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. |
My attempts to learn Dutch and the bits and pieces about words and grammar I discover on the way.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
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.
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