Dutch Lesson One

Dutch: Lesson one Ha, it’s really cool to be on the teaching side of life for once :P. Anway, I think we should start with the easy stuff. I wanted to make this an illustrated lesson, but I guess I don’t have enough time (I want to go to bed, but teaching people the beautiful language of sanderland is more important). We’ll be studying the most important verbs today. You should really memorize these, because you use them in practically every sentence that rolls out of your mouth. I know it’s boring, but it is very essential (wow I sound like I’m 40....) if you want to really learn the language :P Zijn Ik ben Jij bent Hij/zij is Wij zijn Jullie zijn Zij zijn

To be I am You are He/she is We are You are They are

Hebben Ik heb Jij hebt Hij/zij heeft Wij hebben Jullie hebben Zij hebben

To have I have You have He/she has We have You have They have

Ik was Jij was Hij was Wij waren Jullie waren Zij waren

I was You were He was We were You were They were

I had Jij had Hij had Wij hadden Jullie hadden Zij hadden

I had You had He had We had You had They had

Ik ben geweest Jij bent geweest Etc.

I have been You have been etc.

Ik heb gehad Jij hebt gehad etc.

I have had You have had etc.

Note on the perfect tense: In dutch, for some words we use, the simple tense combined with the perfect tense is of the verb to be, for others, it is of to have. An example: Jij bent geweest literally means I am been. In dutch we use the simple tense of to be with the perfect tense of to be. However, with the perfect tense of to have, we use the simple tense of to have. Some easy sentences: Ik ben moe [ick ben moo] Ik heb een fiets [ick hep uhhn feets] Zij zijn nederlands [Zy zine naduhrlahnds]

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I am tired I’ve got a bike They are Dutch

Concerning definite articles (i think thats what theyre called) In dutch we still have something like feminin and masculin words (or male/female, whatever you call it). Some words have the article de, others the article het. Some examples: Het huis The house Het meisje The girl De fiets The bike De jongen The boy This is hard to learn (just like it is in french with the le and la thing). Eventually you will just get a feeling for it, but that’s a long time away. So for now you’ll just have to learn it. The end of this lesson is vocabulary training. It is boring indeed, but necessary. (pronunciation in brackets, and remember that als g’s are like we always do them) De School [duhh sgohl] = School -Our ‘oe’ sounds the same De Leraar [duhh Lihr ahr] = Teacher (male) as your oo, but is a little bit shorter. De Lerares [duhh Lihr ahr ess] = Teacher (female) -Remember the hard g’s De Boeken [duhh boo kuhn*] = Books -Remember the rrrroling rrr’s De pen [duhh pehn] = Pen -krijt is not actually pronounced ‘krait’, but Het potlood [heht poht loht] = Pencil ‘krait’ sounds the most like the actual Het bureau [heht buuhh ro] = Desk pronunciation Het rooster [heht roh stuhr] = time table/schedule Het krijt [heht krait] = chalc Het bord [heht bohrt] = blackboard De Aula [duhh oulah] = auditorium Scheikunde [sgaikuhnduh] = chemistry