My attempts to learn Dutch and the bits and pieces about words and grammar I discover on the way.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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.
Friday, 4 November 2011
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
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
Thursday, 3 November 2011
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 |
Monday, 31 October 2011
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 |
Sunday, 30 October 2011
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).
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 |
Saturday, 29 October 2011
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 |
Friday, 28 October 2011
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 |
Thursday, 27 October 2011
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 |
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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 |
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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 |
Monday, 24 October 2011
Food & Eating Out
Food & Drink
Related Words - Eating Out
| 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 | 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 |
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