Beginners’ Dutch course: part 3

Part 3: Verbs

(Part 2 is here)

Lesson 17: verbs in the present

Lesson 18: some useful verbs

Lesson 19: the imperative



Exercises:

Translate the following sentences:
  1. Our names are Mark, Jean and Sofie.
  2. You ask my name. (you = jij)
  3. You go with the car. (you = plural)
  4. They know a hotel.
  5. He can introduce the mister. (use the infinitive)
  6. Give the ID card or the passport!
  7. I use the telephone.
  8. It happens there.
  9. Good afternoon, work for free!
  10. He has a signature.
Solutions:
  1. Wij heten Mark, Jean en Sofie.
  2. Jij vraagt mijn naam.
  3. Jullie gaan met de auto.
  4. Zij kennen een hotel.
  5. Hij kan de meneer introduceren.
  6. Geef de identiteitskaart of het paspoort!
  7. Ik gebruik de telefoon.
  8. Het gebeurt daar.
  9. Goedenamiddag, werk gratis!
  10. Hij heeft een handtekening.

Lesson 20: False friends: these are no synonyms

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Lesson 21: the article

Lesson 22: every day a bit of Dutch!

Question 1: the question asked at the end of the last section is…

  1. Grammatically correct and normal
  2. Grammatically correct and a bit weird
  3. Grammatically incorrect
  4. Completely wrong

Question 2: ‘Goedemorgen, morgen gaan we.’

  1. Incorrect sentence.
  2. Means something will happen later in the day.
  3. Is a sentence to say in the evening.
  4. None of the above.

Question 3: The conjugation of the present tense is based on the stem for the singular and the infinite for the plural.

  1. Wrong. The stem is for the plural, and the infinitive for the singular.
  2. Wrong, it’s based on something else.
  3. Correct.

Question 4: The sentence ‘wilt je de vraag weten?’ has…

  1. No mistakes
  2. One mistake
  3. Two mistakes
  4. More than two mistakes

Question 5: the conjugation of to happen is: ik geef, jij geeft, hij geeft, wij geven, jullie geven, zij geven.

  1. Yes.
  2. No.

Question 6: ‘Werk’ has two meanings, a noun and a verb (with a pronoun).

  1. Correct
  2. False

Solutions:

  1. Grammatically correct and a bit weird. It’s ‘wees een wees’. Wel it’s difficult to order someone to be an orphan, but grammatically it’s ok.
  2. None of the above. It means ‘good morning, tomorrow we’ll go’ and that can be correct.
  3. Correct.
  4. One mistake. It’s wil je, without the t.
  5. No, it’s from ‘to give’.
  6. Correct

Part 4 is here.