Friday, March 17, 2006

Language Learning Part II: Learning from Each Other

It's nice to have Dan around when it comes to learning Dutch. We learn from each other, and we teach each other. We can ask each other questions, discuss what something might mean, or share a new revelation. He's actually quite useful! (For other things, too....)

Because teaching is so helpful to the learning process, I've decided to teach you, my extremely intelligent blog audience, a few more Dutch words. These words come from the front page headline of a local paper. The catch is there is a quiz, so proceed with caution.




So here's the lesson:
Niet, pronounced like "neat" = "No"
Meer, pronounced like "mare" = "More"
In, pronounced like "in" = "In"
Het, prounced like "het" = "The"
Park, pronounced like "park" = "Park"

As you can see, some words in Dutch are very similar to the English. So, here's your quiz: If I tell you that the "oe" in Dutch sounds like the "oo" in English, can you tell me what the meaning of this headline is?

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It means that if you have a dog you can not pen him up in the park. He must be able to run free!

3/18/2006 4:12 AM  
Blogger shellbell said...

no more pooping in the park?

3/18/2006 7:44 PM  
Blogger Christopher Tassava said...

No more pooping in the park!

3/21/2006 7:37 PM  

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