The Dutch Language: an Introduction/
Workbook
Contents
Introduction
The Netherlands
History of the Dutch Language
Language chart
Language Map
Chapter 1
Pronunciation
Alphabet
Vowels
Pronunciations of vowel combinations
Consonants
Animals
Basic Expressions
Salutations
Greetings
Introductions
Responses
Parting
Calendar
Days
Months
Holidays
Seasons
Geographical terms
Directions
Provinces Capital cities Other cities
Netherlands Geography
Landmarks
Continents
Countries Nationalities
Numerals
Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Parts
Chapter 2
The Jansen Family
Opa Gerrit
Oma Alide
Wim
Greet
Jan
Nico
Emma
Marja
Gerhard
Janny
Thomas
Martin
Saskia
Ahmad
Solange
Family Members
Verjaardagen
What is in a
name?
De Koninklijke Familie
H. M. Koningin
Beatrix
Willem-Alexander
Máxima
Johan Friso
Constantijn
Irene
Margriet
Maurits
Bernhard Jr.
Pieter_Christiaan
Floris
Maria Christina
Important Royal Events
Chapter 3
Sentence Structure
Word Order
Grammar
Grammatical terminology
Punctuation
Parts of a sentence
Parts of speech
Pronouns
Pronoun functions
Personal pronouns
Stressed Unstressed
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive personal pronouns
Interrogative pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
Verbs
Verb terminology
Verb functions/types
Verb tenses
Regular verbs
Present tense regular verbs
Present tense regular verbs endings
Some other regular verbs
Active/Passive voice
Irregular
verbs
Present tense of zijn
Present tense of hebben
Interrogative
verbs
Common
irregular
verbs
Chapter
4
Time
Telling time
What time is it?
Around the clock
Expressions of
time
Articles
Definite
article
Indefinite
article
Nouns
Plurals of nouns
Adjectives as
nouns
Inflected adjectives
Uninflected adjectives
Gender of nouns
Gender specific nouns
Diminutives
Prepositions
Shapes and Colors
Less common
colors
Possessive pronouns and colors
Chapter 5
Currency
Euro Coins
Euro Paper
currency
ATM’s are hungry
At the currency exchange
At the bank
Negatives
No
Not
Additional negative terminology
The Weather
Food
Opa loves
soup
Wim’s lunch
Greet’s picnic
Janny at the
market
Marja and fish
Martin and tasty
things
Saskia’s
breakfast.
Ahmad cooks
Weights and Measures
Terminology
Mass/Weights
Distance/length
Volume
Prefixes
Temperatures
Symbols
The Table
A surprise for Oma and Opa
Dinner at Sans Pareil
Chapter 6
Transportation
Directions
Transportation terminology
Travel arrangements
Types of trains
Adverbs
Comparatives and superlatives
There
Imperative
verbs
Contrasts
Chapter 7
Past tense of verbs
Verb Stems
Past tense of regular
verbs
Irregular simple past
tense
Past tense of hebben
en zijn
Past perfect
Modal Verbs
Conjugation
of modal verbs
Infinitive Constructions
To use without
te
Use of te
More adjectives
Clothing
Nouns with articles
Materials
Chapter 8
Anatomy
Anatomical nouns with
articles
Medical words with articles
Future verbs
Future tense of
zijn
Future tense of
hebben
Verb conjugation in future tense
Conjunctions
Separable verbs
Inseparable /separable verbs
Past participle of separable verbs
Chapter
9
Conditional Verbs
Services
Nouns with definite
articles
Telephone
conversations
Liquids
Wim’s office
At the
hairdresser
Hairdresser
terminology
Hotel
Nouns with definite articles
The post office
Trip for Saskia and
Solange
Chapter 10
Sports
Which sports are being
played?
Sports Terminology
More sports
terminology
Computers
At Oma’s house
Food
Appetizers
Eggs
Cheese
Poultry
Vegetable
Spices
Desserts
Salad
Sauce
Soup
Fish
Meat
Preparation of meat dishes
Fruit
Stores
Shopping
terminology
Toiletry
articles
Chapter
11
Additional Prefixes
The school system in the Netherlands
The classroom
Jan at
school
Martin at
university
Solange teaches
the French language
Oma and Opa
take dance lessons
Gerhard
and Janny Greet takes knitting lessons
Emma and Marja
learn from nature
Conversations
Nico skips school
Emma does not
like mathematics
Oma remembers her
first grade
Aap, Noot , Mies…
Chapter 12
Suffixes
The hospital
A visit to the doctor
Conversation with the doctor
Gerhard is sick
Wim breaks his leg
Thomas has a
temperature
A medical emergency
on the highway
The neighbour’s
accident.
Travel
Oma and Opa go to Hawaii
Preparing for
the trip
In the
airplane
On the beach at Waikiki
Appendix
A
Less commonly used present tense irregular
verbs
Appendix B
Nouns that require de
Appendix C
Nouns that require het
Appendix D
Irregular simple past tense
Appendix E
Conjugated verbs
Vocabulary
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