Learn some useful and high-frequency adjectives to express feelings that will overcome you when you see the sights
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hallo! Hello and welcome to Dutch Survival Phrases brought to you by DutchPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to the Netherlands. You will be surprised at how far a little Dutch will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In this lesson, we will cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations. |
| In Dutch, "It's delicious" is Het is heerlijk. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Het is heer-lijk. Het is heerlijk. |
| The first word, Het, means, "it." |
| Then we have is ("is"). |
| Next, we have, heerlijk, meaning, "delicious." Heerlijk. |
| To recap, we have Het is heerlijk. ("It's delicious.") |
| When describing something in Dutch, you have to use Het ("it"), then the third-person singular of the verb "to be," which is, is ("is"), and then the adjective. |
| Now let's go over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern we just introduced. |
| Let's try "spicy." |
| In Dutch, "It's spicy" is Het is pikant. |
| The word for "spicy" is Pikant. Pi-kant. Pikant. |
| Another word for "spicy" is scherp. |
| So you can also say, Het is scherp. ("It's spicy.") |
| If you are talking about a person there are some main adjectives we need to cover. |
| "tall" – lang |
| "short" – kort |
| "fat" – dik |
| "thin" – dun |
| When talking about a girl, if you would like to say that, "she is pretty," |
| In Dutch, this would be Zij is mooi. |
| On the other hand, if you are talking about a man, you would say, Hij is knap. ("He's handsome.") You can use the word knap when you are referring to a woman as well. |
| Now let's look at the negative. In Dutch, "It's not spicy" is Het is niet pikant. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Het is niet pikant. We only added the negation niet in front of the adjective. |
| All together, we have: Het is niet pikant. ("It's not spicy.") |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so good luck, that also means “good luck” in Dutch. |
| "It's delicious." - Het is heerlijk. |
| Het is heerlijk. |
| Het is heerlijk. |
| "It's spicy." - Het is pikant. |
| Het is pikant. |
| Het is pikant. |
| "It's spicy." - Het is heet. |
| Het is heet. |
| Het is heet. |
| "She is pretty." - Zij is mooi. |
| Zij is mooi. |
| Zij is mooi. |
| "He's handsome." - Hij is knap. |
| Hij is knap. |
| Hij is knap. |
| "It's not spicy." - Het is niet heet. |
| Het is niet heet. |
| Het is niet heet. |
| All right, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Tot ziens! |
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