Basic Dutch in 15 Days: Family and Describing people
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Family and Describing people, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 4: Family and Describing people
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: C. the sister
De zus is the sister. The brother is de broer and the son is de zoon.
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: B. de kinderen
Kind has an irregular plural: kinderen. All plurals use de.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: A. mijn
My is mijn: mijn moeder. Mij means “me”.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: A. Haar
Anna is a woman, so “her brother” is haar broer. Zijn means “his”.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: B. onze kinderen
Use onze before plurals and de-words, and ons before a singular het-word: ons kind, onze kinderen.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: D. Ik heb geen kinderen.
Use geen (no, not any) before a noun: Ik heb geen kinderen.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: C. oom
Your parent’s brother is your oom (uncle). Tante is aunt.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: B. Two
Twee zussen = two sisters. The speaker also has een broer (one brother).
Transcript
Ik heb een broer en twee zussen.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: C. Ali has a daughter.
Ali says “We hebben een dochter” (we have a daughter). Sara is his wife (vrouw).
Transcript
Eva: Ben je getrouwd?
Ali: Ja. Mijn vrouw heet Sara. We hebben een dochter. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: B. The writer’s sister and her family
“Zij woont in Gent” is about Lies, the writer’s sister. She lives there with her husband and their two children.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: D. kind, nice
Aardig means kind or nice: Ze is erg aardig.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: B. jong
After a verb like is, the adjective has no ending: De vrouw is jong. Jongen means “boy”.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. aardige
Before a de-word (de vrouw), add -e: een aardige vrouw.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: A. groot
Huis is a het-word. With een + a het-word, the adjective has no -e: een groot huis.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: D. grote
With het (the), add -e: het grote huis. Groot loses one o: grote.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: A. clever
Slim is a false friend: it means clever. “Slim” (thin) is slank in Dutch.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: D. Hij heeft blauwe ogen.
Ogen (eyes) is plural, so the adjective takes -e: blauwe ogen. Use hebben (heeft) for eyes and hair.
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: B. Ze heeft lang haar.
Subject (ze) + verb (heeft) + the rest (lang haar). The adjective comes before the noun.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: A. Tall and slim, with blond hair
Lang means tall (for people) and slank means slim. He has blond haar (blond hair).
Transcript
Mijn broer is lang en slank. Hij heeft blond haar.
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Question 20 of 20
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Answer: A. She is young and funny.
Femke says “Ze is jong en heel grappig”: young and very funny. She has long hair (lang haar).
Transcript
Ruben: Hoe ziet je collega eruit?
Femke: Ze is jong en heel grappig. Ze heeft lang haar.
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