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| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 385 of 509 30 March 2011 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I agree with Jan that nauseate is too strong to translate 'tegenstaan' with. I think I would just use like/dislike for the tegenstaa/aanstaan pair.
Dat idee staat me aan/tegen -> I (don't) like that idea.
Yes, you can use it for yourself a well. Ik zie er [...] uit -> I look [...] Ik zie eruit als [...] -> I look like [...] Keep in mind that if you mean look like as in resembling something/someone, you have to use 'lijken op'. Ik lijk op mijn vader -> I look like my father / I take after my father Edited by ReneeMona on 30 March 2011 at 9:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nimchimpsky Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5612 days ago 73 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English | Message 386 of 509 31 March 2011 at 9:28am | IP Logged | |||||
I think these examples show that 'aanstaan' is also used for: 'having high expectations' whereas you would use for 'bevallen' a 'zal+infinitive' contruction. The less formal version of 'bevallen' is, I think, not 'aanstaan' but 'vinden'. "Ik vond die nieuwe film maar niks". 'Aanstaan' is more similar to 'aanspreken'. I am very curious to hear your opinion about this. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| JanKG Tetraglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5768 days ago 245 posts - 280 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Italian, Finnish | Message 387 of 509 31 March 2011 at 9:41am | IP Logged | |||||
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'Vinden' is of course more simple and even more natural. But I meant: if we keep the syntax (X verb Person ...), then 'aanstaan' is a more common alternative.
The expectations interpretation: I don't agree. What Ruiz means is that it looks quite OK to me, he likes it, and of course that might imply that he performs well, but not that he really has more expectations. So there is a non-coincidental link but not a semantic one in my view. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cherufe Diglot Newbie Bulgaria Joined 5039 days ago 36 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, EnglishC1 Studies: Dutch | Message 388 of 509 01 April 2011 at 12:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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Me again :)
kuchen en hoesten de stroming en de stroom, also can "stroom" be used as currency, like an electrical one? de peen en de wortel, and is wortel the "main" word for root? het varen and het zeilen, and can varen be used as verb for sailing also? Best, Georgi 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 389 of 509 01 April 2011 at 12:27am | IP Logged | |||||
Dutch is not my native language but I can offer a couple of comments. I'm not sure what you mean by "stroom" or English "stream or current" used in currency. Current: yes in electricity. Currency as in money would have a much less obvious connection to current in electricity, Perhaps currency is a bit like a flow of money. Zeilen is directly used as sailing in sailboats but like in English can probably be used for powered vessels, like a cruise ship sailing. Varen is more general and I believe would easily also apply to traveling by sailing vessel. However, varen does not imply power boat as much as zeilen implies zeilboot. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| blauw Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5373 days ago 46 posts - 111 votes Speaks: English, Flemish*, French, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 390 of 509 01 April 2011 at 1:54am | IP Logged | |||||
1) "Hoesten" is the standard verb for "to cough." "Kuchen" is a very short, dry cough. It is also what you would use to describe coughing to get someone's attention. 2) "Stroom" is a large river, "stroming" is the directional pull of the water, e.g. "opwaartse stroming" or "tegen de stroming in zwemmen". "Stroom" is our word for current in the electrical sense, yes: "elektrische stroom." The word for currency (as in dollars vs. euros, for instance) is "munteenheid". 3) "Wortel" is both the standard word for "carrot" and for "root" ("de wortels van een boom", for instance). "Peen" also means carrot, but here in Belgium it is never used anymore. My grandfather still used to use it, but I've only read it in books apart from that. This may be different in the Netherlands. 4) No, they are not interchangeable. "Varen" means "to move" when talking about a boat or the people in it, just like "fietsen" means "to move" when talking about a bicycle or the person riding it, e.g. "De boot vaart naar Spanje" or "We varen naar Spanje met de boot." "Zeilen" means "varen met een zeilboot", e.g. "We zeilen naar Spanje." But when talking about the boat itself, even though it's a sail boat, it would be more natural to use "varen": "de zeilboot vaart naar Spanje". "Zeilen" is also the word you would use for the hobby of sailing: "Ik hou van zeilen." I hope I explained that clearly. Don't hesitate to ask for more information if I didn't. Edited by blauw on 01 April 2011 at 1:58am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 391 of 509 01 April 2011 at 7:45am | IP Logged | |||||
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I just realized for the first time that 'wortel' means both carrot and root. :)
Peen is still quite common in the Netherlands and it is used to refer to a very thick kind of carrot. These are wortelen and these are penen. Winterpeen is the kind of carrot we put into nasty dishes like hutspot. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cherufe Diglot Newbie Bulgaria Joined 5039 days ago 36 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, EnglishC1 Studies: Dutch | Message 392 of 509 01 April 2011 at 10:12am | IP Logged | |||||
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Great, thank you guys
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