The Netherlands is the land of windmills, clogs and canals. Famous people include Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Anne Frank.
I am learning Dutch.
What an easy language. Like simplified German, modified English. i am learning on Duolingo.
Why learn Dutch?
It is spoken in The Netherland but not only in the Netherlands. It is also spoken in the half of Belgium. Plus South Africa. And a former Dutch area of South America. And lots of Dutch words are in Indonesian.
Every year I take a hiking holiday. Our group includes people from German and Holland. I have already finished the Duolingo German course. Now I have started the Dutch.
Let me do a quick check of the easy words I have learned. I have put my memory aids at the end of each line.
Dutch - English
appel - apple
boek - book (starts with the same two letters)
boterham - sandwich (The word looks like butter with ham. I think of a ham sandwich.)
Een (pronounced en) - an/a
goed - good
het - the (same letters, but in Danish the t moves to the end of the word)
Hij (pronounced hi) - he/it
Ik - I
je - you
jongens - boys like young ones, starting with J like the Jack in a pack of cards)
Jullie - you (plural, like the American You all)
Kind - child (like a shorter version of the German word for child, Kinder, in kindergarden)
melk - milk
menu - menu
English - Dutch
a/an - een
apple - appel
book - boek
good - goed
he/it - hij
I - Ik
milk - melk
menu - menu
sandwich - boterham
the - het
you - je / Jullie (you plural)
A few more words
- I'm sick.
- Ik ben ziek. (ick ben ZEEK)
- I'm injured.
- Ik ben gewond. (ick ben ghuh-WONT)
- I need a doctor.
- Ik heb een dokter nodig. (ick hep uhn DOCK-tuhr no-duhg)
- Can I use your phone?
- Mag ik uw telefoon gebruiken? (MAHG ick uuw tay-luh-PHOHN ghuh-BROWK-kuhn?)
Numbers[edit]
- 1
- een (AIN)
- 2
- twee (TWAY)
- 3
- drie (DREE)
- 4
- vier (VEER)
- 5
- vijf (VAYF)
- 6
- zes (ZEHS)
- 7
- zeven (ZAY-vuhn)
- 8
- acht (AHGT)
- 9
- negen (NAY-guhn)
- Monday
- maandag (MAHN-dahg)
- Tuesday
- dinsdag (DINSS-dahg)
- Wednesday
- woensdag (WOONS-dahg)
- Thursday
- donderdag (DON-duhr-dahg)
- Friday
- vrijdag (VRAY-dahg)
- Saturday
- zaterdag (ZAH-tuhr-dahg)
- Sunday
- zondag (ZON-dahg)
Months[edit]
- January
- januari (jahn-uu-AH-ree)
- February
- februari (fay-bruu-AH-ree)
- March
- maart (MAHRT)
- April
- april (ah-PRIL)
- May
- mei (MAY)
- June
- juni (YUU-nee)
- July
- juli (YUU-lee)
- August
- augustus (ow-GHUS-tus)
- September
- september (sep-TEM-buhr)
- October
- oktober (ock-TOW-buhr)
- November
- november (no-VEM-buhr)
- December
- december (day-SEM-buhr)
Colours[edit]
- black
- zwart (ZWAHRT)
- white
- wit (WHIT)
- gray
- grijs (GREYS)
- red
- rood (ROWT)
- blue
- blauw (BLAW)
- yellow
- geel (GHAYL)
- green
- groen (GHROON)
- orange
- oranje (oh-RAHN-yuh)
- purple
- paars (PAHRS), purper (PUHR-puhr)
- brown
- bruin (BRUYN)
- Can you show me on the map?
- Kunt u mij dat op de kaart tonen? (KUNT uu may daht op duh KAHRT TOW-nuhn)
- street
- straat (STRAHT)
- Turn left.
- Sla links af. (slah LINKS ahf)
- Turn right.
- Sla rechts af. (slah REGHTS ahf)
- left
- links (LINKS)
- right
- rechts (REGHTS)
- straight ahead
- rechtdoor (REGH-dore)
- towards the _____
- naar _____ (NAHR)
- richting ______ (righ-ting)
- past the _____
- na de/het _____ (NAH duh/hut)
- voorbij (VORE-bye)
- before the _____
- voor de/het _____ (VORE duh/hut)
- north
- noorden (NOHR-duhn)
- south
- zuiden (ZIGH-duhn)
- east
- oosten (OHS-tuhn)
- west
- westen (WES-tuhn)
- breakfast
- ontbijt (ont-BAIYT)
- lunch
- lunch (lunch)
- tea (meal)
- vieruurtje (VEER-uuhr-chuh)
- supper
- avondeten (AH-vunt-ay-tun)
- chicken
- kip (kip)
- beef
- rundvlees (RUNT-vlase)
- fish
- vis (vis)
- ham
- ham (hahm)
- sausage
- worst (wohrst)
- cheese
- kaas (kahs)
- eggs
- eieren (AIY-urr-un)
- salad
- salade (sah-LAH-duh)
- (fresh) vegetables
- (verse) groenten ((VEHR-suh) GROON-tun)
- (fresh) fruit
- (vers) fruit ((vehrs) fruyt)
- bread
- brood (brote)
- toast
- toast (toast)
- noodles
- noedels (NOOH-duls)
- rice
- rijst (raiyst)
- beans
- bonen (BOW-nun)
- coffee
- koffie (coffee)
- tea (drink)
- thee (tay)
- juice
- sap (sahp)
- (bubbly) water
- spuitwater (SPUYT-wah-tuhr)
- water
- water (WAH-tuhr)
- beer
- bier (beer)
- red/white wine
- rode/witte wijn (ROH-duh/WIH-tuh waiyn)
- .shampoo.
- ...shampoo. (shampoh)
- ...pain reliever. (e.g., aspirin or ibuprofen)
- ...aspirine, pijnstiller (AHS-pee-ree-nuh, PAIYN-stih-lur)
- ...cold medicine.
- ...hoestsiroop. (...HOOST-see-rope)
- ...stomach medicine.
- ...maagtabletjes. (...MAHG-tah-blet-yus)
- ...a razor.
- ...een scheermes. (...uhn SGHARE-mes)
- ...an umbrella.
- ...een paraplu. (...uhn pah-rah-PLUU)
- ...sunblock lotion.
- ...zonnebrand. (...ZOH-nuh-brahnt)
- ...a postcard.
- ...een postkaart. (...uhn POST-kahrt)
- ...postage stamps.
- ...postzegels. (...POST-zay-guls)
- ...batteries.
- ...batterijen. (...bah-tuh-RAI-uhn)
- ...writing paper.
- ...schrijfpapier. (...SGHRAIYF-pah-peer)
- ...a pen.
- ...een pen. (...uhn pen)
Let's end a meeting
Useful Websites
Duolingo
Memrise
Translate Google
Wikivoyage phrase Dutch
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dutch_phrasebook
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