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Cherufe
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 Message 393 of 509
02 April 2011 at 12:03am | IP Logged 
What is the difference between "serieus" and "ensting"?
Also:
fout en verkeerd
het gebakje en de taart
klaar en gereed

Tnx :)
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JanKG
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 Message 394 of 509
02 April 2011 at 9:21am | IP Logged 
I'll go for a start, but I noticed our newcomer did a fine job, he will surely add things, or Renee will.

- ernstig/ serieus: just the same (note though that the adj. ending is -ig, the subst./ noun ending is -ing (well, one of them))
- fout/ verkeerd: about the same, though I could imagine in particular contexts 'verkeerd' might not sound the best
- gebakje/ taart: the former reminds me of the dry cakes, the other one is often covered with fruit; 'taart' seems to be more general as well. Look here though: http://www.goeievraag.nl/vraag/verschil-tussen-taart-gebak.8 7505
- klaar/ gereed: the same, I think, but 'gereed' is not very common anymore (there is also 'bereid (om te ...)', meaning: prepared, willing)
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Cherufe
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 Message 395 of 509
02 April 2011 at 2:33pm | IP Logged 
What about the word "de kennis"?
I did learn it as an acquaintance, but now I see is used also for knowledge, and I saw it on bab.la as learning and science.
Any idea of most frequent used words for acquaintance, knowledge, science and learning (as a noun) and where "de kennis" stands in that ranking?

and I did understand the use of fout as an adj. but what about:
de fout en de vergissing?

Tnx again :)


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JanKG
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 Message 396 of 509
02 April 2011 at 2:48pm | IP Logged 
Let's start with 'kennen', to know (of things and people, not abstract) as in French 'connaïtre' or German 'kennen'). So then
- what you know is    kennis
- the person you know is     kennis (or bekende)
- science is     wetenschap (French savoir, German wissen), which is broader than kennis (which seems more like knowing facts and figure) but generally contains it
- to learn is     leren, and the result of that is      kennis and weten (see above)

Fout/ vergissing: mistake/ error. Often the same, but vergissing sounds graver...
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Cherufe
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 Message 397 of 509
02 April 2011 at 2:57pm | IP Logged 
You are my hero (party)

What about vaak en dikwijls?
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Cherufe
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 Message 398 of 509
03 April 2011 at 10:39pm | IP Logged 
Except 'vaak' and 'dikwijls' what about 'het vervoer' and 'het transport'?

Tnx :)
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ReneeMona
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 Message 399 of 509
03 April 2011 at 11:08pm | IP Logged 
I would say transport is primarily used for objects and animals while vervoer is used for people.

Vaak and dikwijls mean the same thing but there is a slight difference in connotations that I can't put my finger on.

Edited by ReneeMona on 03 April 2011 at 11:11pm

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 Message 400 of 509
04 April 2011 at 12:23am | IP Logged 
How can transportation/transport be used for people?


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