Learn common adverbs of frequency used for daily habits
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| Hi everyone, I'm Thomas, hallo daar, ik ben Thomas. |
| Welcome to another Dutch Whiteboard lesson. |
| In this lesson you'll learn common adverbs to describe the frequency of daily activities. |
| Let's start by looking at the vocabulary. |
| First we have altyd, or always, altyd, altyd, always. |
| After that we have elke dag, every day, elke dag, elke dag. |
| We follow that with a synonym or an alternative, dagelyks, daily, dagelyks, dagelyks. |
| Moving on we go to vaak, or often, vaak, vaak. |
| Next up is meestal, usually, meestal, meestal. |
| Then we go to soms, sometimes, soms, soms. |
| We follow this up with zelden, rarely, zelden, zelden. |
| And finally nooit, or never, nooit, nooit. |
| As you can see we have gone from the highest frequency, always, or in Dutch altyd, to |
| the lowest frequency, never, or in Dutch nooit. |
| Next let's look at the dialogue. |
| Two neighbours are having a casual chat. |
| While I read pay attention to the adverb and how and where it's used. |
| Kook jy meestal? |
| Do you usually cook? |
| Ik kook altijd. |
| I always cook. |
| Now let's look at some other speaking examples. |
| Ik werk elke dag. |
| I work every day. Ik werk elke dag. |
| Ik sport vaak. |
| I often play sports. |
| Ik sport vaak. |
| Ik ontbijt meestal. |
| I usually eat breakfast. |
| Ik ontbijt meestal. |
| I usually eat breakfast. |
| Ik ontbijt meestal. |
| Ik ontbijt meestal. |
| Ik ga zelden naar de film. |
| I rarely go to the movies. |
| Ik ga zelden naar de film. |
| Ik lees nooit. |
| I never read. |
| Ik lees nooit. |
| You may have noticed that the verb usually comes before the adverb. |
| Ik verb frequency. |
| Kook jij meestal? |
| Ik kook altijd. |
| This is the opposite of the way it's done in English. |
| Dutch often resembles English, but sometimes it's also very different. |
| So be careful. |
| Many of these Dutch adverbs have synonyms or alternatives. |
| Just as in English, daily is a synonym for every day. |
| In Dutch, dagelyks means the same thing as elke dag. |
| However, though dagelyks is very common in written language and certainly useful word to know, |
| it's not a word people commonly use in conversation. |
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