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the: de
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Plurals always take 'de'
a: (een) - 'n
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Various Prepositions | |
Thuis = Home, at Home | |
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| (de) begane grond
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(1st) first (ground) floor |
| (de) verdieping
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floor, storey - plural:
verdiepingen
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| (1e) eerste verdieping
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(2nd) second floor |
| (2e) tweede verdieping
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(3rd) third floor |
| de verdieping eronder
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the floor [under it] below |
| (de) lift
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elevator, lift |
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| (de) kelder
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cellar |
| (de) zolder
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attic |
| (de) vliering
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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
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home at last |
| Ik blijf thuis
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I'm staying home (I'm not going) |
| Met m'n verjaardag blijf ik thuis
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I'm staying home on my birthday |
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Als 't hard regent blijf ik thuis
| If it rains hard I'll stay home - word order |
| Was ik maar
bij moeder thuis gebleven
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I wish I had stayed home with my mom (at my parents' house - "Mama told me not to come") |
| Wanneer kom je thuis?
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When, at what time will you get home? |
| thuis komen
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coming home, to come home ‑>> |
| thuis blijven
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staying home, to stay home |
| Ben je op tijd thuis?
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Will you be home in time /or/ Take care to be home in time |
| Ik ben over een uur weer thuis
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I'll be back home in an hour |
| Mooi dat je weer thuis bent
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[Beautiful] Good that you're back home |
| Hij is net thuis
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He came home only a minute ago |
| Oost west, thuis best
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(saying) ['East, West - home is best'] 'Home sweet home, there is no place like home' |
| Samen uit, samen thuis
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['Leaving together, going home together'] - 'We're in this together' |
| Wie heeft U thuisgebracht?
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Who has brought ('delivered') you home? (It could also mean 'Who did you bring to their home?) |
| Ik kan 't niet thuisbrengen
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[I can't bring it home - I cannot relate it to something familiar] ~ I don't know what it is |
| alleen thuis
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home alone, alone at home |
| Ik ben thuis
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I'm at home |
| Hij is thuis
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He is at home |
| Ik heb thuis gegeten
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I [ate] had dinner and/or lunch at home |
| Ik heb gisteren thuis gegeten
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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
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The nurse gave him a shot at home yesterday |
| Ik voel me nergens thuis
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[I feel nowhere at home] I don't feel at home anywhere |
| Hij woont thuis
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"He lives at home" - said of adults living with their parents (like English says 'he moved home') |
| Likewise: Bij ons thuis
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['At our home'] - it usually refers to the parents' home when the speaker was a child |
| Doe alsof je thuis bent
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[Do as if you're at home] 'Make yourself at home' (my house is your house) |
| Zoals 't klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens
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(saying) ['There is no place where the clock ticks like at home'] 'Home sweet home' |
| Hij is van alle markten thuis
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(saying) ['He's at home in all markets'] - said of a versatile, practical person |
| op weg naar huis
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on the way home, homeward bound |
| naar huis
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homeward, towards home |
| We zijn onderweg naar huis
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We're on our way home |
| Ik ga naar huis
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I'm going home |
| We gingen naar huis
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We went home |
| Ik wil naar huis
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I want to go home |
| Ik ging vroeg naar huis
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I went home early |
| Ik ben naar huis gelopen
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I walked home |
| Ik reed heel langzaam naar huis
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I rode (or drove) home very slowly |
| Ga direct naar huis!
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Go home immediately, right away |
| We gingen naar huis
toen het donker werd
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We went home when it got dark |
| Toen het donker
werd gingen we naar huis
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We went home when it got dark |
| Toen we naar huis
gingen werd het donker
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When we went home it got dark, darkness fell while we were going home |
| Toen we naar huis gingen
was het donker
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It was dark when we went home |
| Want de mens
gaat naar z'n eeuwig huis en de rouwklagers gaan rond op
straat
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Because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets (Ecclesiastes 12:6) |
| naar 't huis
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to (towards) the house - more'naar' |
| Ze liep naar 't huis toe
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she walked towards the house |
| Ik zocht hem op in het
bejaardenhuis
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I looked him up, I visited him in the old folks' home |
(het) huurhuis |
kopen
2. house for sale more kopen etc. |
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Building a House |
een huis bouwen
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| 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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| (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 |
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