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| Vini Diglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5106 days ago 24 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: Latin, Dutch | Message 185 of 509 24 December 2010 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have written some sentences, if anyone can correct them for me, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance! Je gaat naar de bioscoop af en toe. Hij leest die krant af en toe. Er is mijn vriendin op de hoek van de straat. Er te veel lawaai in het restaurant. Hoe brengt uw de tijd door? Ik ga naar de restaurant. Ik heb geen geluk. Ik ben nu ziek. Mijn zuster is getrouwd met mijn vriend. Mijn baas zijn niet erg vriendelijk. Ik heb een cadeau voor uw moeder, het cadeau zijn zo mooi. Ik weet niet wat hij zegt. Het tidjschrift zijn erg interessant. Ze komt voor Kerstfeest. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nimchimpsky Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5609 days ago 73 posts - 108 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English | Message 186 of 509 24 December 2010 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
Daar is mijn vriendin op de hoek van de straat. (difficult to explain) Er is te veel lawaai in het restaurant. Hoe brengt u de tijd door? Ik ga naar het restaurant. Mijn zus is getrouwd met mijn vriend. (zuster is old-fashioned) Mijn baas is niet erg vriendelijk, Ik heb een cadeau voor uw moeder. Het cadeau is zo mooi. "Ik begrijp niet wat hij zegt." seems better to me. Het tijdschrift is erg interessant. The rest of the sentences are grammatically correct but devoid of context. "Hij leest die krant af en toe" is different from "hij leest de krant af en toe." What exactly are you practicing if i may ask? Vocabulary, grammatical structures? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nimchimpsky Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5609 days ago 73 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English | Message 187 of 509 24 December 2010 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have a question for Dutch speakers myself. I was reading the latest Grunberg novel 'huid en haar' and i noticed that he used the word 'treuzelen' in a to me peculiar way. I always thought it has the same meaning as 'aarzelen' but apparently it means 'working slowly'. Are there more Dutch speakers who use the word 'treuzelen' as i do Edited by nimchimpsky on 24 December 2010 at 8:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| stwel Pentaglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5084 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Mandarin, German, Italian | Message 188 of 509 24 December 2010 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
In addition to the correction and remarks nimchimpsky made: I don't think any native dutch speaker would use the word order that you use in the first sentence. Instead we would say : "Je gaat af en toe naar de bioscoop." It's rather difficult to explain however, because in the second sentence the "af en toe" should indeed be at the end, unless you would be using "de krant", in which case it would sound more natural if you say "Hij leest af en toe de krant". The difference between both sentences is that "die krant" refers to a specific newspaper, whereas "de krant" is indefinite, and refers to any newspaper. Hope this helps. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| stwel Pentaglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5084 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Mandarin, German, Italian | Message 189 of 509 24 December 2010 at 9:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
Aarzelen kan misschien wel in bepaalde contexten (hoewel ik niet meteen zie dewelke), maar ik zou "treuzelen" meer omschrijven als "talmen". Bijvoorbeeld kinderen die treuzelen om terug naar de klas te gaan, wat ook overeenkomt met wat je hierboven omschrijft. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5333 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 190 of 509 24 December 2010 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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For me, aarzelen and treuzelen definitely have very different meanings. Aarzelen means to hesitate while treuzelen means to lag behind or to tarry in a slightly childish way. I associate it with petulance, recalcitrance, passive-aggressiveness and dragging one’s feet. But it doesn’t have to be negative per se. It can also simply refer to a child that lags behind because it gets caught up in things around it. When I was a child, my mother would often tell me to stop treuzelen if she felt I was taking too long doing something or if I was falling behind.
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| Vini Diglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5106 days ago 24 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: Latin, Dutch | Message 191 of 509 24 December 2010 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am trying to practice grammatical structure. I thought that I should use "zijn" for objects, like "tijdschrift", but it seems "is" is also possible? In fact, what I wanted to know is where to use "zijn" and where to use "is"... Is "zijn" for plural or something? Plus, I've only got to know the difference between "de" and "die" now. Thanks nimchimpsky, stwel for the corrections!! Vrolijk Kerstfeest iedereen! Edited by Vini on 24 December 2010 at 9:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| stwel Pentaglot Newbie Belgium Joined 5084 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Mandarin, German, Italian | Message 192 of 509 24 December 2010 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
Hi Vini, Yes you should use "zijn" for plural "is" for singular. The infinitive is also "zijn", and the conjugation goes : - ik ben (i am) - jij/je bent (you are) - hij/zij/het is (he/she/it is) - wij zijn (we are) - jullie zijn (you are) - zij zijn (they are) So if it's present tense and plural, you should use "zijn". If you are talking about singular objects, use "is". Are you clear on the difference between "de" en "die" now? de = the* die = that, those for neutral words (not masculin/feminin) "that" translates to "dat" (bv dat boek). "die" is used for masculin/feminin words (die man, die vrouw, die krant), and also for plural (die mannen, die boeken). * by the way : "the" translates to "de" for masculine/feminine, but to "het" for neutral : de man, de vrouw, het boek. Edited by stwel on 24 December 2010 at 10:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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