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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4496 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes  Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 185 of 213 28 February 2014 at 11:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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jeff_lindqvist - I like the poem! Definitely had to look up geuzenlied too - Bab.la didn't even have "geus". :-)
Found this explanation, for anyone who's lazy like me and doesn't want to look it up:
And Wikipedia says de geuzen were Calvinist Dutch nobles. VivianJ5 - I'm sorry to hear that, but it has been absolutely fantastic having you on the team these past few months. You are always welcome here. I wish you best of luck with your French and Italian studies, and I'll definitely be following your continuing language adventures. :-) About starting a new log - my suggestion is that, if you like everything in one place like me, you just change your thread title and put a note in your first post. Do you know where you'll move next? Team Skype Sorry, life got in the way and I lost track of this thread. :-) I think the best day was this Sunday, March 2, no? People still in? Edited by Hekje on 28 February 2014 at 11:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4496 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 186 of 213 03 March 2014 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | ||
 The song of spring is in the air! March's challenge is to share a favorite Dutch song with the team and translate as much of the lyrics as you can. Music is something that can be enjoyed by both beginners and advanced learners alike, so I hope this will be a fun challenge for everyone. (Sorry this is late! It's been a hectic weekend.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5269 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 187 of 213 20 March 2014 at 5:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I couldn't resist, I just have to let some others out there know, some other Dutch enthusiasts. I'm back learning Dutch!!
Okay so French is my main target at least for now, but I'll be aiming to do an hour a day of Dutch from here on, whilst doing at least that in French and then some. My Dutch studies will involve many months of simply reviewing old material (courses) that i've used before to simply bring all that old material back to the forefront of my mind. So, this won't be difficult at all, and this way it won't necessarily interfere too much with my French studies by draining too much of my brain's vital energy reserves. As my French improves further I'll seek to step it up a little further with Dutch in the not too distant future hopefully. Hope everyone is going well out there with their Dutch adventures! Fry on 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5359 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 188 of 213 27 March 2014 at 6:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Great to see another person on the Dutch bandwagon! Great stuff Peter. Hoe gaat het tot nu toe?
March Challenge: Ik kon me niet helpen, het moest een lied van Eefje zijn. Maar ik heb er wat last van gehad om het te vertalen dus ik hoop dat jullie, Tarvos en wie dan ook het Nederlands goed kan, wat verbeteringen en gedachten kunnen aanbieden. Ik zou moeten zeggen dat ik een heel letterlijke vertaling probeerde te doen, dus daarom leest het nog stijver dan het zou moeten. Maar ja, laat me weten wat jullie ervan denken en als je nog niet de gelegenheid hebben gehad, ga het liedje even luisteren, erg mooi. Eefje de Visser - Er Is we gaan door niemand heeft iets opgemerkt en er viel niet veel op ik denk niet dat dat het opviel ik heb er niets van gemerkt ik ben vergeten hoe we gegaan zijn ik ben vergeten hoe het gegaan is ik wilde weten waar we waren en ik wilde weten hoe het ons afging er is een zon vlakbij die boven ons langs gaat er is vlakbij een maan waaronder we door gaan (2x) we gaan door niemand is hier dakloos hoor niemand heeft iets gedaan misdaan niemand heeft een misdaad begaan we zijn er niet aan onderdoor gegaan nee ik wilde weten hoe het ons afging er is een zon vlakbij die boven ons langs gaat er is vlakbij een maan waaronder we door gaan we’re going ahead no one noticed anything and nothing’s really going on I don’t think it’s important?? I didn’t notice anything about it I’ve forgotten how we went I’ve forgotten how it went I wanted to know where we were and I wanted to know how it...??? us there is a sun nearby that goes past above us there is a moon nearby under which we go through life we’re going ahead no one is homeless here noone’s done anything done anything wrong noone’s commited a crime we’re not about that?? gone underneath no I wanted to know how it... us There is a sun nearby that goes by above us there is a moon nearby under which we go through life 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5269 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 189 of 213 30 March 2014 at 5:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Hey everyone,
Just a quick question. Can I join this team? I'm already on French deuxieme, but having reintroduced Dutch study as well now, I want to know if I can join your team too? If for some reason I can't i'd be happy to continue as an observer of sorts :) PM Vos: Going well tnx Vos :) How's your learning going? Edited by PeterMollenburg on 30 March 2014 at 5:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4496 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 190 of 213 30 March 2014 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi PeterMollenburg,
Certainly! I've gone ahead and added you to the member list. Your name links to your French log, but if you want it to link somewhere else just let me know. Vos - What a frickin' beautiful song. Reading the lyrics all together like that makes me appreciate the song 1000x more. Pure beauty. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4022 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 191 of 213 31 March 2014 at 9:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Peter, Deuxième fellow - welcome to Team Oranje!
Oh my, only two hours left to complete the March challenge (at least in my time zone)? I just was about to write: "I don't know any Dutch songs", but then I remembered a song text I learned ages ago in Dutch lessons: Hendrik Haan uit Koog aan de Zaan The Youtube link will show you a version with lyrics, so I won't copy it here, but summarize my personal 'Best of'.... The song itself might be a bit frumpy, but I had a good laugh and have been remembering part of the text for more than a decade now. Its key message is: Hendrik Haan uit Koog aan de Zaan heeft de kraan open laten staan. (Hendrik Haan from Koog aan de Zaan forgot to close the water tap.) This message is forwarded from person to person (and if I remember Dutch lessons well, each strophe is sung in a different Dutch dialect), and with every repetition, the story gets worse and worse...While the first version was like: Uren, uren stond 'ie open. Heel de keuken is onder gelopen. (It was open for hours, flooding the whole kitchen.) It finally gets: Zeven maanden stond 'ie open. Heel de stad is onder gelopen. Denkt U toch eens even: Niemand meer in leven - allemal verzopen (It was open for seven months, flooding the whole city. Just imagine: Noone alive anymore, all drowned.) But then they meet Hendrik Haan in person, and he tells the true story: De keukenmat een tikkie nat (The kitchen rug was a bit wet.) Hekje, thanks for this challenge! It made me remember this fun piece! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5269 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 192 of 213 01 April 2014 at 6:19am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks Hekje! I'll leave it as it is with the link to French log is fine PM 1 person has voted this message useful |
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