Hear Dutch Here
— Learn Dutch
There's never been a better time |
100% Free | Guide to
the Website
Full Site Map - Mobile |
---|
|
|
Facebook page |
![]() a livingroom |
![]() electricity |
![]() fire |
![]() tools |
![]() laundry, cleaning |
![]() buildings |
![]() yard |
>> |
the: de
2 /
het
2
3
- 't
->>
Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n
/ one: één
2
3
Floors, Storeys | |
Various Prepositions | |
Thuis = Home, at Home | |
Renting and Buying | |
Building |
---|
(de) begane grond
![]() |
(1st) first (ground) floor |
(de) verdieping
![]() |
floor, storey - plural:
verdiepingen
![]() |
(1e) eerste verdieping
![]() |
(2nd) second floor |
(2e) tweede verdieping
![]() |
(3rd) third floor |
de verdieping eronder
![]() |
the floor [under it] below |
(de) lift
![]() |
elevator, lift |
| |
(de) kelder
![]() |
cellar |
(de) zolder
![]() |
attic |
(de) vliering
![]() |
attic with no walkable floor |
![]() |
![]() |
![]()
|
![]() |
![]()
|
![]()
|
This page was in part made from elements of Everyday Dutch pages 9 and 13. See those pages or the new version pages 3 and 4 for more prepositions.
English 'home, at home,' in your own house, is
'thuis'
(the H is dropped or very soft)
'Homeward, direction home' is 'naar huis'
2
- examples below
eindelijk thuis
![]() |
home at last |
Ik blijf thuis
![]() |
I'm staying home (I'm not going) |
Met m'n verjaardag blijf ik thuis
![]() |
I'm staying home on my birthday |
Als 't hard regent blijf ik thuis
![]() | If it rains hard I'll stay home - word order |
Was ik maar
bij moeder thuis gebleven
![]() |
I wish I had stayed home with my mom (at my parents' house - "Mama told me not to come") |
Wanneer kom je thuis?
![]() |
When, at what time will you get home? |
thuis komen
![]() |
coming home, to come home ‑>> |
thuis blijven
![]() |
staying home, to stay home |
Ben je op tijd thuis?
![]() |
Will you be home in time /or/ Take care to be home in time |
Ik ben over een uur weer thuis
![]() |
I'll be back home in an hour |
Mooi dat je weer thuis bent
![]() |
[Beautiful] Good that you're back home |
Hij is net thuis
![]() |
He came home only a minute ago |
Oost west, thuis best
![]() |
(saying) ['East, West - home is best'] 'Home sweet home, there is no place like home' |
Samen uit, samen thuis
![]() |
['Leaving together, going home together'] - 'We're in this together' |
Wie heeft U thuisgebracht?
![]() |
Who has brought ('delivered') you home? (It could also mean 'Who did you bring to their home?) |
Ik kan 't niet thuisbrengen
![]() |
[I can't bring it home - I cannot relate it to something familiar] ~ I don't know what it is |
alleen thuis
![]() |
home alone, alone at home |
Ik ben thuis
![]() |
I'm at home |
Hij is thuis
![]() |
He is at home |
Ik heb thuis gegeten
![]() |
I [ate] had dinner and/or lunch at home |
Ik heb gisteren thuis gegeten
![]() |
I [ate] had dinner and/or lunch at home yesterday |
Ik krijg wel eens honger op straat, maar ik eet altijd thuis slow | Sometimes I get an appetite in the street, but I always eat at home |
De verpleegster gaf hem gisteren
thuis een injectie
![]() |
The nurse gave him a shot at home yesterday |
Ik voel me nergens thuis
![]() |
[I feel nowhere at home] I don't feel at home anywhere |
Hij woont thuis
![]() |
"He lives at home" - said of adults living with their parents (like English says 'he moved home') |
Likewise: Bij ons thuis
![]() |
['At our home'] - it usually refers to the parents' home when the speaker was a child |
Doe alsof je thuis bent
![]() |
[Do as if you're at home] 'Make yourself at home' (my house is your house) |
Zoals 't klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens
![]() |
(saying) ['There is no place where the clock ticks like at home'] 'Home sweet home' |
Hij is van alle markten thuis
![]() |
(saying) ['He's at home in all markets'] - said of a versatile, practical person |
op weg naar huis
![]() |
on the way home, homeward bound |
naar huis
![]() |
homeward, towards home |
We zijn onderweg naar huis
![]() |
We're on our way home |
Ik ga naar huis
![]() |
I'm going home |
We gingen naar huis
![]() |
We went home |
Ik wil naar huis
![]() |
I want to go home |
Ik ging vroeg naar huis
![]() |
I went home early |
Ik ben naar huis gelopen
![]() |
I walked home |
Ik reed heel langzaam naar huis
![]() |
I rode (or drove) home very slowly |
Ga direct naar huis!
![]() |
Go home immediately, right away |
We gingen naar huis
toen het donker werd
![]() |
We went home when it got dark |
Toen het donker
werd gingen we naar huis
![]() |
We went home when it got dark |
Toen we naar huis
gingen werd het donker
![]() |
When we went home it got dark, darkness fell while we were going home |
Toen we naar huis gingen
was het donker
![]() |
It was dark when we went home |
Want de mens
gaat naar z'n eeuwig huis en de rouwklagers gaan rond op
straat
![]() |
Because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets (Ecclesiastes 12:6) |
naar 't huis
![]() |
to (towards) the house - more'naar' |
Ze liep naar 't huis toe
![]() |
she walked towards the house |
Ik zocht hem op in het
bejaardenhuis
![]() |
I looked him up, I visited him in the old folks' home |
![]() ![]() (het) huurhuis ![]() ![]() |
kopen
![]()
![]() 2. house for sale more kopen etc. |
![]() (de) troffel en (de) baksteen ![]() |
|
Building a House |
een huis bouwen
![]() |
bouwen to build | - | ik bouw I build | - | wij bouwen we build | - | ik bouwde I built | - | wij bouwden we built | - | ik heb gebouwd I have built |
![]() |
|
|
|
![]() (het) hout ![]() ![]() |
![]() bakstenen ![]() ![]() |
![]() (de) betonmolen ![]() |
![]() keien ![]() ![]() also: stenen ![]() ![]() |
(de) schets
![]() ![]() (de) tekening ![]() (het) ontwerp ![]() (de) blauwdruk ![]() |
dakpannen
![]() heien ![]() (de) stopverf ![]() (de) spaanplaat ![]() |
Ik ga morgen in Ede een huis verven
![]() Ik ga overmorgen een schuur bouwen in Barneveld ![]() Gisteren heb ik een muurtje gemetseld in Renkum ![]() Vandaag moet ik een boom omzagen in Heelsum ![]() See also: Word Order: |
Tomorrow I'm going to paint a house in Ede
The day after tomorrow I'm going to build a (large) shed in Barneveld Yesterday I put up a brick wall in Renkum Today I have to cut down a tree in Heelsum 'Time' and 'Place' - Sentences Starting with a 'Time' Statement |
previous vorige |
![]() |
1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() colors |
![]() food |
![]() kitchen |
![]() the outdoors |
![]() media |
![]() clothing |
![]() beauty |
![]() necessities |
>> |
email -
Copyright © Marco Schuffelen 2008.
All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Don't be a
dief (thief) /
dievegge (female thief) -
diefstal (theft) -
stelen (to steal) -
heler (dealer in stolen goods) -
hear Dutch -
2