Learn how to about using the past tense of strong verbs
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| Peter: Goedendag allemaal, mijn naam is Peter! |
| Judith: Judith here! Upper Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 9 - Talking About the Dutch Royal Family |
| Peter: Hi, my name is Peter, and I am joined here by Judith. |
| Judith: Hello, everyone and welcome back to DutchPOD101.com |
| Peter: What are we learning today? |
| Judith: In this lesson you'll will learn how to talk about the Dutch Royal Family. |
| Peter: This conversation takes place in a Dutch apartment. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Paul and Marleen. |
| Peter: The speakers are neighbours, therefore they will be speaking informal Dutch. |
| Dialogue |
| Paul: Ik las gisteren in de krant dat de prinses een nieuwe school opende. Ze sprak de mensen toe en schonk nieuwe boeken. |
| Marleen: Dat is heel gewoon. |
| Paul: Zijn Nederlanders blij met de koninklijke familie? |
| Marleen: Ja, de koninklijke familie is een deel van Nederland. Mijn moeder keek altijd naar de troonrede. |
| Paul: Is dat toen de Koningin in een gouden koets reed? |
| Marleen: Ja, dat was op Prinsjesdag. Ze reed altijd in de Gouden Koets op die dag. |
| Paul: Waarom smeten mensen met geld voor die koets? |
| Marleen: De Gouden Koets kreeg Koningin Wilhelmina van de gemeente Amsterdam voor haar achttiende verjaardag. Koningin Wilhelmina was de oma van Koningin Beatrix, de moeder van Willem-Alexander. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Paul: Ik las gisteren in de krant dat de prinses een nieuwe school opende. Ze sprak de mensen toe en schonk nieuwe boeken. |
| Marleen: Dat is heel gewoon. |
| Paul: Zijn Nederlanders blij met de koninklijke familie? |
| Marleen: Ja, de koninklijke familie is een deel van Nederland. Mijn moeder keek altijd naar de Troonrede. |
| Paul: Is dat toen de Koningin in een gouden koets reed? |
| Marleen: Ja, dat was op Prinsjesdag. Ze reed altijd in de Gouden Koets op die dag. |
| Paul: Waarom smeten mensen met geld voor die koets? |
| Marleen: De Gouden Koets kreeg Koningin Wilhelmina van de gemeente Amsterdam voor haar achttiende verjaardag. Koningin Wilhelmina was de oma van Koningin Beatrix, de moeder van Willem-Alexander. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Paul: Ik las gisteren in de krant dat de prinses een nieuwe school opende. Ze sprak de mensen toe en schonk nieuwe boeken. |
| Judith: I read yesterday in the newspaper that the princess opened a new school. She addressed the people and donated new books. |
| Marleen: Dat is heel gewoon. |
| Judith: That is very normal. |
| Paul: Zijn Nederlanders blij met de koninklijke familie? |
| Judith: Are the Dutch happy with the Royal Family? |
| Marleen: Ja, de koninklijke familie is een deel van Nederland. Mijn moeder keek altijd naar de Troonrede. |
| Judith: Yes, the Royal Family is a part of the Netherlands. My mother always watched the Throne Speech. |
| Paul: Is dat toen de Koningin in een gouden koets reed? |
| Judith: Is that when the Queen rode in a golden coach? |
| Marleen: Ja, dat was op Prinsjesdag. Ze reed altijd in de Gouden Koets op die dag. |
| Judith: Yes, that was on Prince's Day. She always rode in the Golden Coach on that day. |
| Paul: Waarom smeten mensen met geld voor die koets? |
| Judith: Why did people throw away money for that carriage? |
| Marleen: De Gouden Koets kreeg Koningin Wilhelmina van de gemeente Amsterdam voor haar achttiende verjaardag. Koningin Wilhelmina was de oma van Koningin Beatrix, de moeder van Willem-Alexander. |
| Judith: Queen Wilhelmina received the Golden Coach from the Amsterdam city council for her eighteenth birthday. Queen Wilhelmina was the grandmother of Queen Beatrix, the mother of Willem-Alexander. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: So let’s talk a bit about the culture behind this. What is it about this Princesday? |
| Peter: “Prinsjesdag”, that’s an important day of the year. It is always the third Tuesday of September. It's the day when the former Queen traditionally delivered the “Troonrede” (Throne Speech). But most of all “Prinsjesdag” marks the start of the new administrative year of the parlement (Staten-Generaal). The “Troonrede” sets forth the main features of the government policy for the new parliamentary year. |
| Judith: So I guess it’s similar to the American State of the Union Address? |
| Peter: Kind of. The former Queen would ride in the “Gouden Koets” (Golden Coach) from the Palace to the Parliament. After the speech she rode back in the “Gouden Koets” and stood with the whole family on the balcony of the palace for the famous “Balkon Scene” (balcony scene) where they all wave to the gathered crowd in front of the palace. Isn’t that beautiful? |
| Judith: Very royal! |
| Peter: Also very royal of course extravagant. It is very common for the female members of the Royal Family and female members of the Parliament to wear extravagant hats, this can be a little compared with the hats ladies in England wear to the Royal Ascot races. Very royal indeed. |
| Judith: I learned something new today. |
| Vocabulary and Phrases |
| Judith: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: lezen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to read |
| Peter: le-zen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: lezen [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: school [natural native speed] |
| Judith: school |
| Peter: school [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: school [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: openen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to open |
| Peter: o-pe-nen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: openen [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: toespreken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to address |
| Peter: toe-spre-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: toespreken [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: schenken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to donate, give as a gift |
| Peter: schen-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: schenken [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: koninklijke familie [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Royal Family |
| Peter: Ko-nin-klijk-e familie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: koninklijke familie [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: deel van [natural native speed] |
| Judith: part of |
| Peter: deel van [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: deel van [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: kijken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to watch |
| Peter: kij-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: kijken [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: rijden [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to ride |
| Peter: rij-den [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: rijden [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: krijgen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to get |
| Peter: krijgen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: krijgen [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: gemeente [natural native speed] |
| Judith: city council |
| Peter: ge-meen-te [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: de gemeente [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: huidig [natural native speed] |
| Judith: current |
| Peter: hui-dig [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: huidig [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/phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| 1: "Smeten met geld" . This is the past tense of the phrase “smijten met geld” (literally, “to throw with money”). An expression that is used quite often in the Netherlands and it means to throw away a lot of money for something. But as the Dutch are egalitarians the expression is also used to mean any grand display of wealth. |
| Grammar Point |
| Grammar: The focus of this lesson is the past tense of strong verbs, part 1. |
| Peter: There are two kinds of irregular verbs in Dutch,there is the strong verbs and the irregular verbs. "Strong" can be seen as an expression of admiration, because it’s these verbs that refuse to change, to conform to the rules. Strong, energists, whatsoever ...they stay the same. |
| Judith: The difference between strong verbs and irregular verbs is that only the vowel changes in strong verbs, and the vowel change is predictable, while irregular verbs demonstrate truly unpredictable changes. |
| Peter: There are nine patterns of vowel changes for the strong verbs. Here are the first five -- try to keep them in mind as you encounter such strong verbs. |
| 1: ij --> ee; blijven (to stay) becomes “bleef/bleven” |
| 2: i --> a; liggen (to lay) becomes “lag/lagen” |
| 3: i can also become o; drinken (to drink) becomes “dronk/dronken” |
| 4: ie --> oo; kiezen (to choose) becomes “koos/kozen” |
| 5: ui --> oo; ruiken (to smell) becomes “rook/roken” |
| Judith: Can we see some of these verbs in complete sentences, and contrast the present tense and the past tense? |
| Peter: Sure. |
| 1: Ik bleef gisteren thuis maar vandaag blijf ik niet thuis. (I stayed home yesterday but today I'm not staying home) |
| 2: Het boek ligt op tafel, gisteren lag het ook op tafel. (The book is [lies] on the table, yesterday it was [lay] on the table too) |
| 3: De man drinkt nu geen koffie, hij dronk gisteren koffie. (The man isn't drinking coffee now, he was drinking coffee yesterday) |
| 4: Kies jij maar, ik koos gisteren. (You choose, I chose yesterday) |
| 5: Wat ruikt het hier lekker, gisteren rook het niet lekker. (What smells so good here, yesterday it didn’t smell good.) |
Outro |
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