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| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5493 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes  Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 25 of 509 19 November 2009 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
Edited by staf250 on 19 November 2009 at 6:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Aquila Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5277 days ago 104 posts - 128 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: French | Message 26 of 509 22 November 2009 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
I would forgive one who makes a few mistakes concerning this. There are even native speakers who are making this mistakes sometimes. It's not a big deal. Edited by Aquila on 22 November 2009 at 3:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5362 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 27 of 509 25 November 2009 at 2:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Q. "Net", "even" and "eens". When to use these different ways of saying 'just'?
One of the things in Nederlands that's giving me a bit of trouble, the multiple words meaning the same thing but individualy used in different situations. Some clarification would be much appreciated. Vos 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5620 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Flemish*, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 28 of 509 25 November 2009 at 3:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
Net: vb. Ik heb het net gedaan./ I just did it. (a moment ago) Even: vb. Ik zal het even voor u doen./I will do it for you. (for a moment) Eens: vb. Ik zal het eens voor u doen./I will (finally) do it for you. (in the future) I don't think that 'eens' means 'just'. More information about 'even': http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/even#Dutch 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5362 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 29 of 509 26 November 2009 at 7:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you very much for that Vinbelgium. I tend to come across a few things in Dutch language learning books
that i sometimes have to question. Obviously some things just can't be completely and properly translated from language to language, so perhaps that is why there tends to be discrepancies between learning materials. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Rmss Triglot Senior Member Spain spanish-only.coRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6360 days ago 234 posts - 248 votes 3 sounds Speaks: Dutch*, English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 30 of 509 26 November 2009 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
Pronouncing the n's isn't incorrect, it's simply a regional variation. In the Netherlands there are regions they don't pronounce the 'e' in -en, only the 'n'. And about the 'de' and 'het' mistakes; it does sound bad, but even natives make this mistake now and then (mostly people that didn't have a lot of education or don't read a lot). Most people are quite forgiving when it comes to foreigners messing up 'de' and 'het', but it does sound bad... Edited by Rmss on 26 November 2009 at 12:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5662 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 31 of 509 30 November 2009 at 4:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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FAQ-NL: Pronunciation of 'lezer' and 'laser'?
The Dutch pronunciation of 'lezer' (reader) is similar to the English pronunciation of 'laser'. But how do the Dutch pronounce 'laser'? Like the English? Typical Dutch pronunciation would be more like the English sound of 'lazzer' (a non-word). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vinbelgium Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5620 days ago 61 posts - 73 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Flemish*, English, French Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 32 of 509 30 November 2009 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
The pronunciation is almost identical. Most Dutch people pronounce 'laser' like [ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)] (like in English). 'Laser' is a bit like 'leejzer' (this word does not exist.). The pronunciation difference is the 'j-sound' after the 'e' which is absent in the word 'lezer'. Edited by Vinbelgium on 30 November 2009 at 4:41pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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