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.