lesson 9

Oefening 1

1	Father is reading this newspaper.
2	Give me that book.
3	Whose are those shoes?
4	Why haven’t you posted these letters?
5	Do you know those girls?
6	These potatoes are not so tasty.
7	This bank is called ABN.
8	This plane is on time.
9	Those boys talk a lot but do little.
10	I find that subject very difficult.

Oefening 2

1	Mijn oom en tante wonen in dat huis.
2	Dit meisje is mijn nicht en deze jongen is mijn kleine broer.
3 **	Deze auto kost 25,000 gulden. (This car costs 25,000 guilders)
4	Heb je gisteren die mensen gezien?
5	Wat heeft die vrouw tegen je gezegd.
6	Waarom heb je niet tegen dat kind gesproken.
7	Werkt je vader in deze kamer of op dat kantoor?
8	Die bakkerij heeft erg goed brood.
9	Waar heb je dit vlees gekocht?
10	Waaneer heeft Wim die aardige fiets gekocht?

Oefening 3

1	What is this?
2	What are those?
3	This is a tulip.
4	Those are also expensive flowers.
5	These are very good books.
6	They are books of very well-known writers.
7	Is that a historical novel?
8	No, but these are historical novels.
9	It is the best book that I have ever read.
10	But those are also not bad books.

Oefening 4

1	Dit zijn zijn potloden.
2	Dit ook?
3	Ja, dat ook.
4	Dat zijn erg vriendelijke mensen.
5	Zijn deze schoenen van jou?
6	Nee, dat zijn de schoenen van mijn broer.
7	Dit is jouw kamer.
8	En is dat de kamer van jou?
9	Nee, dat is de kamer van mijn ouders.
10	Dit zijn de kamers van de gasten.
11	Dat zijn mooie kamers.
12	Dit zijn ook mooi, vind je niet?

Oefening 5

1	What are you talking about? About school work?
2	No, we never talk about that.
3	Can we count on that?
4	I don’t understand anything of it.
5	There is no price on this.
6	On what? On this?
7	No, on that.
8	I don’t want to think any more about it.
9	She often dreams about it.
10	What is the child playing with?
11	That word is not in this.
12	I am not giving an answer to that.
13	You are not giving an answer to what?
14	No-one can work with this.
15	How do you get to your work?
16	I sometimes go by bus.
17	You have a car for that!
18	You can also sleep in it.
19	You can sleep in what?
20	In this of course!

Oefening 6

1	Ik denk er over.
2	Waar kijk je naar?
3	Hier kijk ik naar.
4	Hij betaalt ervoor.
5	Laten we er niet over praten.
6	We lezen er altijd uit
7	Het boek ligt erop.
8	Ik kan hier niet mee schrijven.
9	We zullen erover denken.
10	Hij vroeg erom.
11	Waar waren ze naar aan het luisteren?
12	Waar speel je mee?
13	Eet je daar altijd uit?
14	Daarna gingen we naar huis.
15	Waar gaat dit boek over?
16	Over schepen. Daar gaat het over.
17	Ik kan er niet mee leven.
18	Moet ik hiermee werken?
19	Ik weet daar niets over.
20	Waar zit je op?

Oefening 7

1	We are having a house built.
2	I have to have my watch repaired.
3	Where are you having it repaired?
4	My wife has had her hair cut.
5	Our neighbor is having his garage painted.

Oefening 8

1	Ze laat de foto vergroten.
2	Ze laten hun kind dopen.
3	Wanneer heb je deze foto laten maken?
4	Op de grens laten we onze paspoorten stempelen.
5	Je moet je banden laten controleren.

Oefening 9

On a trip in the Netherlands.

Wim: Who is coming along to Friesland tomorrow?

Jim: I would be pleased to come along.

Wim: Good. June has also said that she is coming along and I think that Henk and Hannie also want to come along. Then there are five of us.

Jim: What are we going to do in Friesland?

Wim: I want to show you, among others, the Afsluitdijk and also a few beautiful farms and mills. Friesland is beautiful.

Jim: What is the Afsluitdijk?

Wim: The Afsluitdijk partitions off the IJsselmeer from the sea. Before 1932 the IJsselmeer was called the Zuiderzee. Then ships could sail from Amsterdam via the Zuiderzee to the North Sea.

Jim: Isn’t it terribly far all the way to Friesland? That is another country, isn’t it?

Wim: No, a lot of foreigners think that Friesland is another country. The Frisians do speak their own language and the Frisian national character is also different but Friesland is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. Look, you can see them here in this atlas. The other eleven are Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Flevoland, Gelderland, Utrecht, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg.

Jim: So North Holland is not in the north and South Holland is not in the south! And why do foreigners always call The Netherlands Holland?

Wim: You ask very difficult questions! But the answer to ?     ? in 1579 seven provinces formed a confederation. That was the beginning of The Netherlands. Something like the confederation of the thirteen colonies in America, I think.

Jim: But you have still not answered my question: why so many people call The Netherlands Holland?

Wim: Oh, yes. Because Holland (south and north) was the richest and biggest province.

Jim: Has The Netherlands also had, how do you call that, a `War of Independence'?

Wim: Yes, The Netherlands also had a war of independence. ?     ? for 80 years, that is to say from 1568 to 1648, fought against Spain. The Netherlands was then a part of the Spanish Empire under Karel V. His son, Phillip II, ruled the Netherlands. William of Orange was something like George Washington: he led the first free provinces to independence.

Jim: Isn’t it very far to Friesland?

Wim: No. Two or three hours by car. The Netherlands is not so big. You can fit The Netherlands into the province of Montana eleven times.

Jim: Montana is not a province!   It is a state!

Wim: Oh, I didn’t know that. Is that important?

Jim: Yes, that is very important. I will explain that to you later.

Wim: Thank you. How many inhabitants does Montana have?      ? 700,000 people live.

Wim: I also didn’t know that. More than fourteen million people live in the Netherlands!

Jim: Is it true that Amsterdam lies below sea level and that it would thus flood if the dikes break?

Wim: Approximately one third of the whole Netherlands lies below sea level. The dikes thus have to be very strong.

Jim: Is the IJsselmeer thus a polder?

Wim: No, not yet. Maybe it becomes a polder later. A part is now already a polder. You can also see that here in the atlas. A polder is land that was previously sea. Large parts of The Netherlands were previously sea. It was the French philosopher Descartes that said ‘God has made the world but the Dutch have made The Netherlands!’

Jim: That is a good one!

Oefening 10

1	Ja, zij gaat mee naar Friesland.	Yes, she is coming along to Friesland.
2	Ja, Henk gaat mee naar Friesland.	Yes, Henk is coming along to Friesland.
3	Wim wil naar Friesland gaan omdat Friesland prachtig is en hij wil ze de afsluitdijk en een paar mooie boerderijen en molens laten zien.	Wim wants to go to Friesland because Friesland is beautiful and he wants to show them the Afsluitdijk and a few beautiful farms and mills.
4	De afsluitdijk werd in 1932 gebouwd.	The Afsluitdijk was built in 1932.
5	Vroeger heette het IJsselmeer de Zuiderzee.	The IJsselmeer was earlier called the Zuiderzee.
6	Nee, Friesland is geen land.	No, Friesland is not a country.
7	Nederland heeft twaalf provincies.	The Netherlands has twelve provinces.
8	Ja, de Friezen spreken hun eigen taal.	Yes, the Frisians speak their own language.
9	Ja, de Friezen hebben hun eigen volkskarakter.	Yes, the Frisians have their own national character.
10	De zeven provincies hebben in 1579 een confederatie gevormd.	The seven provinces formed a confederation in 1579.
11	Karel V regeerde het Spaanse rijk.	Karel V ruled the Spanish Empire.
12	Willem van Oranje regeerde Nederland.	William of Orange ruled the Netherlands.
13	Montana is veel groter dan Nederland.	Montana is much bigger than the Netherlands.
14	Ongeveer eenderde van heel Nederland ligt beneden de zeespiegel.	Approximately one third of the whole Netherlands lies below sea level.
15	Er wonen in Nederland meer dan veertien miljoen mensen.	More than fourteen million people live in the Netherlands.
16	Ja, een deel van het oude IJsselmeer is nu een polder.	Yes, part of the old IJsselmeer is now a polder.
17	Een polder is land dat vroeger zee was.	A polder is land that was previously sea.
18	Ja, Amsterdam ligt ook beneden de zeespiegel.	Yes, Amsterdam lies below sea level.
19	Ja, het is belangrijk dat de dijken erg sterk zijn.	Yes, it is important that the dikes are very strong.
20	Descartes heeft dat gezegd omdat de Nederlanders land uit de zee maakten.	Descartes said that because the Netherlanders made land from the sea.

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