In a message dated 30/04/2001 03:47:07 West-Europa (zomertijd), dslipper@... writes: << Thanks... I had lost your email address as my computer crashed...
muckepup@...
May 2, 2001 12:21 am
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Hi list, I have a very elementary question: is the verb "willen" completely regular in its conjugation? Does it follow the same pattern as "rennen", for...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 2, 2001 8:06 am
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No it's not, Julian. Here's the conjugation: present tense: ik wil jij wilt hij wil (NO T!) wij willen jullie willen zij willen past tense: ik wilde jij wilde ...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 2, 2001 9:23 am
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Henry Pijffers wrote: [snip] ... [snip] ... Thank you Henry. This irregularity is difficult to spot, I wonder why it came about. I don't recall seeing it in...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 2, 2001 10:18 am
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Henry Pijffers wrote: [snip] ... [snip] ... Thank you Henry. This irregularity is difficult to spot, I wonder why it came about. I don't recall seeing it in...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 2, 2001 10:19 am
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Dear friends, Would anyone know a List of similar words between English and Dutch. I think this is a good way to acquire Dutch vocabulary quicker. Thank you ...
Luiz Grasso
grasso@...
May 2, 2001 7:27 pm
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Hi, I am new to this group having moved to the Netherlands (from the UK) three weeks ago - I am currently learning Dutch from Taalthuis and not doing too badly...
devoncharlie@...
May 7, 2001 11:58 am
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Hi Charlie, Where in NL are you living? I took a 3-month beginners course last year at Direct Dutch here in Den Haag, it was great. They have three levels if I...
Santiago Cimadevilla
napoleon@...
May 7, 2001 12:04 pm
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All of my Dutch friends who are frustrated with my slow progres in Dutch keep threatening to send me to the "nuns" for an intensive scourse. I forget the ...
F S
fsweeting3@...
May 8, 2001 7:05 pm
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Hi all. I have a few questions, particularly concerning everyday spoken language. 1. How do you translate "us four" into Dutch? Is it "onze vieren" or "ons...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 10, 2001 9:23 am
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... That would be "ons vieren", or "wij vieren", depending on in what context you use it. For example: "Alleen wij vieren mogen daar heen" (Only the four of us...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 10, 2001 9:35 am
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... Can you also say "Dat denk ik niet" of "Ik denk het niet". That's what I use and hear most often. I think.... LOL :) Suzanne -- See our webpages at ...
Suzanne and Harold
suzanne.harold@...
May 10, 2001 9:47 am
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... Oh, of course you can! The difference is just the verb tense. Whether you use present or past tense, doesn't matter. groetjes, Henry...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 10, 2001 11:04 am
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Hi list. There is an expression in English: "nobody can serve two masters", that also appears in Dutch as "niemand kan twee heren dienen". Does the following...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 10, 2001 11:33 am
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Hi Julian, In my opinion your sentence expresses the same as the expression "niemand kan twee heren dienen". Henry...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 10, 2001 11:47 am
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It seems that with the lack of tense forms in Germanic languages, several functions are achieved with the switch from present to past. One is to "distance"...
Stan Levinson
stlev99@...
May 10, 2001 1:14 pm
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... My dutch isn't particulary good but to me a transliteration makes the original "je kunt..." quote sound more like the english: " you can't please everyone...
Alexander Kellett
a.kellett@...
May 10, 2001 1:36 pm
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... Yes, but Julian was asking if his sentence conveys the same meaning as the expression "niemand kan twee heren dienen". And that it does. Henry...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 10, 2001 1:59 pm
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Hi everyone I've been a member of the group for a while now but haven't contributed before. I'm just wondering, on the subject of uitdrukkingen, if anyone...
katharine hone
krothhone@...
May 10, 2001 2:28 pm
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Hi everyone, I was referred to De Nieuwe Amsterdammer for Dutch language courses in New York. Has anyone had any experience with these courses, the way they...
Dmnyc@...
May 11, 2001 7:46 pm
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... Two books you might consider: In English: Donaldson, B.C. (1990); Beyond the dictionary in Dutch, A guide to correct word usage for the English-speaking...
niels.winther@...
May 13, 2001 9:48 pm
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Hi there list. I am having difficulty understanding the word "immers". Could anyone help, particularly with examples in Dutch and/or English? Alvast bedankt, ...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 14, 2001 12:21 pm
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... Julian could the word be "immerse"? Like to immerse something underwater? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions...
shanna taylor
shannamontana@...
May 14, 2001 4:33 pm
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... No I don't think that Julian was mistaken. I think he wanted to know more about the Dutch word 'immers'. We hoeven hem niet te schrijven, hij komt immers...
Judith Kunst
judithk@...
May 14, 2001 4:44 pm
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Dear Julian, 'immers' means something like ,but, yet, indeed: (as) you know. ... From: Julian & Sjoekie Wilson <sjoe.smit@...> To: <D4E@yahoogroups.com> ...
Deryn van der Tang
dvdtang@...
May 14, 2001 5:11 pm
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... Hi Shanna. Unfortunately the Dutch word "immers" has no relation that I know of to the similar sounding English verb "immerse". As far as I can tell,...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 15, 2001 6:35 am
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Hi list. I wrote in my last e-mail that "immers" could be an adverb or a preposition, but that was a mistake. Instead of preposition, I should have written...
Julian & Sjoekie Wilson
sjoe.smit@...
May 15, 2001 6:48 am
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... Of course there is a big difference between the low land of the polder and the high land outside of it. "immers" usually means something like "because",...
Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
May 15, 2001 7:02 am
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... "No need to write to him, because he is coming tomorrow ANYWAY..." would be my explanaiton of the word immers in that sentence... ;-) Rgds Martin...
Martin Cleaver
martin@...
May 15, 2001 8:29 am
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... This sentence refers back to something previous (or generally accepted wisdom) and would hence be somthing like: There is, after all, a major difference...
