Dutch/Example 8

The Netherlands acquired a considerable number of minorities after the second world war. The first to arrive in the 1950s were people from the former Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Some of those still speak Indonesian today and there is special group from the Moluccas that were former soldiers for the Dutch colonial authorities there. Then from the 1960s onwards workers were recruited to come to the Netherlands from both Morocco and Turkey and many more followed later, partly legally, sometimes also illegally. In 1975 Suriname became independent and some one quarter of its population decided to make use of their Dutch passports to come to the Netherlands just before independence, with more to follow later. The six islands in the Caribbean that still form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands today also were a source of many newcomers. They were joined by many asylum seekers from a variety of places like the Balkans, from Somalia, Libya, various countries of Africa and the Middle East. In addition the accession to the EU of countries like Poland and the Baltic means that there are people from there too that come for work to the Netherlands. To function properly in Dutch society language skills are a factual but also legal requirement. This means that you may not be the only person trying to learn Dutch!

One minority group that is actively trying to help its members to acquire Dutch language skills are the {many) speakers of Tamazight (Riffijns) from Morocco. Their mother tongue belongs to the Berber languages, a separate branch of the large Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Tamazight-TV created its own Dutch language course and let's have a look at one of their lessons. It is lesson 18 of Praat Nederlands of which we will watch the first 2:27 minutes.

Here is the text of their dialogue. Study it first before watching the video:

Vocabulary
verlegen		shy
het gesprek		conversation, talk
luisteren		listen
de peuter		toddler
de peuterspeelzaal		day-care
wennen		to accustome

Het gesprek

Taban Awoonor brengt zijn dochter Ama naar school

Luister goed!

Hoe heet de ?

, Ik zal me even . Ik ben Doenja.

Hallo, ik ben Taban Awoonor. En dit is Ama.

Dag, Ama!

Kom, 'dag' tegen juf.

Ach, ...

Ja, ze is heel verlegen.

Het is ook : al die kinderen, de juf, de . Alles is nieuw. Is Ama op de geweest?

Ja.

. Ja, ik vraag het even, is het om te .

Dan is het kind al gewend om in een te zijn, met andere kinderen te spelen, dingen te doen.

Ja, Ama vond de peuterspeelzaal .

Mooi. Nou, Ama hang eerst maar even hier.

Ja, hier. O, ik zal nog even een kaartje maken met je naam . Een met Ama.

Nou,

Ach, . . Nou, Ama komt in een met negentien kinderen.

: kinderen uit heel veel uit , , uit Ghana, uit Somalië en uit Nederland.

O,ja

Translation • Example 8 • Het gesprek

The conversation.

Taba Awoonor takes his daughter Ama to school

Hello, come in! Let me introduce myself. My name is Doenja.

Hi, I am Taban Awoonor. And this is Ama.

Hi, Ama!

Come, say hello to the teacher.

Ow, shy...

Yes, she is very shy.

Oh, that will turn out all right.

There is so much: all those children, the teacher, the class room. Everything is new. Has Ama been to a day-care?

Yes

Good! Yes, I do ask, because then it is easier to get used to everything. Then the child is already used to be in a group, to play with other children, to do things together.

Yes, Ama liked day-care a lot.

Good. Well, Ama, why don't first you hang your coat here. Yes, here. O, I'll quickly make a tag with your name on it. A tag with Ama. Do you like that?

Well, come on! Give her an answer!

Oh, just leave her. It will all work out. Well, Ama is joining a group with 19 children. As you see, children from many different countries, from Turkey, Morocco, Ghana, Somalia and the Netherlands.

Oh, yes.

YOUR TURN - UW BEURT!! • Example 8 • Diminutives, pronominal adverbs and compounds

Identify the diminutives, pronominal adverbs and compounds in the text. Why are they used?

SOLUTION • Dutch/Example 8 • Diminutives, pronominal adverbs and compounds

Kom erin - pronominal adverb: in+it. Come in the class room, room, whatever. As the pronoun would be 'it' replacement is mandatory

jasje: diminutive. Ama is a child, so whe wears a jasje, not a jas!

kaartje: diminutive: Its is small tag fit for a small coat

erop: pronomial adverb on+it. As the pronoun would be 'it' replacement is mandatory.

peuterspeelzaal: a compound of peuter (toddler) speel- (from spelen; to play) and zaal (hall): venue where toddlers play.

Verjaardag

Anna is vandaag . Ze . En dat wordt op school natuurlijk ook . ze de andere kinderen op en .

They sing the following two traditional songs. Study them and watch the video

, , hoera!

Dat kun je wel zien: !

Dat vinden zo , ja, ja,

en zingen we .

lang, hoera, hoera!

Ze leve lang, hoera!

Ze leve lang, hoera, hoera!

!

Lang zal ze leven!

Lang zal ze leven in de !

In de gloria, in de gloria!

! Hoera!

Hieperdepiep! Hoera!

Quizlet

The vocabulary can be practiced at Quizlet (23 terms)

Progress made

Cumulative term count

Cycle 1: 579 terms

Cycle 2: 474 terms

Grand total 1053 terms

Congratulations are due!

This time it is you! Gefeliciteerd!!!

You have just completed the beginner level of this course, and you can check your knowledge by doing the final quiz of the Beginner level and then move on to the intermediate level.