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AB S1L23 120312 NL
AB S1L23 120312 NL
CONTENTS
2 Dutch
2 English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
5 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight
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DUTCH
ENGLISH
2. L: How many of them do you need? There are six apples here.
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4. L: Where are we going on vacation this year?
8. L: And you can lie on the beach there. Are we going there then? Fun
in the sun on a Greek island.
VOCABULARY
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strand beach noun neutral
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Hoeveel boeken neem je mee naar De man en vrouw maken elke avond
school? avondeten.
"How many books do you take to school?" "The man and woman make dinner every
night."
"Some people need a major impetus to "Sometimes we all need to live our
move them into action." fantasies for a short while."
Iedereen heeft wel eens behoefte aan Ik ben dan misschien ongelukkig, maar
vakantie. ik ben niet van plan zelfmoord te plegen.
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Turkije was sterker dan Griekenland. Athene is een oeroude stad.
Naar het strand gaan is voor veel Dit woord komt uit het Grieks.
mensen het ideaal om een geweldige tijd
"This word comes from Greek."
te hebben.
Een veerboot verbindt een eiland met Aruba is een mooi eiland.
het vasteland.
"Aruba is a beautiful island."
"A ferry connects the island to the
mainland."
1. "Een paar" (a couple) is less specific in Dutch than it is in English. It could mean two, but it
could also mean three or even four, so it is more like the English expression "a few".
2. "Waar... naar toe" means "where to", or "to where". "Naar" and "toe" both mean the same
thing, so having them both next to each other in "waar... naar toe" is illogical, but that’s just
how it's said in Dutch.
GRAMMAR
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‘Er’ can have many different meanings. In the dialogue we saw four of them.
1. "Er is" and "er zijn" are the same as saying "there is" and "there are" in English.
Er zijn mooie eilanden in Griekenland. (There are beautiful islands in Greece.)
2. With a verb that is not "to be", the function of ‘er’ can be to announce the subject while the
actual word for the subject comes later on in the sentence.
Er gaan veel toeristen naar Athene. (Many tourists go to Athens. / There are many tourists
going to Athens.)
3. ‘Er’ can also refer to a place, referring to a place that the listener knows or that has been
mentioned before.
Je kan er niet op het strand liggen.
You can’t lie on the beach there. (referring to Athens)
4. ‘Er’ can also replace the phrase "of them" after a number.
Hoeveel appels wil je? - Geef er maar vier.
How many apples do you want? - Give me four of them.
"Er" is a crucial word to master if you want to speak correct Dutch.
CULTURAL INSIGHT
A lot of people take holidays to warmer climates but many also stay in the Netherlands. There
are some beautiful places to spend your holidays in the Netherlands. One of these is the
Waddeneilanden (Wadden Islands). They are off the northwestern coast of the Netherlands.
There are five islands, the biggest of which are populated. There are many smaller ones that
are mainly nature preserves.
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