#8 The "Half 8" Trap! ⏰ | How to Tell Time in Dutch (A1)
Welcome to Episode 8 of our A1 Dutch series! Today, we tackle the most confusing topic for English speakers: Klokkijken
📝 Transcript
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Welcome. Glad you're here for this in-depth exploration. Imagine, you're in a, uh, a quintessential Dutch supermarket. Yes. With those bright fluorescent lights shining right in your face.
Exactly. You have a basket in your hand and you actually just want to, uhm, quickly grab some dinner.
But then panic strikes. Absolutely. You look at a freshly baked bread. You want to say something about it to the person next to you. And your brain completely blocks. Is it 'deze brood' or 'dit brood'?
You start sweating. Yes, you just mumble something and suddenly you feel like a toddler again. Well, if that scenario sounds even remotely familiar to you, then you've come to exactly the right place today.
Fortunately. Our goal for this session is to help you with the basics of Dutch supermarket vocabulary. And very importantly, to master that notorious grammar rule for 'deze' and 'dit'. And we're going to do that without you getting overwhelmed
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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 supermarkt | Nomen (de) | supermarket | Ik ga naar de supermarkt om boodschappen te doen. |
| boodschappen doen | Werkwoordelijke uitdrukking | to do groceries | Elke zaterdag moet ik boodschappen doen. |
| het brood | Nomen (het) | bread | Ik wil graag een vers brood. |
| afrekenen | Werkwoord | to pay, to check out | Bij de kassa moet ik afrekenen. |
| de kassa | Nomen (de) | cash register | De kassa is daar, ik wil betalen. |
| pinnen | Werkwoord | to pay by debit card | Kan ik hier pinnen, alstublieft? |
| het lidwoord | Nomen (het) | article (grammar) | 'De' en 'het' zijn lidwoorden in het Nederlands. |
| deze | Aanwijzend voornaamwoord | this/these (for 'de' words and plural) | Deze appel is erg lekker. |
| dit | Aanwijzend voornaamwoord | this (for 'het' words) | Dit huis is heel groot. |
| het meervoud | Nomen (het) | plural | Het meervoud van 'ei' is 'eieren'. |
✏️ 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.
Welk lidwoord hoort bij 'melk'?
Elke week moet ik ___ doen voor mijn familie.
Als je 'de kaas' hebt, welk aanwijzend voornaamwoord gebruik je dan?
Ik wil graag ___ brood, alstublieft.
Als je 'het ei' hebt, welk aanwijzend voornaamwoord gebruik je dan?
Na het winkelen moet je bij de kassa ___.
Wat betekent 'pinnen' in de supermarkt?
In het Nederlands heeft elk zelfstandig naamwoord een ___ ('de' of 'het').
Je ziet veel eieren. Hoe zeg je 'these eggs'?
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