Chapter 1A1
Hallo, oma
Hello, Grandma
Before you read
ik ben and is
Use ik ben for I am: Ik ben Tess. Use is with one person or thing: het café is klein. These forms come from zijn, to be.
Learn de and het with the noun
Dutch has two words for the. Learn each noun as a pair: het café, de deur, de foto, de keuken, de koffie, and het brood.
Small before and after a noun
Klein stays klein after is: het café is klein. Before a het noun it becomes kleine: het kleine café. You will see both shapes often.
zegt tells you who speaks
zegt means says. Tess zegt puts the name first. In dialogue, zegt Tess can come after the words: "Ja," zegt Tess.
Elburg is old.
Tess is in Elburg now.
She is here.
Tess says, "Hello, Elburg."
This is the café.
The café is small.
The little café is old.
This is grandma's café.
Tess says, "Grandma's café?"
"Yes," Tess says.
This is the door.
The old door is small.
"Door?" Tess says.
"Yes," Tess says now.
Tess is inside the café now.
The café is small and old.
The kitchen is small.
The door is old.
Tess says, "Small."
The photo is here.
The photo is old.
This is Mien.
Mien is grandma.
Tess says, "Hello, grandma."
"I am Tess," she says.
"I am here now."
The photo is in the little café.
Grandma's photo is old.
Tess says, "Hello, grandma," and then she says, "Hello."
Tess is here, and the photo is here.
"Good morning," Truus says.
Tess is in the kitchen now.
Truus is in the kitchen.
The bread is here.
The coffee is here.
The kitchen is small and old.
Truus says, "Good morning."
Tess says, "Hello?"
Truus says, "Bread."
She says, "Coffee."
Tess says, "Yes."
Tess says, "I am Tess."
Truus says, "I am Truus."
Truus is here, and Tess is here.
The coffee is good.
The bread is good.
Tess says, "Good."
Truus says, "Yes."
Tess says, "Bread and coffee."
"Coffee and bread," Truus says.
Tess says, "Good bread."
Truus says, "Good bread."
Tess says, "Thank you."
Truus says, "Yes."
The old photo is in the café.
Truus says, "Mien."
Tess says, "Grandma."
Truus says, "Grandma and Truus."
Tess is in grandma's café.
Truus is here in grandma's kitchen.
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