Dutch/Example 3

Hoedje van papier
This is an old children's song that involves some counting. It is about a paper hat, but as is not unusual in children's songs it is mostly meaningless. Study the text until you understand it. Then have good look at the video

De zevensprong
Another children's song to practice counting. Make sure you understand the text and have look at the video

It is actually a little dance that comes with seven movements that children perform when they are counting, as you can see in this video

Crimes and Crimes
The following is a fragment of act 1, scene 2, The Cremerie, from the August Strindberg comedy There Are Crimes and Crimes, as translated by Edwin Bjorkman and included in Project Gutenberg.

Woordenlijst

 * voorstellen: to introduce
 * aan: to (addressing)
 * aangenaam kennis te maken: lit. nice to make your acquaintance; pleased to meet you.
 * elkaar: each other.
 * kletsen, babbelen, een praatje maken: chat (compare 'prate' for the last form, although Dutch praten lacks the negative connotation)

Opmerkingen

 * 1) The play takes place in Paris, hence the French names and phrases.
 * 2) Past participles in Dutch often end in 'd' or 't', and start with 'ge'. 'Gezien' is an irregular form, as is its English counterpart, 'seen'.

Quizlet
The vocabulary of this lesson can be practiced at Quizlet (14 terms only)

Progress made
If you studied the above lecture well you should have
 * 1) learned how to count from 1 to 12
 * 2) expanded your abilities to listen to spoken Dutch
 * 3) expanded you vocabulary a little (by 13 terms)

Cumulative term count


 * Lessons 1: 226
 * Lessons 2: 161
 * Lessons 3:  89


 * Cumulative total: 476 terms