by Clarissa | May 14, 2018 | family, personal |
For my birthday last year I asked my family for a lego dragon, but I got a helicopter instead. For Christmas I got one though, and now he lives in the kitchen, keeping an eye on me and guarding it from anyone. Every so often I re-pose him, but I keep him there so he...
by Clarissa | May 10, 2018 | dutch life, family |
Swimming is considered very important here in the Netherlands, probably because most of the country is below water level and everywhere is surrounded by canals, rivers and dikes, as well as the sea. So there is alot of water around and alot of emphasis on all children...
by Clarissa | Apr 30, 2018 | dutch life, writing |
Z is for zeker, zeggen and zien. Zeker means certainly and is often used as a one word answer, or two words with yes first! Zeggen is to say and zien is to see. These are two verbs that are irregular and I often get their past tenses confused. Zaggen is saw and zeiden...
by Clarissa | Apr 28, 2018 | dutch life, writing
The Dutch more commonly use the dipthong IJ instead of Y. In fact as rocket boy learns to write he will be taught to write what we would recognise as a small y, but puts dots on top of both parts to make it an ij, and that’s the 25th letter of the alphabet. And...
by Clarissa | Apr 27, 2018 | dutch life, writing
X is another word that isn’t often used as an initial letter in Dutch.
by Clarissa | Apr 26, 2018 | dutch life, family, writing |
W is for wellus Welus and nietus are often shouted back and forth between the children in a “yes it is”, “No it isn’t” fashion. I’m already tired of it and I’m sure it will continue for some years. Any tips for minimising this...
