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zaynit
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 Message 497 of 509
04 September 2013 at 6:28pm | IP Logged 
tarvos wrote:
Ik bedoel niet .... te klinken is the correct syntax. But you wouldn't use "bedoelen"
here but "willen". If you want to use bedoel, use the noun: "Het is niet mijn bedoeling
ondankbaar over te komen..."


Actually, on second thoughts, I think we would be more direct in Dutch:

'Ik wil niet vervelend zijn, maar ...'
'Ik wil niet ondankbaar zijn, maar ...'

'Ik bedoel niet ondankbaar te klinken' sounds too stilted.
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zaynit
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 Message 498 of 509
04 September 2013 at 6:41pm | IP Logged 
Being a newbie, I should have seen this answer had already been given a long time ago! Sorry, folks :-)
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 Message 499 of 509
04 September 2013 at 7:12pm | IP Logged 
zaynit wrote:
tarvos wrote:
Ik bedoel niet .... te klinken is the correct syntax.
But you wouldn't use "bedoelen"
here but "willen". If you want to use bedoel, use the noun: "Het is niet mijn bedoeling
ondankbaar over te komen..."


Actually, on second thoughts, I think we would be more direct in Dutch:

'Ik wil niet vervelend zijn, maar ...'
'Ik wil niet ondankbaar zijn, maar ...'

'Ik bedoel niet ondankbaar te klinken' sounds too stilted.


I agree being more direct is more Dutch, but I can see a use for the latter. And
politeness is a virtue, not a vice, Dutch people ought to remember that.

Ik bedoel niet ondankbaar te klinken is just wrong in my view. I don't think any Dutch
person would phrase it that way.
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 Message 500 of 509
30 December 2013 at 10:00am | IP Logged 
I want to start learn Dutch. How start? Actually, I'm from Poland (my native language is polish) but it doesn't matter. I can learn from English book. In other forum, one of the members recommend me "Teach yourself - Dutch" It would be e good book to start?

I'm looking for dutch pepole who from Eindhoven. My favorite club is PSV :)
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 Message 501 of 509
12 January 2014 at 6:59pm | IP Logged 
You can use Assimil Dutch with Ease, the language of explanation is English. This book costs less than 7 euro.

Edited by staf250 on 12 January 2014 at 7:00pm
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zaynit
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 Message 502 of 509
13 January 2014 at 2:36pm | IP Logged 
staf250 wrote:
You can use Assimil Dutch with Ease, the language of explanation is English. This book costs less than 7 euro.


The official price is €23,60 at http://en.assimil.com/methodes/dutch-with-ease/declinaisons/ livre-3646. You must be referring to a second-hand copy, in which case you might as well give the URL to save a lot of confusion.

I suggest trying Michel Thomas: http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-dutch.php
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 Message 503 of 509
13 January 2014 at 3:33pm | IP Logged 
I made a mistake, sorry.
Staf
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 Message 504 of 509
14 June 2015 at 10:11pm | IP Logged 
FAQ-NL: Want, sinds, voor?

Are these sentences all correct? Do they mean exactly the same thing? Any guidelines which
to use?

Hoe lang heb je daar woonde?

Want hoe lang heb je daar woonde?

Voor hoe lang heb je daar woonde?

Sinds hoe lang heb je daar woonde?




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