#16"Ik ga naar de supermarkt" 🛒 | Essential Dutch City Vocabulary (A1) #podcast#learndutch#learning
Welcome to Les 16 of our Beginner Dutch series! Today, we are learning a very important survival topic: Places in the Ci
📝 Transcript
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Well, imagine you've just arrived in a completely new, unknown city. Yes, a place where you really don't know your way around at all.
Exactly. The train doors slide open, you step onto the platform, and you're immediately overwhelmed by unfamiliar sounds and signs with those unreadable words, of course.
Yes, a real maze of streets. You've just dropped your suitcase in your hotel room, and suddenly, it hits you.
You have an enormous, overwhelming hunger. Oh yes, that's always the worst time to get lost. Absolutely, and not just a little craving. You read at home about a local legendary fried specialty, and you firmly promised yourself that this would be your first meal.
But yes, you absolutely don't speak the language. Exactly. You really have no idea how to ask for directions or how to decipher a sign like that. How on earth do you prevent yourself from running in the wrong direction in a blind panic?
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| de stad | Nomen (v.) | the city | Ik woon in de stad. |
| de supermarkt | Nomen (m./v.) | the supermarket | Ik ga naar de supermarkt voor boodschappen. |
| het station | Nomen (o.) | the station | De trein vertrekt van het station. |
| de bank | Nomen (m./v.) | the bank | Ik moet naar de bank om geld te pinnen. |
| verdwalen | Verb | to get lost | Ik wil niet verdwalen in deze nieuwe stad. |
| aankomen | Verb | to arrive | Wanneer kom je aan in Amsterdam? |
| de weg weten | Verb phrase | to know the way | Ik weet de weg niet naar het museum. |
| honger | Nomen (m./v.) | hunger | Ik heb enorme honger! |
| navigeren | Verb | to navigate | Met deze app kun je makkelijk navigeren. |
| de omgeving | Nomen (v.) | the surroundings, environment | De omgeving van het hotel is erg mooi. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Ik ga naar de ___ om eten te kopen.
Je bent net ___ in een nieuwe stad.
Ik heb veel ___.
Ik weet de ___ niet naar het park.
Het ___ is een plek waar treinen stoppen.
What does "de stad" mean?
If you don't know where you are, you might...
Waar is de ___ om geld op te nemen?
Which word means "to navigate"?
De ___ van het hotel is erg rustig.
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