Nederlandse dingen

NATIVE: DUTCH OTHER LANGUAGES: ENGLISH (C2), FRISIAN (C1), SWEDISH (C1), FRENCH (B2), GERMAN (B2) GREEK (A1) MY DUOLINGO MY PERSONAL TUMBLR MY ORIGINAL DUTCH CONTENT

[salutcavaouiettoi]

Being in trouble in french ouh la la 🇫🇷

Oh non = Oh no

Meeeerde = Shitttt

Putain de sa mère (very rude lol) = Holy fuck

Oh putain = Oh fuck

C’est pas possible = It’s not possible

Je suis dans la merde =I’m in deep shit

Bordel de merde = sort of like “holy shit”

Zut = A cute way to say “darn”

Mince = Another way to say “darn”

Oh mon dieu = Oh my god

C’est pas vrai = I can’t believe it

Qu’est-ce que j’ai fait = What have I done

Tout est foutu = Everything’s over

J’ai tout gâché = I ruined everything

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

Okay but I notice that when I speak to Dutch people on here in Dutch I alter my language for it to resemble their Dutch a bit more. Eg using words id normally not use or slightly different sentence structures. But I also still use distinctively Flemish words (I use gij when talking to them, for example) so idk my brain does weird stuff

[culmaer]

I do the same when I speak Afrikaans to Belgians and Dutch people

[nederlandsedingen]

I am a dutch person, but am living in Belgium and my dear it’s so confusing right now. I now know which words are different, so I will use Flemish words, but it sounds weird when I have a dutch accent, so now I try to kind of be in between speaking half dutch half flemish and it is SO WEIRDDD

[slavicafire]

“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set

given how Americanized this site is, it’s important to celebrate all our countries and nationalities - with all their quirks and vices and ridiculousness, and all that might seem strange to outsiders.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

[mushstudies]

ask me these !!!

[rollo-rolls]

Pretty please, send me some! ♡´･ᴗ･`♡

[nederlandsedingen]

Yessszz I’m still alive, now I want to do this.

[nederlandsedingen]

I know I haven’t used this blog a lot the past time, but I just need to put my frustrations out as I have been feeling very, very shitty lately. 

I think I’ve told on this blog that I got accepted into a school in Brussels to do a one year programme. I was super excited, but the excitement is slowly drifting away as EVERYTHING seems to be against me and it is causing me so much stress, you can’t imaging.

So first of all there is the money issue. The education costs a shitload of money, which I don’t have. My parents are very willing to support me, but they also don’t have the money like this. The programme is very intense and they suggest you not to work next to it, which I understand. I am trying to earn some extra money on the side as a translator or copywriter, but this is not a goldmine of course. 

Than there is the housing issue, which is causing me even more stress. I would say it is not very hard to find a room in Brussels. However, to find a perfect room is, like it is in all cities, near to impossible. I got so frustrated that I almost took a room which many people told me was in not such a save area. Than I found another room and everything went super quick. Usually when I have something on my mind, I will do it straight away and do everything super fast. Which sometimes is a good thing, but in this case might have turned out into a bad thing. A friend, who will also join the programme, suggested to find something together. After looking for an afternoon I found a studenthousing which seemed ok. I have lived in studenthousing before in Brussels and it is not perfect, but what can you do. It was cheap, the rooms looked ok, the location is not too bad. Now we talked a lot, but in the end decided to take it. But just HALF AN HOUR (I’m not kidding) after I made the payment, another friend texted me telling me that I shouldn’t take the room because a friend of her told her it is really shitty. I was so relieved with finally finding something and now all of this got destroyed and I’m back to where I’m was, feeling super shitty, but with a room as I cannot undo the payment. Also the room has to be rented for the whole year, so no possibility of moving afterwards. 

I keep telling myself that I will live with my friend, so even if the house is not so good, we will survive, but still. For once I wished things would work in my favour and it really seems like it doesn’t. I so want to do this year, but nothing seems to work out and really, fuck my life. FUCK. MY. LIFE. I cannot take it anymore and am seriously thinking about dropping out, even though I already payed a fucking shitton of money. It just doesn’t seem worth it anymore :( 

[nederlandsedingen]

I’m trying to watch a French tv-series (Le Chalet) with French subtitles and so far, I understand around 50% hahaha.

[nederlandsedingen]

OK I FINISHED THIS SERIES AND OMG AFTER LIKE TWO EPISODES IT REALLY BECAME EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.  Wtf I’m so proud of myself.

[nederlandsedingen]

I’m trying to watch a French tv-series (Le Chalet) with French subtitles and so far, I understand around 50% hahaha.

[nederlandsedingen]

Super interesting TED talk about languages. That moment when she says: “There are around 7000 languages spoken in the world.”  😱 😳 🤪 😵

[sprachtraeume]

FAROESE MUSIC

[nederlandsedingen]

Today I wanted to start translating my CV into French, but damn it’s so hard! I spend almost one hour just translating my personal information and education, and that’s not even the hardest part! It got me really demotivated. I really want to do this programme, but I am afraid they will not take me because my French is not good enough. The auditions are end of June, so I have around one and a half month to get better, but it’s not easy as I am currently also living in a country that speaks a different language that I’m also trying to learn. 

Damn this really gave me a headache...

[join-the-dutch-clan]

Word of the Day

Zwartrijden

Translation: to illegally travel with public transport without paying

[organizedstudy]

In Swedish we call it ”planka”

[empresslaurosaurus]

“schwarzfahren” in German

[join-the-dutch-clan]

I love how everyone adds their own language. Please give a translation in your native language/target language. I’m curious! :D

[nederlandsedingen]

J’ai trouvé un Tandem français!  

[languageisbae]

I think when you first start learning a language it’s easier to be motivated because it’s new and pretty simple compared to advanced stuff.

But after a while things get harder and it’s not just fun anymore, so you gotta really want to keep going.

It’s so easy to give up, but languages are awesome and there are many reasons to keep trying.

[nederlandsedingen]

Original dutch content by Nederlandsedingen

Dutch nighttime vocab

Animal sounds in Dutch

Body parts in Dutch

Dutch songs 

Dutch tongue twisters

Harry Potter vocab in Dutch

Harry Potter characters in Dutch

Fairytale vocab list

Dutch vocab list love

Dutch vocab list time

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me speaking in my target language to myself on the mirror:

[nederlandsedingen]

Pour le première fois, j’ai le sentiment que je comprends français mieux et mieux. Et c’est un bon sentiment!!!  👍

Alors, je crois c’est possible que je ferai l’éducation en Bruxelles l’année prochaine. 

Joyeuses Pâques 🐰

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

Knitting in Dutch

There were a lot of other things I wanted to add but I couldn’t find translations so please if you don’t see something in this list and you know the English term, let me know!

Nouns

Het breiwerk - the knitting-work De dikte - the thickness De draad; het garen - the thread De (brei)naald - the (knitting) needle Het kabelpatroon - the cable pattern De naalddikte - the size of the needle Het patroon - the pattern De rij; de priem - the string (?) De rondbreinaald - the circular knitting neelde De steek - the stitch De wol - the wool

Adjectives

Averecht - left Recht - right

Verbs

Breien - to knit Instoppen - to tuck in Naaien - to sew Rondbreien - circular knitting

[cake-a-boo-blog]

Plural is always “De” - Het garen, De garen. De draad > Het draad. Also, Averecht = links = left.

@onzin-en-talen

[join-the-dutch-clan]

According to Het Van Dale woordenboek it’s “het garen” and both “de” and “het draad”.

Also, an “averechte steek” is a “purl stitch” in English and a “rechte steek” is a “knit stitch”.

[insomniac-arrest]

tumblr: on languages

[alias-milamber]

The thai for “5″ is pronounced roughly “Ha”, and so where english internets would generally put “lol” or something, they put “555555555″.

[drawnsnake]

I was looking for this post for so long

Finally it has returned

[nederlandsedingen]

In Czech the number 8 is pronounced ‘osm’, which sounds like ‘awesome’. So instead of typing ‘awesome’, Czech people just write ‘8′.