#18 "Mijn broer" or "Jouw broer"? 👨👩👧👦 | Essential Dutch Family Vocabulary (A1)#podcast #learning
Welcome to Les 18 of our Beginner Dutch series! Today, we are learning a very important and personal topic: The Family (
📝 Transcript
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Imagine, uh, you're in a foreign country. You're desperately trying to learn a new language and you're, well, just extremely nervous about making a mistake.
Yes, I think everyone recognizes that feeling. Exactly. You're sitting in a little classroom, your heart rate is a bit too high, and the teacher shows a photo of his family.
Right? Your brain glitches for a moment. You look at that furry dog. You look at the serious teacher. Would you ever forget the word for brother in that new language after that?
Well, probably never again. No, I don't think so either. That friction of that moment, uh, the complete absurdity of it is actually a kind of highway straight to your long-term memory.
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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 familie | Nomen (v.) | family | Mijn familie woont in Nederland. |
| de vader | Nomen (m.) | father | Dit is mijn vader. |
| de moeder | Nomen (v.) | mother | Hoe heet jouw moeder? |
| de broer | Nomen (m.) | brother | Ik heb één broer. |
| de zus | Nomen (v.) | sister | Mijn zus is student. |
| de hond | Nomen (m.) | dog | De hond is op de foto. |
| mijn | Bezittelijk voornaamwoord | my | Dat is mijn huis. |
| jouw | Bezittelijk voornaamwoord | your | Is dat jouw broer? |
| de docent | Nomen (m.) | teacher | De docent laat een foto zien. |
| de foto | Nomen (v.) | photo | Kijk naar deze foto. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Dit is ___ (my) vader.
What is the Dutch word for 'sister'?
Is dat ___ (your) hond?
Which word means 'the father'?
De ___ (teacher) laat een foto van zijn familie zien.
What does 'mijn' mean?
Ik heb een broer en een ___ (sister).
Which animal is mentioned as part of the family in the lesson?
Mijn ___ (mother) is erg aardig.
How do you say 'your brother' in Dutch?
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