Dutch A1/A2

 

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In this lesson we will discuss some small issues we haven’t gotten around yet. You will see things you might have been wanting to know all along..

Small Nouns

In Dutch there is a suffix “-je” that will make a noun small. For example, adding “-je” to “huis” generates “huisje”, meaning “little house”. You will often see such small nouns in Dutch. Note that they all are of neuter gender and therefore use the article “het” in singular.

Counting

0 nul 1 één 2 twee 3 drie 4 vier 5 vijf 6 zes 7 zeven 8 acht 9 negen 10 tien 11 elf 12 twaalf 13 dertien 14 veertien 15 vijftien 16 zestien 17 zeventien 18 achttien 19 negentien

20 twintig 21 éénentwintig 22 tweeëntwintig 23 drieëntwintig 24 vierentwintig 30 dertig 40 veertig 50 vijftig 60 zestig 70 zeventig 80 tachtig 90 negentig 100 honderd 123 honderddrieëntwintig 200 tweehonderd 1000 duizend 10000 tienduizend 100000 honderdduizend 1000000 [één] miljoen

Days of the week

Unlike in English, the days of the week do not receive a capital first letter.

Monday	maandag
Tuesday	dinsdag
Wednesday	woensdag
Thursday	donderdag
Friday	vrijdag
Saturday	zaterdag
Sunday	zondag

The preposition used to point at day is always “op”. However, there is also an alternative construction using “‘s” and the name of the day appended by an extra S.

Ik kom op maandag	I come on Monday
Ik kom ‘s maandags	I come on Monday

The months of the year

Like the days of the week, the months of the year are never capitalized:

January	januari
February	februari
March	maart
April	april
May	mei
June	juni
July	juli
August	augustus
September	september
October	oktober
November	november
December	december

The preposition used to point at a month is “in”, just like in English.

Imperative

There is still a verb tense we have left undiscussed: the so-called imperative tense/mood. This is used to give commands and is very easy to use in Dutch because like in English, it simply consists of the present tense stem:

Kom!	Come!
Loop!	Walk!

We can also form this into a “Let’s …” expression using “Laten we” plus the infinitive verb:

Laten we lopen!	Let’s walk!
Laten we vliegen!	Let’s fly!

Correlatives

Below you will see a very extensive scheme that will show you words like “somebody”:

	Unspecific	Interrogative	Specific	All-inclusive	All-exclusive
Quality	Some/ any kind of	What kind of?	That kind of, such a	Every kind of, all kinds of	No kind of
	Een soort	Wat voor soort?	Dat soort, zo’n [soort]	Elk soort	Geen [enkel]  soort
Reason	For some  reason	Why?	Therefore, so	For every reason	For no reason
	Om één of  andere reden	Waarom?	Daarom	Om alles	Nergens om
Time	Sometime, anytime, ever	When?	Then	Always	Never
	Ooit, eens	Wanneer?	Dan	Altijd	Nooit
Location	Somewhere, anywhere	Where?	There	Everywhere	Nowhere
	Ergens	Waar?	Daar	Overal	Nergens
Direction	Somewhere, anywhere	Where to?	[to] there	[to] everywhere	[to] nowhere
	Ergens  [heen]	Waarheen?	Daarheen	Overal naartoe	Nergens naartoe
Manner	Somehow, anyhow	How?	Like that, so	In every way	In no way
	Op één of andere  manier	Hoe?	Zo	Op elke manier	Op geen enkele manier
Possession	Someone’s, anyone’s	Whose?	That one’s, his, hers, theirs	Everybody’s, everyone’s	Nobody’s
	Iemand’s	Wiens?	zijn,haar,hun	Iedereen’s	Niemand’s
Object	Something, anything	What?	That	Everything	Nothing
	Iets	Wat?	Dat	Alles	Niets, niks
Quantity	Some	How much?, How many?	That/so much, That/so  many	All [of it]	None [of it]
	Enige	Hoeveel?	Zo veel	Alles	Niets
Person	Somebody, anybody	Who?	That one, he,she,they	Everybody, everyone	Nobody
	Iemand	Wie?	Die, hij, zij, hen	Iedereen	Niemand
Adje ctive	Some, any	which?, what?	That	Every, each, all	None, no
	Enig, enige	Welke?	Die	Elke, alle	Geen enkele, none

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