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Hi welcome back at 1000 most common words in Dutch. This is lesson 36 in a series of
40 videos. Each video contains 25 of the most frequently used Dutch words. Lesson 36 is
about parties, holidays and other words related to celebration.
"het feest" "vieren"
"de feestdag" "de vrije dag"
"Koningsdag" And Koningsdag is celebrated on the 27th of April, which is the birthday
of the king. "Sinterklaas" And the Dutch celebrate “Sinterklaas”,
or: “Sint Nicolaas” at the 5th of December. For children, it is the most important feast
of the year, because that is traditionally the day on which the Dutch give presents,
more than at Christmas time. The word “Sinterklaas” looks like “Santa Claus”, that is because
the name “Santa Claus” was based on Sinterklaas and not the other way around.
"Zwarte Piet" And the tradition is that Sinterklaas comes each year on his “stoomboot” (steamboat) from
Spain with his horse and many helpers, the so called “Zwarte Pieten”. They bring
the presents and sweets. There is currently a lot of discussion about the fact that the
main figure in this tradition is white, who has black helpers. There is a growing number
of Dutch who want to eliminate, this supposed racist element and give “Black Pete” enother
colour. "de zak" Children should behave well, because
Sinterklaas is supposed to know everything, and children who are naughty are put in “de
zak van Sinterklaas” and are taken to Spain. Well, probably just another instrument for
parents to have some control. "Kerstmis"
"de kerstboom" "de kerstman"
"Oudjaar" And this is typically what we eat on Newyear’s eve:
"de oliebol" Plural is “oliebollen”. "Nieuwjaar" And the celebration of both days
we summarise in: "Oud en Nieuw"
"Pasen" "de paashaas" And he is
the one who brings the “paaseieren”, or in singular:
"het paasei" And the Dutch children go out and need to search for them.
"ijsvrij" It’s actually not really a holiday, but just a measure to reduce heating costs
in schools on very cold days. "uitnodigen" And an invitation we call: “uitnodiging”.
"het bezoek" And this can refer to the “visit” but also to the “visitor(s)”, both in
singular as in plural. "ontvangen"
“bezoek ontvangen” And some reasons for personal celebrations:
"de geboorte" “de geboorte van een kind”
"de bruiloft" "de verjaardag" And this is what we eat on
a birthday: “de taart met kaarsjes”. And I will explain the word “kaarsjes”.
"de kaars" is the candle, and “kaarsje” is the little candle. So to say something
is small, we add “je”. Sometimes with an extra “t” or “p”, depending on
the last letter of the noun. We will not discuss this within this course, but it is good for
you to know. And also good to know that the article of diminutives is always “het”.
So: “de kaars” and “het kaarsje”. "verrassen"
"het cadeau"
And that’s it for today. With the vocabulary of this lesson you can visit a Dutch party.
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