Dutch basic words game
The scaffolding rather than the vocabulary: ik, jij, u, hij, zij, wij, then en, of, maar, ook, met, zonder, and the place words hier, daar and nu. Two entries are spelled zij, and the games label which one they mean.
32 words 7 games Free ยท no signup
Thirty-two words, all seven games. This is the set worth returning to, because these words appear in every Dutch sentence you will hear rather than only in ones about their own topic.
The 32 words you will practise
| Dutch | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| ja | yes | yah |
| nee | no | nay |
| alsjeblieft | please | als-yuh-BLEEFT |
| dank je | thank you | dank yuh |
| misschien | maybe | mis-KHEEN |
| sorry | sorry | SOH-ree |
| goed | good | khoot |
| slecht | bad | slekht |
| heel | very | hayl |
| een beetje | a little | un BAY-chuh |
| ik | I | ik |
| jij | you (je is the unstressed everyday form) | yay |
| u | you (formal) | uu |
| hij | he | hay |
| zij | she | zay |
| wij | we | vay |
| zij | they | zay |
| en | and | en |
| of | or | of |
| maar | but | mahr |
| ook | also | ohk |
| met | with | met |
| zonder | without | ZON-dur |
| hier | here | heer |
| daar | there | dahr |
| nu | now | nuu |
| het water | water | ut VAH-tur |
| het eten | food | ut AY-tuh |
| het huis | house | ut hoys |
| de vriend | friend | duh vreent |
| groot | big | khroht |
| klein | small | klayn |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Dutch basic words lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
How do the games handle zij meaning both she and they?
They never offer both as answers to one prompt. Each is labelled, she or they, and in real Dutch the verb tells them apart. That is a lesson topic rather than something a vocabulary drill can teach.
Why is it het water but de vriend?
Dutch has two definite articles and no reliable rule for which noun takes which. Roughly two thirds are de words and a third are het words, so the article is worth learning as part of the noun rather than separately.
Jij or u?
Jij for anyone you would be on first-name terms with, which in the Netherlands is most people. U is for officials, much older strangers and formal writing. The Dutch use u less readily than the Germans use Sie.
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