Basic Dutch in 7 Days (Fast Track): Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 2: Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: B. Wednesday
Woensdag is Wednesday. Dinsdag is Tuesday and donderdag is Thursday.
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: D. zaterdag
The order is … donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag, zondag.
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: A. Days and months
Days and months start with a small letter in Dutch: maandag, mei. Names, countries and languages start with a capital.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. in
Use in with months: in augustus. Use op with days and dates: op 5 augustus.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: D. op
Use op with days: op dinsdag (on Tuesday).
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: D. derde
3rd is derde (written 3e). Dertiende is 13th.
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: C. 4 July 2026
Dutch dates are written day-month-year, so 04-07 is 4 July.
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: A. 10 April
Tien april = 10 April. Jarig zijn means it is your birthday.
Transcript
Ik ben jarig op tien april.
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Question 9 of 40
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Answer: D. Thursday
Bram says vandaag (today) is donderdag (Thursday). Morgen (tomorrow) is vrijdag.
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Sanne: Welke dag is het vandaag?
Bram: Vandaag is het donderdag. Morgen is het vrijdag! -
Question 10 of 40
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Answer: A. Sunday 15 June
Lotte writes “Zondag 15 juni ben ik jarig”: Sunday 15 June. The party (het feest) is on Saturday.
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Question 11 of 40
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Answer: A. What time is it?
Hoe laat is het? asks for the time. Laat on its own means “late”.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: C. 3:30
Half vier means half an hour before four: 3:30.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: C. kwart over acht
Kwart over means a quarter past: kwart over acht is 8:15. Kwart voor acht is 7:45.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: A. kwart voor zes
Kwart voor zes is a quarter to six: 5:45. Half zes is 5:30.
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: A. om
Use om for clock times: om negen uur (at nine o’clock).
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: C. 2:20
Half drie is 2:30. Ten minutes before that (tien voor) is 2:20.
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: B. On Sunday
“zo gesloten” means closed on Sunday (zondag).
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: B. 8:00
“za 8.00–17.00 uur” means Saturday from 8:00 to 17:00.
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: B. 10:45
Kwart voor elf is a quarter to eleven: 10:45.
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Het is kwart voor elf.
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Question 20 of 40
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Answer: D. At 10 p.m.
Jan says it closes (gaat dicht) om tien uur ’s avonds: at ten in the evening. It opens at eight. Hij (it) refers to de supermarkt, a de-word.
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Mila: Hoe laat gaat de supermarkt open?
Jan: Om acht uur. En hij gaat om tien uur ’s avonds dicht. -
Question 21 of 40
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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 22 of 40
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Answer: B. de kinderen
Kind has an irregular plural: kinderen. All plurals use de.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: A. mijn
My is mijn: mijn moeder. Mij means “me”.
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Question 24 of 40
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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 25 of 40
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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 26 of 40
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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 27 of 40
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Answer: C. oom
Your parent’s brother is your oom (uncle). Tante is aunt.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: B. Two
Twee zussen = two sisters. The speaker also has een broer (one brother).
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Ik heb een broer en twee zussen.
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Question 29 of 40
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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).
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Eva: Ben je getrouwd?
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Question 30 of 40
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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 31 of 40
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Answer: D. kind, nice
Aardig means kind or nice: Ze is erg aardig.
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Question 32 of 40
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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 33 of 40
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Answer: D. aardige
Before a de-word (de vrouw), add -e: een aardige vrouw.
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Question 34 of 40
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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 35 of 40
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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 36 of 40
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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 37 of 40
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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 38 of 40
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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 39 of 40
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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 40 of 40
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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).
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Ruben: Hoe ziet je collega eruit?
Femke: Ze is jong en heel grappig. Ze heeft lang haar.
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