Learn about Dutch possessive adjectives
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Intro |
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| Peter: Goedendag! Mijn naam is Peter. |
| Judith: Judith here! Absolute Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 13 - Family Photos |
| Judith: Hello, and welcome to DutchPod101.com, where we study modern Dutch in a fun, educational format! |
| Peter: So, brush up on the Dutch that you started learning long ago, or start learning today. |
| Judith: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson, Peter, what are we looking at in this lesson? |
| Judith: In this lesson you'll will learn how to talk about family in Dutch. |
| Peter: This conversation takes place at a Dutch home. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Bert and Marijke. |
| Peter: The speakers are husband and wife, therefore they will be speaking informal Dutch. |
Lesson conversation |
| M: Hoe gaat het met je knie? |
| B: Goed. Wil je deze foto’s zien? |
| M: Ja. Kijk, dat zijn mijn ouders. Dit is m’n moeder en dat is m’n vader. |
| B: En op deze foto staat jouw zus met haar zoon en d’r dochter. |
| M: Hebben wij een foto van onze oma en opa? |
| B: Nee, maar wel een foto van mijn broer met zijn vrouw en z’n hond. |
| M: Staan hun kinderen op de foto? |
| B: Nee. Kijk, dit is een foto van ons huis met onze ouders. Wie is dit? |
| M: Haha, dat is jullie hond! |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| M: Hoe gaat het met je knie? |
| B: Goed. Wil je deze foto’s zien? |
| M: Ja. Kijk, dat zijn mijn ouders. Dit is m’n moeder en dat is m’n vader. |
| B: En op deze foto staat jouw zus met haar zoon en d’r dochter. |
| M: Hebben wij een foto van onze oma en opa? |
| B: Nee, maar wel een foto van mijn broer met zijn vrouw en z’n hond. |
| M: Staan hun kinderen op de foto? |
| B: Nee. Kijk, dit is een foto van ons huis met onze ouders. Wie is dit? |
| M: Haha, dat is jullie hond! |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| M: Hoe gaat het met je knie? |
| Judith: How is it going with your knee? |
| B: Goed. Wil je deze foto’s zien? |
| Judith: Good. Do you want to see these photos? |
| M: Ja. Kijk, dat zijn mijn ouders. Dit is m’n moeder en dat is m’n vader. |
| Judith: Yes. Look, that’s my parents. This is my mother and that is my father. |
| B: En op deze foto staat jouw zus met haar zoon en d’r dochter. |
| Judith: And in this photo is your sister with her son and her daughter. |
| M: Hebben wij een foto van onze oma en opa? |
| Judith: Do we have a photo of our grandma and grandpa? |
| B: Nee, maar wel een foto van mijn broer met zijn vrouw en z’n hond. |
| Judith: No, but we do have a photo of my brother with his wife and his dog. |
| M: Staan hun kinderen op de foto? |
| Judith: Are their children in the photo? |
| B: Nee. Kijk, dit is een foto van ons huis met onze ouders. Wie is dit? |
| Judith: No. Look, this is a photo of our house with our parents. Who is that? |
| M: Haha, dat is jullie hond! |
| Judith: Haha, that is your dog! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: What can you say about the pets in the Netherlands? |
| Peter: Oooh the Dutch they love pets!. There was even a survey where it said that there are more than 30 million pets in the Netherlands.That’s almost twice as much as the amount of people. It’s cats that are the most popular of all pet-owning families, 47% have a cat and 36% have a dog. Third place are for rabbits. |
| Judith: More than 80% of the pet owners consider their pet to be a member of the family and treat it accordingly. A recent study showed that one in three pet owners will take a day off to take care of his sick pet. |
| Peter: Animal protection is important in the Netherlands. In the parliament there is even a party for this. But also there is the Association to Protect Animals, founded 150 years ago and pretty quickly they already 2000 members. They started growing and growing and by 1920 it was so large that they needed permanent employees. They continued to grow, become more and more active in all aspects of animal life. In 2009 the Association to Protect the Animals had 200.000 members. |
| Judith: That is crazy! |
| Peter: Also crazy is that the oldest cat in the world , as said by the Guinness Book of Records, was 25 years old and lived in the Netherlands in August 2011. |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: ouders [natural native speed] |
| Judith: parents |
| Peter: ou-ders [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: ouders [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: moeder [natural native speed] |
| Judith: mother |
| Peter: moe-der [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: moeder [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: vader [natural native speed] |
| Judith: father |
| Peter: va-der [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: vader [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: jouw [natural native speed] |
| Judith: your (stressed) |
| Peter: jouw [slowly] |
| Peter: jouw [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: zus [natural native speed] |
| Judith: sister |
| Peter: zus [slowly] |
| Peter: zus [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: haar [natural native speed] |
| Judith: her |
| Peter: haar [slowly] |
| Peter: haar [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: zoon [natural native speed] |
| Judith: son |
| Peter: zoon [slowly] |
| Peter: zoon [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: dochter [natural native speed] |
| Judith: daughter |
| Peter: doch-ter [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: dochter [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: oma [natural native speed] |
| Judith: grandma |
| Peter: o-ma [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: oma [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: opa [natural native speed ] |
| Judith: grandpa |
| Peter: o-pa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: opa [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: broer [natural native speed] |
| Judith: brother |
| Peter: broer [slowly] |
| Peter: broer [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: vrouw [natural native speed] |
| Judith: woman, wife |
| Peter: vrouw [slowly] |
| Peter: vrouw [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: hun [natural native speed] |
| Judith: their |
| Peter: hun [slowly] |
| Peter: hun [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: hond [natural native speed] |
| Judith: dog |
| Peter: hond [slowly] |
| Peter: hond [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Peter: The first word we’ll look at is...."Staat" (stands). That is a regular word in Dutch. It is used much more often in Dutch than in English. For example, in this dialogue we heard "op deze foto staat jouw zus met haar zoon" (in this photo your sister "is standing" with her son). In Dutch, people are much more likely to specify that something is just "standing", or "lying" or "sitting" somewhere, rather than simply saying that it “is”, as we do in English. |
| Judith: In this dialogue, we can see that the speaker uses “ons huis” en “onze ouders”. What’s the difference really? |
| Peter: It has to do with the noun being a word from the “het-category” or a word from the “de-category”. When the noun following is a word that is from the “het-category”, we use “ons”, for example "het boek - ons boek". But if it the noun following is a word from the “de-catergory”, we use “onze”, for example "de koffie - onze koffie". |
Lesson focus |
| Judith: The focus of this lesson is possessive adjectives. Words like "my," "your," "our," "their" and so on are called possessive adjectives. We have already seen some of them in previous lessons and this lesson covers the rest of them. |
| Peter: Unlike in French or German, except for “ons” or “onze,” they do not change in Dutch. They never receive any ending, which makes them quite simple. However, be aware that a lot of them can be translated in two ways, depending on the stress. |
| Judith: Let's go over all Dutch possessive adjectives. |
| 1 my -> mijn (normal) - m'n (unstressed) |
| 2 your (singular) -> je (normal) - jouw (for emphasis) |
| 3 your (formal) -> uw; no other form |
| 4 his -> zijn (normal) - z'n (in informal speech) |
| 5 her -> haar (normal) - d'r (in informal speech) |
| 6 our -> ons / onze; no other form |
| 7 your (plural) -> jullie (normal) - je (in informal speech) |
| 8 their -> hun; no other form |
| Judith: For a beginner, it's okay to always use the "normal" form, but you should be able to understand the other forms when Dutch people use them. |
Outro |
| Judith: That just about does it for today. |
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| Judith: So, see you next week! |
| Peter: Doei!! |
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