Dutch/Lesson 4A

Fruit

 * 1) Go to the Dutch/Vocabulary/Fruit page and study the names of fruits in Dutch.
 * 2) Go to the self-test page to make sure you know them.
 * 3) You can also use Quizlet (33 terms)
 * 4) Then come back here and have a look at this clip
 * 5) Then come back and study the text below
 * 6) Go have a look at that one
 * 7) Finally translate the story into English and open the translation box to see if you are a fruit expert now.

Exercise 4A-2: Plurals
Lesson 4 talked about plurals and demonstratives. Here is an exercise involving -you guessed it- fruits:

Quiz 4A
{Translate into English We gaan om vier uur naar het zwembad - At { four o'clock } we are going { to the swimming pool } En tot hoe lang blijf je daar? - { And until when|And how long } are you { staying _9 } there? Tot halfzeven 's avonds - Until { half past six } in the { evening _9 }
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{Select the correct translations ---+- when + feel --+-- nice, kind + woman -+--- down below
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 * voel|beneden|aardig|wanneer|vrouw

{ Give the plural baas - { bazen _7 } medewerker - { medewerkers _15 } handelaar - { handelaars _15 } terras - { terrassen _11 } moment - { momenten _10 } vrouw - { vrouwen _9 } duin - { duinen _7 } golf - { golven _7 } eiland - { eilanden _8 }
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Exercise 4A-2: Negation
As you have seen the way Dutch does negation is a bit different from what you are used to in English. Here is some exercises in the use of niet and geen. And more fruit of course!

Exercise 4A-1-F
Fill these words into the blanks of the right sentence:

geen, elkaar, bushalte, doen, studeren

kwartier, deze, drinken, dank u wel, duur


 * Er is in deze straat bushalte.
 * De bus komt pas over een
 * Zijn vader zegt: je moet niet feesten maar !
 * bus is van lijn vijf.
 * Zij zagen in de bus.
 * Er stond een mevrouw bij de
 * Ze zaten buiten een biertje te
 * Bert zegt tegen de mevrouw.
 * Hij had niet veel geld en studeren is
 * Wat gaat hij met dat geld van pa ?

Exercise 4A-3
With your growing vocabulary you should have little problem translating the following story

Quizlet
There is a Quizlet set (18 terms) to practice the vocabulary of this lesson and that of Example 4. I heard there is a party there. You're coming right?

Progress made
Cumulative vocabulary count


 * Lesson 1+ : 226
 * Lesson 2+ : 161
 * Lesson 3+ : 89
 * Lesson 4: 52, Lesson 4a: 44


 * Grand total: 572 terms