This one little puzzle will, I suspect, be indicative of all my future learning problems!! :) [only two weeks in so far] I was trying to figure out how you'd...
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melanier@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:17 pm
Ik ben nieuwsgierig over hoe Amsterdam 'Mokum' werd heten. Volgens een Nederlandse Cultuurkunde webpagina, heeft de naam iets te doen met geimigreerd Joden....
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oelph@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:34 pm
Hrm I've been looking into this some more - am I right in thinking gaande is used in places such as 'what is going on?' and I should be using 'gaan / ga' such...
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Evie Fieseler
fieseler@...
Apr 1, 2001 5:19 pm
Hoi Jason. Denk ik dat het misschien wou zijn, "Ik ga naar bed." Maar weet je wel dat wij hebben "the blind leading the blind" hier. LOL Evie...
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mil & tera
mil_tera@...
Apr 1, 2001 7:26 pm
Ik ga nu slapen.. (thanks in advance= alvast bedankt) ... tera ... From: oelph@... Reply-To: DUTCH-ENGLISH-STUDY-GROUP@yahoogroups.com To:...
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Gerda Schut
gschut@...
Apr 1, 2001 7:45 pm
hi jason, you should use the present tense: ik ga (nu) slapen. As for your questions about that you have the tendency to translate word for word. Well that's...
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oelph@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:20 pm
Why is the 'am' dropped from that line? It seems quite natural to say 'I am going to sleep' rather than 'I go (now) to sleep'....
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Becca Lacey
becca_mdl@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:24 pm
Jason, I still find myself trying to translate word for word. I usually write it all out then look at it and then try to make some sense out of it. lol It is...
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Martin W. van Arkel
arkelmw@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:07 pm
... It IS quite natural, in English. We are talking about Dutch now. Different languages have different ways of saying things. It is something you have to get...
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Jan Prygoda
j.prygoda@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:38 pm
Thanks in advance = Bij voorbaat dank (as well) Jan Ik ga nu slapen.. (thanks in advance= alvast bedankt) ... tera...
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Becca Lacey
becca_mdl@...
Apr 1, 2001 10:07 pm
Jan, Bij voorbaat dank and alvast bedankt both mean thanks in advance? ... ===== Take care and God bless you! Rebecca Lynn :-) ...
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Jan Prygoda
j.prygoda@...
Apr 2, 2001 12:05 am
Because am -ing is something typical English idiom. You can never translate literally from one language to the other. Jan Why is the 'am' dropped from that...
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Jan Prygoda
j.prygoda@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:49 am
"Bij voorbaat dank" is more formal . "Alvast bedankt" sounds more like "thanks already". Jan Jan, Bij voorbaat dank and alvast bedankt both mean thanks in...
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oelph@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:07 am
Ahh I see! Thanks everyone -- I have this (annoying?) habit of needing to know 'why' for everything rather than just accepting it at face value. :) As long as...
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Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:25 am
Hoi Jose, Whether housing will be a problem, depends entirely on where you want to get it. In some place there's always an enormous waiting list, while in...
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jose dellepiane
joe_dellepiane@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:44 am
hallo: thanks for your e-mail. well let me see.. humm any tips on where are those places where you can get easier housing list? any tips at all?. i will...
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Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:58 am
In general, it's easier to get housing in the eastern provinces. Also, housing there is cheaper. As for specific details, I'd have to know about where you...
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Henry Pijffers
henry-p@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:14 am
Sure you can, especially in the (Low-)Saxon provinces. We often say "gemen" (which becomes "geemm", when swallowing the last e), instead of "geven" (while ...
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Michele Roads
michele.roads@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:06 pm
Hey Group...:) I have been having hours of fun (!) translating a song from the page that Zooks told us about....:)...was going great guns until I hit this...
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Peter J. Large
p.j.large@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:49 pm
What some new learners don't seem to realize that Dutch does not have acontinuous present tense as in: I am going to sleep, I am reading a book, We are hoping...
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morabza@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:52 pm
Hello friends: My name is Jane, I live in Washington, DC (Maryland suburbs actually). I am a new member of this list and would like to introduce myself and...
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Peter J. Large
p.j.large@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:54 pm
I couldn't help wondering whether the prolonged delay in announcing theengagement was not due to the political past life of Maxima's father etc. but to give...
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L P
lpape@...
Apr 2, 2001 3:11 pm
... I'd go for "In Amsterdam city," only b/c it sounds more poetic. lallen )= jabber, babble schallen)= resound; till their nightmares resound? ... lam )=...
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oelph@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:19 pm
Berdankt Peter! Its getting clearer little by little. To test my understanding would the following be correct?.. Ik gemaakt de thee / I'm making the tea...
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L P
lpape@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:35 pm
... Not quite yet, Jason. Gemaakt is past tense: Ik heb iets gemaakt. Ik ga thee maken of ik ga thee zetten. BTW, it's "bedankt," no "r." You've a lot more...
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mil & tera
mil_tera@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:19 pm
Hello group, (I posted this earlier, but there was a delay on my side and it hasn't came yet, and if this email is sent again, sorry!) I was doing a crossword...
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Jeannine Vanderlinden
jvanderlinden@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:00 pm
Hoi, allemaal, The Brabantse contingent has made its way home, so I have some more time. You may expect to "meet" my mother in law quite soon, as she was...
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Jan Prygoda
j.prygoda@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:05 pm
"uk" is "ukkie", a small creature, a baby. IJ is I+J. Yeti is a rare foreign word that could be used in Dutch probably. Jan The Brabantse contingent has made...
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Jeannine Vanderlinden
jvanderlinden@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:28 pm
Hi, Jason, when expressing the equivalent of "to be", Dutch is almost always much more precise than English. For instance, het boek ligt op tafel, het boek...
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Martin W. van Arkel
arkelmw@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:46 pm
... Hi, Tera, :) ... He is right, on all three accounts. :) Jus- tie- tie is simply not Dutch pronounciation. I think it has to do with the langauge those...
