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the difference between goedenacht and welterusten
goedenacht is much more of a “goodbye” phrase than a “goodnight” one. the root words in welterusten are wel, te, rusten, which translates to “well to rest” which basically means “sleep well”. commonly, the person leaving will say goedenacht and the other person will respond welterusten.
sorry for the inactivity !!!!! i’ll be posting tomorrow as i continue my studies at the library <3
“To have” conjugation
the root word here is “hebben” which means “to have”.
hebben -> used with all plural nouns and wij / we, jullie, zij / ze
heb -> 1st person singular conjugation -> ik heb
heeft -> 3rd person singular hij, zij / ze heeft
hebt -> 2nd person singular -> je hebt
basics ii
de jongens ~ the boys
de meisjes ~ the girls
jullie ~ you ( as in a group of people “you guys” )
we ~ we
ze ~ they
het ~ it
dat ~ that
zijn ~ to be
hebben ~ to have
ik heb ~ i have
hij / zij / het heeft ~ he / she / it has
wij hebben ~ we have
jullie hebben ~ you ( all ) have
zij hebben ~ they have
eten ~ to eat ( this can also be used to say “eating” and “are eating”. in a noun form, eten means food )
de boterham ~ the sandwich
de rijst ~ the rice
drinken ~ to drink
spreeken ~ to speak
lees ~ to read
spreekt ~ speaks
drinkt ~ drinks
leest ~ reads
de krant ~ the newspaper
het menu ~ the menu
het boek ~ the book
het kinderen ~ the children
as a writer, i find it pretty embarrassing to post this but we all start somewhere!!! this is the first unprompted thing i’ve ever written in dutch. i don’t know much dutch at all, but it’s a start. i’m leaving the mistakes in but i’m marking them with a symbol and there will be corrections below (:
hallo! goedennacht*! ik ben kara. ik ben een cellist. ik drink** thee, sap, en water. ik drink geen koffie. ik spreek engels en beejte*** nederlands. ik ben een man en een vrouw. mijn ontbijt is toast, fruit, en spek. ik heb boeken. ik lees de morgen krant. danke ja en doei!
* i misspelled ‘goedenacht’.
** i got the tense wrong! i wrote ‘i am drinking thee’ instead of ‘i drink tea’.
*** i have a lot of trouble spelling ‘beetje’ and even remembering it, considering how much time i spent trying to pronounce it ajakjdngajkgan
Conjugating Verbs in Dutch (Past Tense)
Someone asked me to explain how to conjugate verbs in Dutch, so here you go! Thanks for the ask!
Unlike French (-ER, -IR, -RE) and Spanish (-AR, -ER, -IR), Dutch verbs only end with -EN (ex; Werken) or -N (ex; Zijn)
This is the Past Tense. I’ve made another post for the Present Tense (you can find it here), and I’ll make another for the Future Tense.
Dutch isn’t as structurated as French or Spanish (I keep mentioning these because they’re my main target languages) and therefore it’s considered a hard language to learn. Keep on learning! x Tamara
not related to dutch, but friendly reminder to make sure your back is comfortable, your neck isn’t bent, and you aren’t holding any tension!!!
Dutch vocab - Food and drink
Het eten - food
Het brood - bread
De pasta - pasta
De rijst - rice
Het ei - egg
De kaas - cheese
De suiker - sugar
De soep - soup
Het fruit - fruit
De banaan - banana
De sinaasappel - orange
De aardbei - strawberry
De limoen - lime
De citroen - lemon
De bosbes - blueberries
De brambes - blackberries
De frambozenstruick - raspberries
De mango - mango
De meloen - melon
De tomaat - tomato
De groente - vegetables
De wortel - carrot
De broccoli - broccoli
De aardappel - potato
De erwt - pea
De courgette - courgette
De ui - onion
De aubergine - aubergine
Het vlees
Het rundvlees - beef
Het varkensvlees - pork
De kip -chicken
Het spek - bacon
De vis -fish
Het drinken - drink
De koffie - coffee
Het bier - beer
De thee - tea
De wijn- wine
De maaltijd -meal
Het ontbijt - breakfast
De lunch - lunch
Het middageten - lunch
Het avondeten - dinner
Vegetariër - vegetarian
Het recept - recipe
Toast met avocado - avocado toast
de vs het
whether you use het or de depends partially on the gender of the noun. there are 3 genders in dutch: masculine, feminine, and neutral.
when to use de
- plural nouns regardless of gender
> de man - de mannen
> het kind - de kinderen
> het boek - de boeken
- nouns that refer to persons
> de man
> de vrouw
> de vriend
- nouns that end in -ing, -in, -er, -aar, -heid
- trees, plants, veggies, fruits ( except for garlic )
when to use het
- singular diminutive nouns
> het koekje
> het kindje
> het huisje
- infinitives
> het lopen ( to walk )
> het lezen ( to read )
- two syllable nouns that start with be-, ver-, ge-, ont-
- nouns that end with -isme, -sel, -ment, -um
> except for “de datum” ( the date )
- sports!
- except for marathon and triathlon
linguistic words
so uhhh as i’ve been studying and learning dutch, i’ve come across a lot of technical words to describe different types of words and whatever and i had no idea what they meant so here’s a list of those words defined with english examples. it’ll keep growing and it’s queued to be reblogged every so often.
singular ~ otherwise known as the “person” you speak in, like 1st person or 2nd person.
articles ~ words that make a noun specific ( definite ) or unspecific ( indefinite )
definite articles ~ a determiner that introduces a noun and shows that it is specific ( the cat )
indefinite articles ~ a determiner that introduces a noun and shows that it is not specific ( a cat )
determiner ~ a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun has ( the, my, this, some, twenty )
infinitives ~ the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it ( to run, to play, to write )
vocab
man ~ man
vrouw ~ woman
jongen ~ boy
meisje ~ girl
kind ~child
ik ~ i
hij ~ he
ze ~ she
ben ~ am
is ~ is
of ~ or
de ~ the*
het ~ the*
een ~ a
en ~ and
bent ~ are
eet ~ eat
drink ~ drink
appel ~ apple
sap ~ juice
brood ~ bread
water ~ water
* click here for more information on how to differentiate between these two!
grammar
1st singular ~ ik ~ i
2nd singular ~ je ~ you
3rd singular ~ ze, hij ~ she, he
