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Doe het lekker zelf!

breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 21:54 (seven years ago)

Ik voel me niet lekker.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:03 (seven years ago)

Ik doe het lekker niet

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:06 (seven years ago)

Lekker is maar een vinger lang.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:10 (seven years ago)

Lekkere jongen ben jij

breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:23 (seven years ago)

Dat zit me niet lekker

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:30 (seven years ago)

Slaap lekker!

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:52 (seven years ago)

That would be our Dutch “bekken”, I guess. Kissing as in French kissing, right?


Yep. My husband said they used vozen. But that's not really kissing. Vozen: petting.

My French is going slow. Tempted to do a "free trial" (?) so I can cram a few hours of it.

nathom, Monday, 22 April 2019 20:51 (seven years ago)

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:23 (seven years ago)

Langzaam maar zeker

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:19 (seven years ago)

Oh no, Leaderboards!

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 April 2019 00:52 (seven years ago)

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

En natuurlijk v.v.t.t. = voltooid verleden toekomende tijd

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:55 (seven years ago)

What's a leaderboard?

nathom, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:46 (seven years ago)

Ah yeah nevermind. I know. :-)

nathom, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:47 (seven years ago)

Heb je zin in koffie?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:26 (seven years ago)

Hoogachtend,
JR&B

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:29 (seven years ago)

Beste meneer breastcrawl....

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:40 (seven years ago)

Geachte Meneer James,

Met deze post wil ik aantonen dat men de eerste zin nooit mag starten met ik. Dit gezegd zijnde, beken ik een egoïste te zijn. Alles draait rond mij. Zoals we hier zeggen: "Ikke ikke ikke en de rest kan stikken."

Mvg
Nathalie

nathom, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:47 (seven years ago)

Heb ik zin in koffie? Schijt de paus in het bos?

nathom, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 12:48 (seven years ago)

Zegt u het eens, beste meneer Redd and the Blecchs?

breastcrawl, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 13:51 (seven years ago)

Heb je een beter idee?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 14:45 (seven years ago)

Opzij!

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:04 (seven years ago)

Sorry, kunt u een beetje opzij gaan, alstublieft?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:26 (seven years ago)

Van harte gefeliciteerd. Hieperdepiep, hoera!

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:27 (seven years ago)

Eet men pindakaas in Nederland?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:39 (seven years ago)

In België eten we geen pindakaas. In Nederland is het zeer populair. Ik eet liever speculaas pasta.

nathom, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 13:04 (seven years ago)

DUO hebt me net gezegd: een dag zonder jou is zoals een tuin zonder bloemen.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:14 (seven years ago)

Waarom “IJ” in IJzeren Gordijn?

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2019 01:29 (seven years ago)

Heb je even?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph)

tl;dr: it’s considered one letter.

(Also, it’s “DUO *heeft* me net gezegd...”)

breastcrawl, Friday, 3 May 2019 07:22 (seven years ago)

Dankjewel!

Think my verbal confusion was coming from
DUO heeft/hebt me gezegd.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:56 (seven years ago)

In Amsterdam dialect it would be: “DUO hep me net gezegd (sounds like: gesegt), so you were sort of fine-ish anyway...

breastcrawl, Friday, 3 May 2019 13:09 (seven years ago)

Yeah, I actually almost spelled it with a ‘t’ at the end.

Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2019 13:37 (seven years ago)

Ik ga weg, maar ik weet niet waarnaartoe.

How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:29 (seven years ago)

Ben je ergens bezorgd over?

How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:04 (seven years ago)

Is it waar naartoe or waarnaartoe? I'd say the former.

nathom, Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:33 (seven years ago)

DUO said the latter. Was interested in that long word, which is why I posted that.

How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:55 (seven years ago)

Discussion here: https://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/566/waar_naar_toe_waar_naartoe/

How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:59 (seven years ago)

Also this seems like it may be useful to me https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3733010/Grammar-Dutch-Word-Order

How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:00 (seven years ago)

Took a break from Dutch and am working on Greek a little bit, which is fun and interesting for various reasons I can elaborate on if you like.

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 May 2019 20:24 (seven years ago)

Omg isn't it hella hard? My kid is still undecided to continue Old Greek

nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 11:15 (seven years ago)

Doesn’t seem so to me, but I am learning at my own pace

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:19 (seven years ago)

I can dance a tango, I can read Greek — easy.

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:57 (seven years ago)

Modern Greek is easier than (the) Ancient Greek(s)... but it's still quite hard for English speakers to learn! On par with Russian, definitely harder than Dutch. But easier than Arabic or Mandarin.

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:14 (seven years ago)

Ah, you are right, f. hazel, it is in the second hardest category. Very hard to shake that feeling of “In just a short period of time I have learned a few simple greetings, phrases and grammar points — it’s all downhill from here!”

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:17 (seven years ago)

But easier than Arabic or Mandarin.

Or Korean or Japanese

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:19 (seven years ago)

Japanese is pretty easy. Apparently Korean is easier?

Ancient Greek is still taught in schools here but less and less kids want to study it. I would love if Ophelia continues but it's up to her.

nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:25 (seven years ago)

How do you all do it: do you randomly pick a theme or finish one before heading to the next one?

nathom, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:38 (seven years ago)

Japanese is not easy

Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:55 (seven years ago)

I studied Japanese for three years, it feels easy at the very beginning (no subject/verb agreement, no plurals, very few sounds not already present in English) and then rapidly destroys your self-confidence (honorifics, counters, ten-year investment in memorizing Kanji if you ever want to read a newspaper headline)

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 13 May 2019 18:37 (seven years ago)


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