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Dutch Everyday: Flowers 1 (Roses) >>2

Geen rozen zonder doornen click to hear ('No roses without thorns') Nice things come with possibly problematic attachments.

the: de click to hear 2 / het click to hear 2 3 - 't click to hear ->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n click to hear / one: één click to hear 2 3

[flower]
(de) bloem click to hear		 [small flowers]
bloemetjes click to hear		 [bloom, blossom]
(de) bloesem click to hear		 [cut flowers]
snijbloemen click to hear
[(rose-) bud]
(de) knop click to hear		 [(rose-) bud]
(de) knop click to hear - 2 		[(rose-) buds]
knoppen click to hear		 [a rose]
(de) roos click to hear - 2 		[a rose]
(de) witte roos click to hear - 2 - 3
[pink rose]
(de) roze roos click to hear - 2 		[pink rose]
(de) roze roos click to hear - 2 		[rose]
(de) gele roos click to hear		 [rose]
(de) paarse roos click to hear - 2
[red rose]
(de) rode roos click to hear - 2 		[roses]
rozen click to hear - 2 		[rosehips]
rozebottels click to hear		 [thorns]
dorens click to hear
[orange-colored roses]
oranje rozen click to hear 2 3		 [pink roses]
roze rozen click to hear		 [many-colored rose]
(de) veelkleurige roos click to hear 2		 [many-colored rose]
(de) veelkleurige roos click to hear 2

[cut flowers]
snijbloemen click to hear
de / het / 't click to hear (the)
een, 'n click to hear - 2 (a, an)
één click to hear (one)
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(de) knop
(de) bloem
(de) bloesem
hear - 2 		(bud)
(flower)
(bloom)
 (de) roos
(de) rozen
hear 		(rose)
(roses)
rode rozen click to hear red roses
roze rozen click to hear pink roses
(Dutch 'roze' has a 'French O' - different form the O in Dutch 'rozen.')
oranje rozen click to hear 2 3 orange roses
oranje roos click to hear orange rose
stokroos click to hear - a rose on a stem, but also the name of another flowering plant, the 'althea' 		[stem rose]
(de) stokroos click to hear
Note that Dutch bloem click to hear means 'flower,' not 'bloom' (blossom) - and in a strange coincidence, the Dutch word bloem also means 'flour.'
The bouquet, bunch of flowers, that you buy at the florist is een bos bloemen click to hear
(de) bloemist click to hear ('florist') (blue mist?)
(het) bloemperk click to hear 2 3 ('flowerbed')
Some Dutch and English words shift from F to V between singular and plural (leaf/leaves), and some Dutch words shift similarly from S to Z, like (de) roos click to hear ('rose') to rozen click to hear ('roses.') Do note that the 'long-O' vowel sound remains the same here despite the different number of vowels written: once you understand the fairly easy Dutch spelling rules it will be logical to you too.

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