
| Introduction About This Book Conventions Used in This Book Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organised Part I: Getting Started Part II: Dutch in Action Part III: Dutch on the Go Part IV: The Part of Tens Part V: Appendixes Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Getting Started Chapter 1: You Already Know Some Dutch The Dutch You Know Already Close relatives Kissing cousins. Dunglish Street language for Dummies Useful Responses and Wishes A Mouthful of Pronunciation Rules Dealing with pronunciation in this book Reciting Your ABC Pronouncing Vowels The vowel a Open and closed syllables The vowel e The vowel i The vowel o The vowel u Pronouncing Dutch Diphthongs Pronouncing the diphthongs ei and ij The diphthong oe The diphthongs ou and au The diphthong eu The diphthong ui Pronouncing Consonants Pronouncing the Dutch 'g' Pronunciation and Stress Questioning and Exclaiming Chapter 2: Low-cal Grammar: Just the Basics Parts of Speech, Using the Definite Articles 'de' and 'het' Using the Indefinite Article 'een' Relating Adjectives to 'de' and 'het' Words Finding Your Way with Prepositions Prepositions of place: aan, binnen, buiten,in, langs, op, over, tegen, tot, and tussen Prepositions of time: aan, in, ha, sinds, tot, voor Phrasal verbs: verbs that go together with a preposition The Tenses: Present, Perfect, and Past Using the present tense Mother's little helper: using the perfect tense Talking about former times: using the past tense Talking about the future ~ Five Basic Sentence Constructions Construction one: in normal sentences the verb goes second Construction two: after an expression of time,the verb comes first Construction three: after an expression of place,the verb comes first Construction four: after 'misschien', 'soms' and 'toch',the verb comes first Construction five: in questions, the verb comes first Chapter 3: Number Magic: All Kinds of Counting 1, 2, 3 - Cardinal Numbers Over 1000 Doing sums Playing with fractions, per cents, and metres Discovering Ordinal Numbers Using ordinal numbers Telling Time: Klokkijken You can tell time Rock around the clock In the morning, in the evening? Days, Months, Seasons Making them small Getting used to the Dutch seasons Part II: Dutch in Action Chapter 4: Greetings and Introductions Being Formal and Informal Hallo! Greetings The how question: how are you? Giving the right answer Introducing Yourself …… Part III:Dutch on the Go Part IV:The part of Tens Part V:Appendixes Index |
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