by Clarissa | Apr 25, 2018 | dutch life, writing
V is for vervelent and verlegen These are two words which I have to really concentrate to get the right way round: vervelent is bad (as in badly behaved) and verlegen is shy. I’m sure one day I will get these the wrong way round and describe my shy child as...
by Clarissa | Apr 24, 2018 | dutch life, writing
U is for ui Ui is onion, and it’s a really difficult word to say. It pluralises as uien, which is also tricky!
by Clarissa | Apr 23, 2018 | dutch life, writing
T is for tachtig and twijfelen Tachtig means eighty and I think that it is unique in Western European languages for the particular sounds combination that it uses. Unfortunately I can’t find the details of it now. SO if anyone knows what I’m talking about...
by Clarissa | Apr 21, 2018 | dutch life, writing
S is for stamppot Stamppot is a mashed potato dish with kale and smoked sausage, which is all cooked in one pan. Though you can get all sorts of different types of stamppot with other things added. In fact you can probably make it with whatever you fancy. Mashed...
by Clarissa | Apr 20, 2018 | dutch life, writing |
R is for rommel Rommel means mess, rommelig is messy, and I just love the way the word sounds. And you get rommelmarkt, which is a jumble sale