Dutch Discussion

Lucht geklaard.

Ik ben als de donder zo blij dat mijn naamswijziging nu in behandeling is.


#roydonders #juichpak #juichpet #wtfwaaromhebikhetoverroydondersxd

Kan iemand van jullie me misschien uitleggen hoe het puntensysteem van je profiel werkt?
(Bv. ik heb 4 points maar 5 sterren. wut?)

Awesome to be honest! I've read all the papers and I've some corrections though.

Paper 1: "gaat" -> "ga", "om de hoek" -> "de hoek om", "bent" (from: "u bent dan"...) -> "bevindt", "die" (from: "die moet u"...) -> "dan".

Paper 2: "direkt" -> "direct", where your teacher wrote "aan" instead of "op" has to stand "aan de", "goedendag" is right, your teacher made a well-known mistake in Dutch: if you say "goedendag", you would say it fast and in that case it sounds like "goededag" but you have to write it as "goedendag". "Uw" (from: "heeft uw een...") -> "u", "neem" -> "wil graag", "Loempias" -> "loempia's", "kipschnitzeltje" -> "kipschnitzel" ("tje" sounds a bit weird in this way ), "wilt" -> "wil", "oh ja" -> "ja graag", "maschine" -> "machine", "dat is niet goed" -> "dat is jammer", "best" -> "beste", "Paulines" -> "Pauline's", "dat klopt" -> "goede vraag", "mijn" (from: "mijn vriend"...) -> "mij", "spaghethtjes" -> "spaghetti", "meenemen" was right. Your teacher made a mistake in "meebrengen". Of course it's possible to replace it but it sounds way more realistic to use "meenemen" in that sentence then "meebrengen". "Dat kan ik wel" -> "dat zal ik zeker doen", "smakelijk" -> "lekker" (again; both are possible but it's better to say "lekker" instead of "smakelijk" in that sentence ). "Maakt u maar" -> "maakt u er maar (dertien euro) van".

The Dutch way of writing euros is for example €60,- and not ^^,60€

Paper 3: "Dat is luik" -> "dat is leuk om te horen". Does there stand "de kamer is goedkoop met 350 Euro warm"? If yes, it's meant to be: "de kamer is goedkoop (or "betaalbaar") en kost (slechts) €350,-". "Daar" -> "er", "in" (from: "de kamer is in"...) -> "op", "enkele" -> "best wel", "een donkere kast is daar ook" -> "daar is ook een donkere kast", "zwart" -> "donker".

LOL you said "swart" that's a really weird version of "zwart". Some of my classmates are using it if they're in a weird mood but generally it's a mistake. x'D

Paper 4: " 'S morgens" -> " 's Morgens", "dan" (from: "dan hebben wij"...) -> "toen", "wij een voorbijganger gevraagd" -> "wij een voorbijganger iets gevraagd", "dan" (from: "hij heeft ons dan"...) -> "toen", "Paulines" -> "Pauline's", "kijken gegaan zijn" -> "gaan zijn bekijen", "nog eten gegaan" -> "nog gaan eten", "smakelijke" -> "lekkere" (in that case: "heel" will change into "hele"), "eten gaan" -> "gaan eten", "dan" (from: "zijn wij dan"...) -> better no "dan" nor "toen", "kamers kijken gegaan" -> "kamers gaan bekijken", "hebben dan" -> "we hebben dan", "genomen" -> "(uit)gekozen", "het laatst" -> "ten slotte" (<- that's an important one!), "gekomen" -> "gegaan", "heel" (from: "dat was een heel"...) -> "hele".

Conclusion: You're doing extremely well in Dutch! I've personally a 4 VWO level of Dutch on school (it's one of the highest levels which are possible to have in The Netherlands) and I've rarely seen someone who doesn't have Dutch as native language writing it that well. I want you to know the most realistic and correct words to use and that's why I've corrected that much, but I'm sure you would come already very far if you would live in The Netherlands.

There are some dangerous mistakes though and I think you've learnt them wrong nor your teacher doesn't correct them very well. We use "tje" (as you wrote for example: "kipschnitzeltje") mostly not for food. If you want to order a kipschnitzel, it's better to just ask for a kipschnitzel and not a "kipschnitzeltje". It sounds just very weird. (Attention: "spaghethtjes" isn't a word. You've to say "spaghetti". If you wanted to write the "tje"-version of the word, it would've been better to write "spaghettietjes" but even that word doesn't exist since spaghetti is an entire meal. You'll learn this in the futue I guess.)