welk
2
(welke
2
- welk / welke
2)
which‑>>
Words like 'welk'2(which)
in most positions get an E-ending
(welk/welke2)
- except with singular 'het'-words; somewhat similar to
Adjectives
(de) plaats
place, location (point, spot, position, site, seat, town) De beste plaats om Nederlands te leren
The best place for learning Dutch
Er is voor jou altijd plaats
23There's always room, a place for
you - You're always welcome, you can come by or visit
anytime
De plaats waar ik vandaan kom
2[the place/town where I'm from] - 'My Home Town'
‑>>
mijn geboorteplaats
'my birthplace' - rather formal (de) geboorteplaats
birthplace Er is geen plaats voor
23There is no room for it;
there is no space for it - also figuratively: 'It's unacceptable, we
can't allow it'
pas op de plaats
2['step in place'] - moving but not going
forward or backward (or sideways) - marking time
(de) plaatsnaam 2place name Plaatsnamen
- Place Names (in Holland and Belgium)
een vaste plaats
23a regular, fixed spot
(de) vindplaats
2[the place where something is found]
- location, site
(de) schuilplaats 2hiding place (de) voetgangersoversteekplaats
2pedestrian crossing (de) parkeerplaats
23parking, parking place, parking
spot
(de) opslagplaats
23depot, storage, dump
(de) plaatsvervanger
2temporary replacement (person) in plaats van
23instead of plaatselijke verdoving
local anaesthesia
desoriënterend 2disorientating, disorienting, making you lose your sense of
place and direction
De/het Punt
(de/het) punt
234
de punt = physical point // dot, period (end of line) (het) punt = point in argument
(de) puntkomma ;
semicolon
—
(de) dubbelepunt :
colon
(het) standpunt
2[standing] view-point (opinion)
(het) hoogtepunt 23high point, 'zenith' (het) dieptepunt
2low point, lowest point,
'nadir,' 'rock bottom'
(het) nulpunt 2zero, zero point // rock bottom (het) vriespuntfreezing point =
het) smeltpunt
melting point (het) kookpunt boiling point
(het) aanknopingspunt
23clue, lead, point to start studying, investigating,
discussing or understanding
puntenslijpers
[point grinders] - pencil sharpeners
(het) mispunt
23unpleasant person (het) lichtpuntje
['point of light']
- a (small) hopeful sign in a mostly bad
situation
(het) keerpunt turning point (het) knelpunt23bottleneck, chokepoint
De puntjes op de i zetten
2"Dotting your i's (and crossing the t's)"
- taking care of the final details
Als puntje bij paaltje komt
'When push comes to shove,
at the moment of truth'
Ik zet er een punt achter
234['I'm putting a period (dot) behind it']
- I'm putting a stop to
it, ending my involvement in it
Punt uit!
23Period! (Finished! - End of
discussion)
Ik verdedig mijn standpunt
2I'm defending my viewpoint
op 't punt
23at this point in time, 'about'
Ik stond op 't punt om weg te gaan
23I was about to leave
op dit punt
at this point
'Deze' and 'die' are used for 'de' words
and all plurals; 'dit' and 'dat'
are used for singular 'het' words.
'Deze' and 'dit' indicate nearby items;
'die' and 'dat' indicate distant items.
(de) lange kant23
(the) long side
(de) korte kant234
(the) short side
of rectangular items
Aan beide kanten
23'on both sides' Two sides of an argument: Aan de ene kant
23'on the one [side] hand' Aan de andere kant
23'on the other hand' - ander
'other' ‑>> (het) kant 'lace'
terzijde
on the side, aside
Dutch (de) zijde
for 'side' is a little old-fashioned. It also means 'silk.'
(de) zij2 can also mean
'body side'
And of course, zij2 also
means 'she' and 'they'
‑>> Zij-2 can also be
used as a prefix, meaning 'side-'
(de) zijingang2
side entrance
‑>> opzij!23
"to the side! Get out of the way!"
But in compound nouns, 'bij'2
as a prefix meaning
'side' is more common: 'secondary,' not the main,
dominant or most interesting part, 'annex,' 'sub-'
(het) bijgerecht23
'side dish'
‑>> Een dubbeltje op z'n kant
2[A dime on its edge]
- the outcome is or was very uncertain
Wherever you look - water everywhere
Ik heb ergens gelezen dat ...
2
(3)
I read somewhere that ...
Ik kan 't nergens vinden
2[I can find it nowhere]
- I can't find it anywhere
In compound words, links
'left' and rechts
'right' usually become
linker-23 and
rechter- Ik schopte gisteren op het voetbalveld
de bal met m'n linkervoet tegen de paal.
Yesterday on the soccer field I kicked the ball
against the goal post with my left foot.
['out in the West'] - unconscious. Stoett says the
expression is from the old days before clocks and sextants, Dutch sailors
who lost sight of the coast in the East