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Various Prepositions | |
Thuis = Home, at Home | |
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(de) begane grond | (1st) first (ground) floor |
(de) verdieping | floor, storey - plural: verdiepingen 2 'floors' |
(1e) eerste verdieping | (2nd) second floor |
(2e) tweede verdieping 2 | (3rd) third floor |
de verdieping eronder 2 | the floor [under it] below |
(de) lift | elevator, lift |
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(de) kelder 2 | cellar |
(de) zolder | attic |
(de) vliering 2 | attic with no walkable floor |
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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'
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- examples below
eindelijk thuis | home at last |
Ik blijf thuis 2 3 | I'm staying home (I'm not going) |
Met m'n verjaardag blijf ik thuis 2 3 | I'm staying home on my birthday |
Als 't hard regent blijf ik thuis 2 | If it rains hard I'll stay home - word order |
Was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven 2 3 4 | 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 2 3 | coming home, to come home ‑>> |
thuis blijven 2 3 | staying home, to stay home |
Ben je op tijd thuis? 2 | Will you be home in time /or/ Take care to be home in time |
Ik ben over een uur weer thuis 2 3 4 | I'll be back home in an hour |
Mooi dat je weer thuis bent 2 3 4 | [Beautiful] Good that you're back home |
Hij is net thuis 2 | He came home only a minute ago |
Oost west, thuis best 2 | (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? 2 | Who has brought ('delivered') you home? (It could also mean 'Who did you bring to their home?) |
Ik kan 't niet thuisbrengen 2 3 | [I can't bring it home - I cannot relate it to something familiar] ~ I don't know what it is |
alleen thuis 2 | 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 2 3 | [I feel nowhere at home] I don't feel at home anywhere |
Hij woont thuis 2 | "He lives at home" - said of adults living with their parents (like English says 'he moved home') |
Likewise: Bij ons thuis 2 | ['At our home'] - it usually refers to the parents' home when the speaker was a child |
Doe alsof je thuis bent 2 | [Do as if you're at home] 'Make yourself at home' (my house is your house) |
Zoals 't klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens 2 3 4 5 | (saying) ['There is no place where the clock ticks like at home'] 'Home sweet home' |
Hij is van alle markten thuis 2 | (saying) ['He's at home in all markets'] - said of a versatile, practical person |
op weg naar huis 2 3 4 | on the way home, homeward bound |
naar huis 2 | homeward, towards home |
We zijn onderweg naar huis 2 3 | We're on our way home |
Ik ga naar huis | I'm going home |
We gingen naar huis 2 3 | We went home |
Ik wil naar huis 2 | I want to go home |
Ik ging vroeg naar huis 2 3 4 | I went home early |
Ik ben naar huis gelopen 2 | I walked home |
Ik reed heel langzaam naar huis 2 | I rode (or drove) home very slowly |
Ga direct naar huis! 2 | Go home immediately, right away |
We gingen naar huis toen het donker werd 2 | 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 2 | When we went home it got dark, darkness fell while we were going home |
Toen we naar huis gingen was het donker 2 | 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 2 3 4 | I looked him up, I visited him in the old folks' home |
(het) huurhuis rental property, a house that is rented (de) huurder 2 3 tenant, renter |
kopen
'to buy' is a strong verb:
2. house for sale more kopen etc. |
(de) troffel en (de) baksteen |
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Building a House |
een huis bouwen 2 |
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 |
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(het) hout - (het) timmerhout ‑>> |
bakstenen - singular: (de) baksteen |
(de) betonmolen 2 |
keien 2 - singular: (de) kei 2 also: stenen singular: (de) steen 2 |
(de) schets
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'sketch' (de) tekening 2 'drawing' (het) ontwerp 2 'design' (de) blauwdruk 'blueprint' |
dakpannen
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'roof tiles' heien 2 'to drive piles into the ground' (for a house foundation on soft soil) (de) stopverf 2 'putty' (de) spaanplaat particle board |
Ik ga morgen in Ede een huis verven
Ik ga overmorgen een schuur bouwen in Barneveld Gisteren heb ik een muurtje gemetseld in Renkum 2 3 Vandaag moet ik een boom omzagen in Heelsum 2 3 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 |
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