Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4228 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch
| Message 169 of 213 18 February 2014 at 10:36pm | IP Logged |
Thank you so much for these detailed and interesting explanations, Tarvos.
I think I have to find a subtle way to make my Flemish colleague say "verf" now to hear this in practice....poor guy...he is my guinea pig...
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Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4702 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian
| Message 170 of 213 18 February 2014 at 11:55pm | IP Logged |
Suzie wrote:
Hekje, I'm so sorry it wasn't clear....
As far as I had understood, "en stoemelings" means you do something not the proper way (you do not follow the
official rules) and thus keep it secret. You don't tell anyone (= je bent stom). In my example a colleague needed a
specific task to be completed. But if she had asked her colleagues and had waited for their answers, her project
would have been delayed. So she did this task quickly herself (trying not to make it public. But I caught her:-)).
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Haha, wow, that's so cute! I love that. I guess the extra e in "stoemelings" threw me off a little.
This actually put a huge smile on my face at work. Thank you for explaining!
jeff_lindqvist - You're good!!
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jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map
| Message 171 of 213 19 February 2014 at 1:13am | IP Logged |
Beginner's luck, maybe? ;) Jokes aside, I (think I) have a good ear for sounds. That's it.
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5475 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 172 of 213 20 February 2014 at 4:47am | IP Logged |
Hey all,
Ik wil hier iets schrijven alleen maar omdat ik team oranje wil volgen. Ik heb een beetje Nederlands gestudeerd, en mischien 2015 of zo zal ik het weer verbeteren. Bedankt alles voor de websites en informatie, programma's en zo die ik volgend jaar zal gebruiken, mischien. Veel succes!
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Translation:
I want to write something here only because I want to follow team oranje. I have studied a bit of Dutch in the past and perhaps in 2015 or thereabouts I will work in improving it again. Thanks for the websites and information, programs and so forth which I shall use next year perhaps. Good luck!
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As a side note i'm tempted by wanderlust. I'm doing French at the moment and am sorely missing Dutch, altho I do enjoy French very much so. I have a definite soft spot for Dutch tho. But I have sworn not to pick up another language until I at least reach B2 in French, as I found juggling multiple languages in the past just didn't cut it in terms of making serious progress. So until then... which it may very well be mission B2 in Dutch. So I shall work hard in French to get back to my Dutch! I wish you all the best!
Tot de volgende keer!
Until next time
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Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4702 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian
| Message 173 of 213 20 February 2014 at 9:21pm | IP Logged |
Hee PeterMollenburg, welkom bij het team! Je Nederlands leest hartstikke goed volgens mij - weet niet hoe lang
geleden je daarmee bent begonnen, maar het leest wel goed. Veel succes met je Frans. :-)
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5475 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 174 of 213 20 February 2014 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
Hekje wrote:
Hee PeterMollenburg, welkom bij het team! Je Nederlands leest hartstikke goed volgens mij
- weet niet hoe lang
geleden je daarmee bent begonnen, maar het leest wel goed. Veel succes met je Frans. :-) |
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Dank je wel Hekje, erg aardig van je,
Ik hoop dat jouw Nederlands gaat goed? Veel succes!
Ik ben ongeveer 10 jaar geleden begonnen om Nederlands te studeren, maar dat betekent niet veel omdat ik
heb tijdens 8 van die tien jaar mischien geen Nederlands gestudeert . Bovendien heb ik alle die tijd samen
niet gedaan. Daarom heb ik twee keer veel van mijn cursussen gedaan. Mijn vrouw en ik zijn ook 5 maanden
in Maastricht gewoond (2011). Ik hoop dat we terug naar Nederland over een paar jaar om weer in te wonen
gaan doen, maar wie weet het op dit moment (Altijd heb ik veel dromen!). Tegenwordig is het soms niet zo
moeilijk om Nederlands to schrijven, denk ik. Maar nu ook begin ik om veel woorden te vergeten. Ik moet
Frans sneller leren!
PM
ooops... forgot to translate:
Thanks a lot Hekje, very nice of you,
I hope that your Dutch is going well? good luck!
I began studying Dutch around ten years ago, but that doesn't mean a lot as I only studied (actively learned
Dutch) around 8 out of those 10 years (max). Moreover I didn't do all that time together (in one long lineal
path). Therefore I've done a lot of my (Dutch) courses twice. My wife and I also lived in Maastricht for five
months. I hope that we return to live in Holland in a few years, but who knows at the moment (always have a
lot of dreams!). These days sometimes it's not so difficult to write in Dutch, I find. But now I've also begun to
forget words. I must learn French faster!
PM
Edited by PeterMollenburg on 20 February 2014 at 11:00pm
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Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5565 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish
| Message 175 of 213 26 February 2014 at 11:38am | IP Logged |
Copied straight from Pesahson over at Team Sokoły (Thanks Pesahson!), and thought this would be a great way
of getting a little practice in for all of us also. So if you feel like a bit of extra practice, feel free to answer these as
thoroughly or concisely as you please. Geniet ervan!
1. What do you most often do when you're on the Internet?
2. What was the last thing you've read about (blog, article) or listened to (podcast, radio) about?
3. What is the biggest news story in your country right now?
4. What was the last conversation you had about?
5. Do you like to know what's always going on in the world or do you find news depressing/irritating?
6. Are you a morning or a night person?
7. What is the first thing you do when you get to work/school?
8. How do you get to work/school and how much time does it take you?
9. What is an absolute must-see in your city/country?
10. What is the best thing about your city/country?
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Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4702 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian
| Message 176 of 213 26 February 2014 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
Ooh, I love the survey Vos! I want to do this later, but for now, I'll drop a poem for our February challenge.
Rotown magic
By Jules Deelder
Rotterdam is niet te filmen
De beelden wisselen te snel
Rotterdam heeft geen verleden
en geen enkele trapgevèl
Rotterdam is niet romantisch
heeft geen tijd voor flauwekul
is niet vatbaar voor suggesties
luistert niet naar slap gelul
't Is niet camera-gevoelig
lijkt niet mooier dan het is
Het ligt vierkant hoog en hoekig
gekanteld in het tegenlicht
Rotterdam is geen illusie
door de camera gewekt
Rotterdam is niet te filmen
Rotterdam is vééls te ècht
English
Rotterdam is unfilmable
The images change too quickly
Rotterdam has no past
And not one "stair gable"
Rotterdam is not romantic
Has no time for nonsense
It isn't open to suggestions
Doesn't listen to bulls***
It isn't photogenic
Doesn't seem prettier than it is
It lies square, high, and angular
Tilted in the backlighting
Rotterdam is no illusion
Awakened by a camera
Rotterdam is unfilmable
Rotterdam is much too real
...Anyone else agree? I do find Rotterdam pretty intimidating, actually. :-P
Edited by Hekje on 26 February 2014 at 4:35pm
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