
gras	grass
bruin	brown
zand	sand
noot	nut
sneeuw	snow
licht	light
huis	house
glas	glass
schip	ship
haar	hair
werk	work
winter	winter
lip	lip
goed	good
vriend	friend
helm	helmet

Problems Again - Words I keep forgetting

I did a test yesterday with 99 words. I got 25 of them wrong, and these are the ones which I had most difficulty correcting. I don't know what to do about these words. They keep disappearing out of my head.

Dutch	English	Comments
aanvagen	to begin
de ingewikkeldheid	the complexity, task, difficulty
aangenaam	nice, easy going
tegelijk	simultaneously
ontmoeten	to meet	I keep forgetting the 'ont'. Moeten means must.
gemakkelijk	easy, effortless	I'm not tying this work to its meaning.
tof	great
vroeg	early
voelen	to think	Literally means to feel.
beklemtonen	to emphasise
Anders nog iets?	Anything else?	anders = other, nog=more, iets=something

25th October 2011

Dutch	English	Comments
baard	beard
ster	star
vork	fork
kat	cat
tong	tongue
steen	stone
wind	wind
hard	hard
zon	sun
klauw	claw
roos	rose
haak	hook
worm	worm
spear	spear

Food & Eating Out

Food & Drink

Dutch	English	Comments
appel	apple
azijn	vinegar
boter	butter
boterham	sandwich
brood	bread
het broodje	the roll
croissantje	croissant
ei	egg
gebak	cake(s)
kaas	cheese
honing	honey
ijsje	ice cream
kip	chicken
melk	milk
patat	chips
de perzik	the peach
pindakaas	peanut butter
rosti	ham and cheese toastie
salade	salad
sinaasappel	orange
sinaasappelsap	orange juice
soep	soup
suiker	sugar
ui	onion
uitjes	shredded onions
water	water
worst	sausage

Related Words - Eating Out

Dutch	English	Comments
groot	large
middel	medium
klein	small
zonder	without
fooi	tip
kan ik u helpen?	Can I help you?
Ja, een ... alstublieft.	Yes, a ... please.
Anders nog iets	Anything else?
Dat was het	That's it.

Dutch	English	Comments
de keuken	the kitchen
bakken	to bake
bakte/bakten	baked	ik bakte, wij bakten
heeft gebakken	has baked

24th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
de krant	the daily paper
verreweg	by far
menig	many
meeste	most
enkele	certain, a couple of
enige	a few
sommige	certain, some, a few, a couple of
vinger	finger
hand	hand
warm	warm	Means warm in both the sense of hot and warm-hearted.
bal	ball	de bal spherical object, ball (of the foot) het bal the ball (dance) ballen plural for both meanings

For more information on some/any/a few see http://tryingtolearndutch.blogspot.com/2011/09/vocabulary-some-and-every.html.

Descriptions of People

Dutch	English	Comments
blauwe ogen	blue eyes
bruine ogen	brown eyes
Hij heeft/draagt een bril.	He wears glasses.
snor	moustache
kaal	bald
donker	dark
bruin haar	brown hair
kort haar	short hair
blond	blonde
rood	ginger/red
klein	small
knap	handsome
dik	fat
groot	big
kort	short
lang	tall
slank	slim
mooi	beautiful
de schijterd	the scaredy cat
de schijtzak	the wimp
leuk	nice

Parts of the Body

Dutch	English	Comments
het lichaam	the body
het haar	the hair
het gezicht	face
voorhoofd	forehead
wenkbrauw	eyebrow
de oog	the eye
de ogen	the eyes
de oor	the ear
de oren	the ears
de neus	the nose
de wang	the cheek
de mond	the mouth
de tong	the tongue
de kaak	the jaw
de kin	the chin
baard	beard
de nek	the neck
de borst	the chest
de arm	the arm
elleboog	elbow
de vinger	the finger
de nagel	the nail
het been	the leg
het dijbeen	the thigh bone
de enkel	the ankel
de voet	the foot
de bal van de voet	the ball of the foot
de spier	the muscle
bloed	blood

24th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
aangeven	to suggest
aantekenen	to note
massamedia	mass media
postcode	postcode
ellende	squalor	The dictionary says this means misery, trouble, bother. No mention of squalor.
verspreiding	dissemination	Also means spread or distribution.
opstaan	to get up
uitslaap	to sleep in
sta	stand
alleen	only
slordig	slovenly	careless, untidy, sloppy
netjes	tidy
de hobby	the hobby
de band	the band

Meeting & Greeting

Dutch	English	Comments
hallo	hello
goedemorgen	good morning
goedemiddag	good afternoon
goedenavond	good evening
goede nacht	good night
welterusten slaap lekker	sleep well
dag	bye
Hoe gaat het?	How are you?
Waar kom je vandaan?	Where are you from?
Hoe heet je/u?	What's your name?
Dat klopt.	That is right.
Mijn naam is...	My name is...
Ik heet ...	My name is...
ik ben	I am
voornamn	first name
Kun je wat langzamer praten?	Could you speak a bit more slowly?
Kun je dat herhalen?	Could you repeat that?

Time

Dutch	English	Comments
maandag	Monday
dinsdag	Tuesday
woensdag	Wednesday
donderdag	Thursday
vrijdag	Friday
zaterdag	Saturday
zondag	Sunday
vandaag	today
het weekend	the weekend
weekeinde	weekend
gisteren	yesterday
door de week	during the week
vorige week	last week
volgende week	next week
de week	de week
het uur	the hour
de seconde	the second
de minuut	the minute
half	half
kwart	quarter
het kwartier	the quarter hour
de dag	the day
morgen	tomorrow, morning
morgenochtend	tomorrow morning
maand	month
januari	January
februari	February
maart	March
april	April
mei	May
juni	June
juli	July
augustus	August
september	September
oktober	October
november	November
december	December

Transport & Travel

Vehicles

Dutch	English	Comments
de ambulance	the ambulance
de auto	the car
de boot	the boat
de bus	the bus
de caravan	the caravan
de fiets	the bicycle
het rijtuig	carriage
de rondvaartboot	excursion boat
de tank	tank
de taxi	taxi
het vaartuig	vessel
het vliegtuig	aeroplane
de zeilboot	yacht

Directions

Dutch	English	Comments
noorden	north
oosten	east
zuiden	south
westen	west
rechts	right (direction)
links	left (direction)
de richting	the direction
vlakbij	near to

Other Travel Related Words

Dutch	English	Comments
de dorp	the village
excursie	excursion
fietspad	cycle path
de gracht	the canal
hotel	hotel
ligplaats	berth
de molen	the windmill
pakken	to pack
paspoort	passport
de reis	the journey
goede reis	have a good journey
de stad	the town
op het plein	on the square
in de telefooncel	in the telephone booth
de rivier	the river
toerist	tourist
vlucht	(aeroplane) flight
vrij	vacant
lopend	on foot
hard lopen	to run
op de fiets	by bicycle
met de auto	by car
met de metro	by metro

Train

Dutch	English	Comments
met de trein	by train
een treinkaartje kopen	to buy a train ticket
het loket	the ticket counter/window

Words relating to cars

Dutch	English	Comments
benzine	petrol
bougie	spark plug
carburateur	carburettor
de chauffeur	the driver
cilinder	cylinder
claxon	horn
filter	filter
garage	garage
gas	gas
gaspedaal	accelerator
koppeling	clutch
krik	jack
lekke band	puncture
motor	engine
motorkap	bonnet
ongeluk	accident
panne	breakdown
de pomp	the pump
richtingaanwijzer	indicator
rijden	to drive
stroomverdeler	distributor
stuur	steering wheel
de tol	the toll

Question Words

Dutch	English	Comments
hoe	how
hoeveel	how much how many
waar	where
waarom	why
wat	what
wie	who

Shopping

Dutch	English	Comments
winkelen	to shop shopping
de winkel	the shop
de winkels	the shops
de winkelbediende	the shop assistant
de winkelwagen	the shopping trolley
de winkelstraat	shopping street/lane
het winkelcentrum	shopping centre
de winkeldief	the shoplifter	de dief = the thief
de zaak	the shop	Boutique, non-chain shop
het geld	the money
het wisselgeld	the change
de supermarkt	the supermarket, grocery store	de markt = market
de bakkerij	the bakery
de bakker	the bakery the baker
de slagerij	the butcher's shop
de slager	the butcher
de tas	the bag
doe-het-zelf winkel/zaak	the hardware store
de dierenwinkel	the pet store
het warenhuis	the department store
de kledingwinkel	the clothing store
de juwelier	the jewellery shop the jeweller
de boekenwinkel	the bookshop
de platenzaak	the record shop
de speelgoedwinkel	the toy shop

Family Words

Dutch	English	Comments
familie	family
gezin	family (parents and children)
bloedverwant	relative
vader	father
moeder	mother
ouders	parents
grootvader	grandfather
opa	grandpa
grootmoeder	grandmother
oma	grandma
grootouders	grandparents
broer	brother
broertje	little brother
zus	sister
zuster	sister	Not used much.
zusje	little sister
zoon	son
dochter	daughter
kleinzoon	grandson
kleindochter	granddaughter
oom	uncle
tante	aunt
neef	cousin (male), nephew
nicht	cousin (female), niece
man	husband
echtgenoot	husband	Not common.
vrouw	wife
schoonvader	father-in-law
schoonzuster	sister-in-law	Probably more common than schoonzus.
stiefvader	stepfather
stiefzuster	stepsister

21st October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
de auto	the car
het rijtuig	the carriage	vliegtuig = aeroplane (flying) vaartuig = vessel (water)
beklemtonen	to emphasise	klemtoon = emphasis
opvragen	to claim, ask for	vragen = to ask
de bak	the barrel, bucket (?), prison camp	vuilnisbak = dustbin
de kwinkslag	the gag (joke)
iets	something	Compare with niets = nothing.

20th October 2011 Revision

Today, I've continued with the revision as my brain seems to have developed rather a lot of holes recently! I'm pulling the words back, but it's going to take a few days, I think.

19th October 2011 Forgetting Words

I'm up to just over 850 words now but it's gone a bit wrong recently. I've hit a group of words that I'm having a lot of trouble remembering. I'm not going to continue until I've got these sorted somewhat better.

Dutch	English	Problem
ik zou graag	I would like	Got ik zou but forgot graag.
iemand afsnauwen	to bite someone's head off	I was ok on 'iemand afs.auwen' but I forgot it was an n there and not sch
voelen	to think	I can't remember what this means, nor the word itself at all.
wetenswaardig	interesting	I know this is knowledge-worthy but I keep messing up the waardig part and missing the s in the middle.
de ingewikkeldheid	the difficulty, complexity, task	I have 'ingewikk...' but not getting the rest. I'm also muddling it up with de moeilijkheid, which also means difficulty.
aanvangen	to begin	I get the 'aan' but no further.
gemakkelijk	easy, effortless	No idea what the word was at all.
regelen	to finish (really means take control)	I don't remember this word at all.
tof	great	Completely forgot the word. Could only think of groot = big. Tof means great in the sense of  'wow, that's great'.
verkeerd	wrong	Again, no connection to this word at all.
herhaal dat nog eens	repeat that again	I forgot herhaal.
gewelddadig	violent	I remembered the 'weldd' but not the rest

18th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
iemand afsnauwen	to bite off someone's head	snauwen = snarl, growl, snap. Ik snauw af iemand. = I bite off someone's head. (I snap at someone.)
beloven	to promise	geloven = belief
voelen	to think
wetenswaardig	interesting	weten = to know, waardig = worth
in slaap vallen	to go to sleep	slaap = sleep, vallen = fall
slapen	to sleep
morgenochtend	tomorrow morning	morgen = tomorrow (it also means morning), ochtend = morning
tegelijk	simultaneously
de moeilijkheid	the difficulty
de ingewikkeldheid	complexity, task, difficulty	Ingewikkeldheid isn't used often although ingewikkeld = complicated is.
zoals	like (comparative)
boos	bitter, angry
regelen	to finish	to take care of something, control
aanvangen	to begin

17th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
leuk vinden	to like	leuk=fun, vinden= find. We've already met ik houd van - I love.
jouw	your (s)
zijn	his	Not to be confused with the verb to be.
haar	her	Haar also means hair.
ons	our
jullie	your (pl)	Jullie is also you (plural).
hun	their
het nieuwsblad	newspaper
ik zou graag	I would like
hebben	to have	Like zijn - to be, this is an irregular verb.
gemakkelijk	easy, effortless
excuseer	excuse me
te veel hooi op zijn vork nemen	to bite off more than you can chew	Literally: too much hay on his fork to take. Ik neem te veel hooi op mijn vork. - I bite off more than I can chew.
verbijten	to bite one's lips	It means to endure pain.

17th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
aangenaam	nice, easy going
leuk	cool, fun
plezant	agreeable
tof	great	This is great in the "Wow, isn't that great" sense. For great as in the constellation Great Bear it's "Grote Beer." Tof is an informal word used mainly by young people and more common in some regions that others. Less informal words for great in the wow sense are goede and geweldige.
doen	to do
ontmoeten	to meet
zijn	to be	Not to be confused with 'his' which is also zijn.

16th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
prachtig	wonderful
het boek	the book
het haar	the hair
het glas	the glass
de tas	the cup	The is Belgian. It's just bag in NL.
de stoel	the chair
de tafel	the table
de bakker	the baker
de winkel	the shop
ik ga naar	I go to
de handtas	the purse	Also in Longman list. Tas is bag.
de rugzak	the bag	It really just means rucksack or backpack. A generic bag is tas.
juist	right (just)
inderdaad	indeed

16th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
dit	this (n)
dat	that (n)
deze	this (m/f)
die	that (m/f)
het café	the cafe
het bier	the beer
het weer	the weather	We've had just weer and onweer=storm before.

15th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
waar	where
willen	to want
mijn	my
verbeteren	to impose
veranderen	to change
de toekomst	the future
de beslissing	the decision
het woord	the word	woordenboek = dictionary
de vraag	the question	vragen - to question
de zin	the sense, sentence
ongelooflijk	unbelievable	on- = un-, geloven = to believe
vroeg	early
bijna	almost
goesting	craving

15th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
licht	light	This means light in both the sense of the opposite of dark and the opposite of heavy.
straat	street
ik zwem	I swim	zwemmen = to swim
de gang	gangway
ik neem	I take	nemen = to take
zee	sea
glad	smooth
ziekenhuis	hospital	de ziekte = the illness huis = house
gewoonlijk	usual	Buitengewoon is extraordinary.
verkoper	salesman	verkopen = to sell
azijn	vinegar
manager	manager
noorden	north	Now we have the full set. zuiden = south, oosten = east westen = west
hoe	how	Hoe gaat het?=How are you?

14th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
de enkel	the ankle
landing	landing
been	leg	We met het dijbeen = thigh bone early on.
oom	uncle
jack	anorak
ik antwoord	I answer	From the verb antwoorden - to answer.
de regenjas	the raincoat	Earlier we had de jas=coat and regen = rain
vlag	flag
herhaal dat nog eens	repeat that again	We've already had herhaald=repeated  and nog eens = again.
burger	citizen
concert	concert
door	through
weer	weather	het onweer = the thunderstorm
doek	cloth

13th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
bodem	bottom
gewelddadig	violent	geweld = violence, daad = act
dorp	village
dikwijls	often	We've met this before when it was translated as frequent.
vlucht	(aeroplane) flight
kam	comb
de neef	cousin	This is a male cousin. A female cousin is nicht. This is in the Longman list. The words for cousin also mean nephew and niece, respectively.
oosten	east	We've already had zuiden - south, and westen - west
klandestien	clandestine
diamant	diamond	We met this word in diamantslijper - diamond cutter.
de serveester	the waitress	See also: serveren - to serve, ik serveer - I serve.
toerist	tourist
ik zeg	I say
stof	dust
appel	apple
zonder	without
lade	drawer
overhemd	shirt
wortel	carrot
bes	berry
gas	gas

12th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
paling	eel
hel	hell
de kaart	the map	Note that ticket - kaartje literally means little map.
wassen	to wash
helpen	to help	Wilt u/Wil jij me helpen = Will you help me? help = help
dik	fat	dikwijls = frequent, dik = dense, wijls = while
groot	big
sekonde	second (time)	Second place is tweede.
laag	low
bloemenmarkt	flower market	bloembol = bulb (flower bulb) bloem = flower, plural bloemen bloemkool = cauliflower (flower cabbage) de markt = the market
zaklantaarn	torch	zak is pocket
kast	cupboard
het vlees	the meat	We've already had varkensvlees = pork (pig meat) and tandvlees = gum (tooth meat)
kado	gift

11th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
Hoe gaat het?	How are you?	Hoe=How gaat=going het=it
de arm	the arm
ja	yes
eerst	first
ligplaats	berth	lig=lie, lying, plaats=place. Compare with deckchair which is ligstoel.
aspirine	aspirin
zwak	weak
Wat wil jij?	What do you want?	Wat=What, wil=want, jij=you
zeker	sure
links	left
de verdoving	the anaesthetic
speld	pin
de molen	the windmill
de kleur	the colour

Origins of uitgezonderd

Uitgezonderd comes from a verb that is no longer used, that is, sonder. It means on its own or separated. In Swedish, sönder means broken. This is also similar to the English asunder.

It appears to be some sort of translation of the French word excepté.

10th October 2011 Today's Words 3

Dutch	English	Comments
mensen	people	Also occurs in the Longman word list.
pardon	sorry
inktvis	squid	inkt=ink, vis=fish
bleek	pale	We met this earlier in bleekselderij meaning celery. Selderij itself also means celery.
sigaar	cigar
kopen	to buy	Compare with verkopen - to sell. Earlier, we had ik koop - I buy.
herhaald	recurrent, repeated
groente	vegetable
schroef	screw
ligstoel	deckchair	lig = lie, lying, stoel = chair
ik geloof	I believe	From the infinitive geloven, which we had earlier.
hemel	sky	We met this earlier as de hemel where it was translated as heaven. Probably lucht is more commonly used for sky than hemel.
de vuilnes	rubbish	From vuil = dirty.
hagel	hail

10th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
gezond	well (healthy)
tegen	against
vuil	dirty
panne	breakdown
boek	book	From the Longman words, we had woordenboek - dictionary, literally wordbook.
goederen	goods
koppeling	clutch

10th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
richtingaanwijzer	indicator	richting=direction, wijzen=to point, aanwijzer=pointer
wonderbaarlijk	wonderful
spiegel	mirror
huid	skin
shampoo	shampoo
plank	shelf
verkeerd	wrong	ver- is trans- and keerd is conversely. keren is turn (around)

9th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
sardientje	sardine	The -je ending means this takes the article het.
vijver	pond
water	water
ik laat zien	I show	laat=let, zien=show. Laat is from laten which means to let.  This construction is used with other words too. laten voelen - (will)  let feel laten horen - (will) let hear laten ruiken -(will) let smell
de bloemkool	the cauliflower	bloem= flower, kool=cabbage
succes	success
hersenen	brain
de borst	the chest	Part of the body rather than a wooden box, which is kist.
klok	clock	We met klok earlier, where it meant bell.
zeep	soap
winter	winter	Now we have the complete set. lente-spring zomer-summer herfst-autumn winter-winter
prijs	price
goede morgen	good morning
tijd	time

9th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
alleen	alone	We've had this before translated as only.
gek	mad	In the Longman list, gek is translated as crazy.
museum	art gallery	Museum means museum as well as art gallery.
filter	filter
matroos	sailor	Apparently, the English word matross comes from this word. It's not in use today, but it used to mean an artillery man, next in rank down from a gunner, according to http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/11/matross/
van	of
vijg	fig
de handtekening	signature
ik kus	I kiss
steen	stone
heb jij gezien	have you seen	gezien is the past participle of the verb zien
deur	door
uur	hour
keel	throat

8th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
ik haat	I hate	From the verb we've met before: haten.
kikker	frog
drinkt	drinks	This is the present tense of the verb drinken rather than the plural of the noun drink. The drink is de drink or het drinkje. The plurals are de dranken and de drankjes respectively. De drank is booze.
duidelijk	obvious
het strand	the beach
ik heb	I have	From the irregular verb hebben.
ontbijt	breakfast	Bijt is bite.

8th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
blauwe plek	bruise	blauwe = blue, plek = spot, patch
ik loop hard	I run	From the infinitive hard lopen.
trainingspak	tracksuit	pak = suit
verlegen	shy
stoofschotel	stew	Stoof means stove. Schotel came up earlier where it was given to mean saucer (even flying saucer - vliegende schotel). It also means dish (een warme schotel - a hot dish, een vuurvaste schotel - an ovenproof dish) .
tank	tank	The military vehicle, or a petrol tank but not the fish tank variety which is aquarium. It's also part of the verb tanken which is to fill up the car with petrol.
open	open

7th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
voorhoofd	forehead
ik serveer	I serve	From the verb serveren.
boter	butter
picknick	picnic
stadion	stadium
voorzichtig	cautious
cheque	cheque
oud	old	Compare with ouder(s) - parent(s), grootouder(s) - grandparent(s) from the Longman list.
zomer	summer	We've also had lente - spring and herfst - autumn. Winter is winter, but that hasn't come up yet.
lepel	spoon	A spoon to go with vork - fork and het mes - the knife.
goed	good	goede reis - have a good journey goed - alright goed - right (correct) is alles goed - is everything alright het is goed - it's alright goedkoop - cheap heel goed - very good
zondag	Sunday	We've now had all the days of the week. maandag - dinsdag - woensdag - donderdag - vrijdag - zaterdag - zondag
vreselijk	horrible
vlek	stain
zuster	sister	Brother is broer.
de worst	the sausage
stroomverdeler	distributor	stroom= power, verdeler is from delen meaning parts/parting. This is a distributor in an engine. The definition is "a device in a gasoline engine for passing electric current to each spark plug in turn."  Gasoline engine is benzine motor. Electric current is elektrische stroom. Spark plug is bougie. Distributor of say, books, is  distributeur.
prei	leek
geheel	wholly
sneeuw	snow
de boerderij	the farm
auto	car
porcelain	china (material)	The country, China, is China.
de piano	the piano
de markt	the market
meijse	girl	It's het meisje because all words which have the diminutive ending -je have article het.

7th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
forel	trout
muis	mouse
handdoek	hand towel	It's literally hand=hand doek=cloth. Handdoek can be used for a general towel, but most often it's hand towel. A bath towel is badhanddoek.
sterk	strong
garage	garage
ik woon	I live	Woonkamer is living room.
stopper	bath plug	A spark plug is bougie.
de asperge	the asparagus
roepen	to call	This is only the shout sort of calling, and not phoning someone.
rots	rock
jurk	dress
onmiddellijk	immediately	on- = in-/un-/dis-/im-, middellijk = indirectly
de slang	the snake
hoeveel	how much

6th October 2011 Progress Report

I've now harvested 94 words so far this month. I find it hard to comprehend the speed at which I'm learning these words and how little effort it feels that I have to put in to do so. I'm not sure how much of that is the style of learning, and how much is the closeness of Dutch to Swedish and English. I think it's probably a mixture of both as I have tried to learn Dutch vocabulary before but it hasn't stuck as well as this and has taken much more effort, or at least felt like it.

6th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
ik schrift	I write	Infinitive: schrijven - to write
de gloeilamp	the (light) bulb	The translation give also says glove, but I think that might be a typo for globe, as in light globe. A flower bulb is bloembol.
peper	pepper
de garnaal	prawn
niets	nothing
blikopener	tin opener	Blikje is tin can.
bril	spectacles

6th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
zoon	son	This came up earlier as part of the word kleinzoon - grandson which literally means little son.
melk	milk
ongelofelijk	incredible	Gelofelijk means faith, so, like the English, it's unbelievable.
tand	tooth	The word for dentist, tandarts, is literally tooth doctor.
de maand	month
stem	voice
verkwistend	wasteful

5th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
klok	bell
veer	spring	This is a spring as in a coiled piece of wire. It also means feather. The season spring is lente.
motorkap	bonnet (hood)	This is a car bonnet. It seems the word bonnet may be used in Dutch for the hat variety, but I've had trouble checking.
arm	poor
bier	beer
dames	ladies
heel goed	very well	Here, we have goed again. We've had it earlier meaning right (correct) and alright and also in phrases such as 'Is alles goed?' (Is everything alright?) and 'Goede reis!' (Have a good journey!)

5th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
roonvaartboot	excursion boat	roon - around vaart is from varen which is to move on water, as mentioned in the discussion about vaartuig under  vliegtuig - aeroplane. boot - boat
injectie	injection
druk	busy
nauw	narrow
wijn	wine
nemen	to take
ik was	I wash	From the verb wassen, to wash.

4th October 2011 Progress Report

Today was a nightmare day for learning. I didn't have time this morning for any practice so I left it to the evening when I got home and was tired and distracted. The words just flew out of head and I forgot words that I know I know. Then again, it was one of those days today with English too, when I couldn't think of the word I was looking for so I guess it wasn't too surprising! I'm sure tomorrow will be a better day and I'm not going to let myself get discouraged by a bad day. Ever onwards!

4th October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
salaris	salary
hoest	cough
excursie	excursion
zwemmen	to swim
ik koop	I buy	From the verb kopen. Note that sell is verkopen.
biefstuk	fillet	Just steak can be used for steak as well.
doof	deaf

4th October 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
uitlaat	exhaust	This is a car exhaust, not to tire or wear out something or someone.
boom	tree	This was in the Longman set of words in stamboom, meaning family tree.
wreed	brutal
de electriciteit	electricity
storm	gale
lunch	lunch
de kerk	church

3rd October 2011 Today's Words 2

Dutch	English	Comments
zuur	acid
knoop	button
man	husband	So much easier to remember, and more common than echtgenoot which also means husband!
brand!	fire!
vlieg	fly
de herrie	the fuss, argument
kwart	quarter

3rd October 2011 Problems with Marriage Words

I had to do some revision of the Dutch Unit 1-3 Pearson Longman Text Book list. I don't know what it is about the word but I do not seem to be able to remember the word echtgenoot which means husband. I also had trouble remembering the word getrouwd - married because I get confused as to whether that is the word I want or huwelijk - marriage. The only word on the topic I seem to be able to remember is vrouw - wife. I did five lots of revision on this set of words.

I also did three lots of revision on the 1000 word list as well as harvesting the eleven words from the last list and planting seven more.

I've harvested 45 words so far this month.

3rd October 2011 Today's Words 1

The webpage froze after 4 words so once it would reload, I did an extra 7.

Dutch	English	Comments
ik wil naar toe	I want to go to
hond	dog
de dood	the death
hotel	hotel
waarschuwing	warning
cake	cake
ik doe	I do
ik houd van	I like
nieuw	new
de as	the axis, ash
gracht	canal

2nd October 2011 Today's Words 3

And here is the third set for today. It's funny how being busy means I become super motivated and not only fit in the stuff I have to do but a lot of other stuff too. It's as if I have a switch which puts me into focused mode.

Just six words this time as the first word was supposed to be 'el radio' which is, apparently, Spanish.

Dutch	English	Comments
kleinzoon	grandson	Klein means little.
de lapje	the rag
vloer	floor
krant	newspaper
pen	pen
langzaam	slowly	This occurred earlier as part of the phrase spreek langzaam - speak slowly.

2nd October 2011 Today's Words 2

I timed myself today. I can harvest the words, run through the old words about 5 times, and plant new words in 20 minutes. Since I don't need to do this at my best, I can probably fit in a couple of sessions a day which means I'm looking at closer to 400 words than 200 for the month.

Dutch	English	Comments
de schop	the shovel
vreemd	strange
deurwachter	porter	I think this is porter only in the sense of the person who attends the door since it's literally deur = door, wachter = watcher/watchman. My dictionary doesn't have it at all. Google translate gives doorkeeper.
de minuut	the minute
gebouw	building	It's het gebouw. Many ge-, ver- and be- nouns are het.
tussen	among
volgende	next

2nd October 2011 Today's Words

I wasn't going to do these tonight, but leave them for the morning. I accidentally clicked plant instead of harvest so here they are, a little early.

Dutch	English	Comments
eiland	island
de pot	the jar, set, match, contest	The meaning set, match or contest is very informal. It's not in my dictionary.
voor	before
de spijker	the nail
brief	letter
vinger	finger
het zaad	the seed

1st October 2011 Today's Words 2

Well, I'm not sure I'm going to keep down to 200 words since I seem incapable of restricting myself once I get going, plus clicking the wrong button and accidentally planting another seven seeds.

Dutch	English	Comments
hoek	corner
snoep	sweet (as in candy)	When sweet means the taste, it's zoet.
goed	right (correct)	Also seen in: Is alles goed? = Is everything alright? goed = alright Goede reis! = Have a good journey! Het is goed. = It's alright. goedkoop = cheap (see below)
help	help	The verb, which came up earlier, is helpen.
goedkoop	cheap	goed = good, koop = buy. Recall verkoop means sell.
de kop	the cup, head, headline
de partij	the party, treat	I don't know in what sense it is supposed to mean treat, if it does indeed mean that at all.

1st October 2011 Today's Words

For the 200 words I want to learn this month, I need to learn about 7 words per day. Today's words are these.

Dutch	English	Comments
dom	stupid
klaar	ready, clear, evidence	It does not mean clear in the sense of see through. That is helder.
koffie	coffee
overstroming	flood	over=over, stroming=flow
dikwijls	frequent	dik=thick or dense, wijls=while, so dikiwijls is dense happening
fabriek	factory
nog eens	again, once more	nog=more eens=once.

There are still some words which I keep forgetting of the 500 I learnt in September, so I'm going to learn fewer words this month so I have more time for repetition.

End of the Month and Plans

I'm not going to learn any new words tomorrow, but use the last day of the month to review the words I've already learnt. I do keep forgetting words and muddling them up so I think it's time to take stock again.

I'm pleased with my progress this month, hitting the 500 word mark for the month. I think I will restrict myself to about 200 for October as I have to maintain those 500 words, and I also have 3 computing courses that I'm doing until the middle of December so I'm going to be quite busy.

By the end of the year, I hope to have completed the 1000 most common words list. I'm going to have to think about how I want to continue in the New Year. Will it be focusing on grammar and sentence construction, or learning more words? I might set up my own word lists on memrise to test tenses and irregular verbs.

29th September 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
tomaat	tomato
de lucht	the air, heaven (as in sky), fragrance	For the religious version of heaven, it's de hemel. (Hemel can be used for the heavens as well.)
de rups	caterpillar	As butterfly showed up last time, and not caterpillar, here's chrysalis to complete the sequence: de pop
fiets	bicycle	Earlier, there was fietspad.
de diamantslijper	the diamond cutter
produkt	product	Product includes the answer to a multiplication.
wiel	wheel
het is goed	it's alright
ik ga	I go
de gieter	the watering can
ik breng	I bring
carburateur	carburettor
de eigenaar	the owner	Eigen is own.
rijp	ripe

28th September 2011 Today's Words 2

A second set of words for today.

Dutch	English	Comments
de ventilator	the fan
toilet	toilet
anders	other
bloedverwant	relative	Verwant means related to, and bloed is blood.
de vlinder	the butterfly
geschikt	suitable
droog	dry
ik hoor	I hear
vrolijk	happy
binnen	inside
eerlijk	sincere	Eer means honour
hark	rake
ei	egg
olie	oil

Vocabulary - Some and Every

I'm getting quite confused with the some- and every- words so I'm going to summarise them here. I thought I might as well include the no- words as well.

Dutch	English	Dutch	English	Dutch	English
sommig(e), wat	some	ieder(e)	every	geen	none
iemand	someone	iedereen	everyone	niemand	no one
iets	something	alles	everything	niets	nothing
ergens	somewhere	overal	everywhere	nergens	nowhere
soms	sometimes	altijd	always	nooit	never

Note that the no- words, apart from none and never, are just the some- words with an n in front.

Some more words to add to this collection are

alleen - only, alone
al - all
anders - other

Some

The English word some is used to express different meanings such as certain, a few or any. There are several words in Dutch which can be used for some. They are sommige, wat, een paar, enkele and enige. I'm just going to look at sommige, wat  and een paar for the moment.

Sommige is used when some is meant in the sense of certain. (Sommig in front of het words, sommige in front of de words and plurals.)

• Sommige winkels verkoopt brood. - Some (certain) shops sell bread.
• De winkel verkoopt cakes. Sommige smaken lekker! - The shop sells cakes. Some (of them) taste delicious!
• Hij leest sommige boeken. - He reads some (certain) books.
• Sommige dingen veranderen nooit. - Some things never change.
• Voor sommig werk moet je handig zijn. - For certain jobs, you must be handy.

(Reference: http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Pronouns.Id09)

Wat and een paar are used when some means a few. Wat can always be used, whereas een paar can only be used before plural nouns. Note that wat also means what, and een paar literally means a pair.
(http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Pronouns.Id12)

• Hij leest wat boeken. - He reads some books.
• Hij leest en paar boeken. - He reads some (a few) books.

• Hij at wat rijst. - He ate some rice. (Present tense: eet. Past: at) Een paar can not be used here.

28th September 2011 Today's Words

Dutch	English	Comments
ieder	every
de rivier	the river, stream
meer	lake	This also means more.
de plant	the plant
bord	plate	Bord occurred earlier in nummerbord which is numberplate.
bij	near	Bij also means bee.
achter	behind
de chaffeur	the driver
uitgezonderd	except
veel	much
kussen	to kiss	Kussen also means pillow.
paard	horse	Yesterday, I mentioned paard when paired with tuig giving paardetuig which means a horse's harness.
rechts	right (directions)	Recht means straight, as in straight line, but to give directions to say straight on, it's rechtdoor.
roze	pink

27th September 2011 Today's Words

I've caught up to where I was with the other account, with just one more error. I wrote slek instead of slak for snail.

The words I've learnt today are these.

Dutch	English	Comments
vliegtuig	aeroplane	Tuig on its own means harness, or mob, although that can't be the meaning here. A flying mob? Scary! It's also used in vaartuig, where vaar is from varen which is to move on water. A harness for a horse is paardetuig, where paard is horse.
de worm	the worm, kid, tot
lekker	delicious
baan	job	Ik heb een baan. I have a job. This is paid work rather than just a job that needs to be done around the house. Ik ga naar werk. I go to work.
de pijn	the pain, sorrow
baas	boss
het tandvlees	the gum	Tand is tooth, vlees is meat so this is literally the tooth meat. As with pork, which is literally pig meat (varkensvlees), the is het since it is het vlees and the article must agree with the last part of the noun.
fout	fault	De fout also means the mistake.
dekbed	duvet	The word for blanket is deken. Although, the spelling is similar, in dekbed it's a short e and in deken a long. The verb to cover is dekken.
vrij	free	Vrij occurred earlier where it was translated as vacant.
suiker	sugar
de boot	the boat, ship, craft
de broer	the friar, brother	The plural, broers is in the Longman wordlist.
gids	guide	It means both a person who is a guide, and a TV guide. It can be used for a guidebook. Although it can be used for a manual, handleiding is more common.
iemand	someone
tezamen	together	The wordlist says te zamen but it's actually one word. It's not a particularly common word.

Writing this page has certainly helped me remember them, as has talking them over with a friend. I made one mistake when I went through the harvest stage which was to spell suiker with a z instead of an s.

26th - 27th September 2011 Today's Mistakes

I've now harvested 323 words in Dutch: The thousand most common words in Dutch. These are the mistakes I made excluding typos where I hadn't typed what I thought I had.

English	Correct Dutch	What I put	Comments
crowd	menigte	mensigte
the pork	het varkensvlees	de varkensvlees	literally: pig meat
pleasure	plezierig	pleziering
to leave	verlaten	verloren	verloren is lost
the mistake	de fout	het fout
human being	menselijk wezen	mensilijk wezen
suddenly	plotseling	spoedig	spoedig is soon
adult	volwassene	volwessene

I'm pretty sure I'm muddling up menigte, volwassene and menselijk wezen.

I've got 61 words to harvest to catch up with where I was on the other account. They aren't ready for harvesting yet so tomorrow it will be.