Assimil Dutch6

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. maar ik heli .... geld

ACHTENTWINTIGSTE (28ste) LES.

Herhaling en opmerkingen

T. — Demonstralive Adjectives — Dozo tdit wilh neuteur

singular nouns) poinls to things close to the speaker: dit>

'.dni witfi neuter s^angu'a' nounsi pomls tc things ai some

(i'Stance from the speaker

de lOngęn    net huis

dn?e longen ithis boyi dit huis (tnis housei

d>e /ongen (that boy)    dat huis (Ihat house)

Din and dat a te nlso used in a generał sense without indication of distance Irom the speaker. Here. they are sometimes translatod as he'. shn' or they ¹

1 al - beroemd. — 2 Waarover - minste - van. 3 ogenblikje klaar - 4 altijd - kleien reoareren. - 5 zou • betalen - gaen

TWENTY-EIGHTH LESSON

\ohco nese irregjlar plural fo"ns. do		Fraosman. do
i i.ir.sen: de Engel smar*.	de Enge<sen T^1	ic piurai of ae
»r't.' s ae ree en [zAY.nj	a perfeetly nom?	il p jra encep:
na: two dots above the	third e show v	idiere the new
syllab.o begins
3. — Wat — This word ca	m have different mcanings.
(a) What Wat wenst u?	What do you wai	nt^2 3 4 5 Weet u win

::-t! ,voord cetekonl'-' Do ycu ktow what tha: word (b) Sonę Heefr u nag wat tijd?. Do yoa st have some

IV,i? iiiay not be proceded by a preposition. Instead. a woni is jsed consisling of waar plus ihc preposition

>V-jara,-i o denkt a? WMnt are you thmkirg about⁵ Waa'■ • ■"■■■■ ipreek! ze?- Wba: is sne :alkmg    Waamee

Wiat s m ccming w>th?

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— Piurai — lo ccrtam nouns :^,io short vowel ot the

smgu'ar becomos long .h the p'ura' Sonetimes it even

cnanges to anotner Vowel

do dag |daHG], do dagen [daahg:n]

het glas [hglas], de gluzen (de hglaa/:n|

do oorlog (oorloHGJ. de oorlogen [oorloohgn]

de weg [vweHG], de wogen [vwAYhg.n|

de stad '.statl de stnden [stAYc n).

Hemember that the plura¹ o: het kina 15 de kmderen. Sonetimes the plu^ral lorm ot a wo^rd tias a cifferenl moaning than the Sitigi.ia^r form. Some words have differ-<;nt piurai forms depondmg on the meaning.

The plural of het kleod (rug or carpei) is kleden. Het ktnod (singular) cari also rnean 'dretss'

But kteren (a contraotion of ktederen). the other plural torm of this word. means olothes' For th.s meaning thero is no smgular form: one mjst say ee.o kiedmgstuk (a piece of clothmgi

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— Of/Als — Ot usually means or but can also be used

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Uii if m tbe sense of whelher¹. Ik wnet niet of hij veol V"ii: ti/d heeft: i don't know il (whelher) he has much

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^,rve Ime Hij vraagt o> ze ook komt He asks 'f fwhether: -iiso is eon ng Fo- if :sta:ieg a cood-tion' ais is Hi; cnwangt ii onniiddeiii/k. ais ni: •/": rs He li see -noied ately if ho s ‘ree Ais het weer módl Wifft. we morgen wandolnn If the weatner stays nice. we ro going for a walk tomorrow.

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