Basic Dutch in 7 Days (Fast Track): Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 3: Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: B. the kitchen
De keuken is the kitchen. It is not a cake: cake is taart or cake in Dutch.
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: C. de slaapkamer
Slapen means “to sleep”, so de slaapkamer is the bedroom.
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: C. zijn
Use er zijn for more than one thing: Er zijn twee badkamers.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. is
Use er is for one thing: Er is een tuin.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: C. the sofa
In a home, de bank is the sofa. The same word also means a bank for money.
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: D. de stoelen
Most nouns add -en in the plural: stoel → stoelen. All plurals use de.
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: A. Is er een balkon?
In a question, the verb comes first: Is er een balkon? Use is (not zijn) for one thing.
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: D. There is no garden.
The text says “er is geen tuin”: there is no garden. There is a balcony and the apartment is small.
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Question 9 of 40
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Answer: D. Two
Twee slaapkamers = two bedrooms. In Dutch, kamers counts the living room and the bedrooms, not the kitchen: three rooms in total.
Transcript
Ons huis heeft drie kamers: een woonkamer en twee slaapkamers. Er is ook een keuken.
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Question 10 of 40
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Answer: A. A big balcony
Lisa says nee (no garden), “maar er is een groot balkon”: but there is a big balcony.
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Mark: Is er een tuin?
Lisa: Nee, maar er is een groot balkon. -
Question 11 of 40
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Answer: D. the cheese
De kaas is the cheese. Bread is het brood.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: C. het
Brood is a het-word: het brood. Learn every noun with its article.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: A. de eieren
Ei has an irregular plural: eieren. All plurals use de.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: B. de bananen
Banaan adds -en. The long a keeps its sound with one letter: ba-na-nen.
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: C. de broodjes
Words that end in -je add -s: broodjes. Plurals always use de.
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: A. Ik heb honger.
Dutch uses hebben for hunger: Ik heb honger (I have hunger).
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: A. graag
Graag after the verb means you like doing it: Ik drink graag thee.
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: C. Fish, but not meat
Geen vlees = no meat. “Maar ik eet wel vis” = but I do eat fish.
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Ik eet geen vlees, maar ik eet wel vis.
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: A. A glass of water
Daan says no to coffee. He is thirsty (Ik heb dorst) and asks for een glas water.
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Sara: Wil je koffie?
Daan: Nee, dank je. Ik heb dorst. Mag ik een glas water? -
Question 20 of 40
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Answer: B. Milk
“1 liter melk”: milk is the only drink on the list.
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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: C. How much does this cost?
Hoeveel means “how much” and kosten means “to cost”.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: A. expensive
Duur means expensive. Cheap is goedkoop.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: C. zes euro veertig
Say the euros, then the cents: zes euro veertig. Euro does not change in the plural.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: A. kosten
Appels is plural, so use kosten. With one thing, use kost.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: D. Kan ik pinnen?
Pinnen means paying with a bank card. Passen means trying on clothes.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: D. Nee, dat is alles.
Anders nog iets? means “Anything else?”. Dat is alles means “That’s all.”
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: D. Can I try this on?
Passen means to try on (clothes). Paying by card is pinnen.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: D. € 17,50
Zeventien euro vijftig = € 17,50. Zeventig would be 70.
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Dat is samen zeventien euro vijftig.
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Question 29 of 40
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Answer: C. M
The customer asks for L, but the shop has alleen (only) maat M.
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Klant: Heeft u dit in maat L?
Verkoper: Nee, sorry, alleen in maat M. -
Question 30 of 40
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Answer: A. By bank card
Kan ik pinnen? means “Can I pay by card?”. The customer also says no to a bag (tasje).
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Kassière: Dat is twaalf euro. Wilt u een tasje?
Klant: Nee, dank u. Kan ik pinnen? -
Question 31 of 40
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Answer: A. the bill
De rekening is the bill. Ask: Mag ik de rekening, alstublieft?
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: B. Ik wil graag een koffie.
Adding graag makes it polite: Ik wil graag… (I would like…).
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: C. Mag
Mag ik…? means “May I have…?”. It is a polite way to ask for something.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: D. Here you are.
When someone gives you something, alstublieft means “here you are”.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: D. Graag gedaan.
Graag gedaan means “you’re welcome”, the usual reply to thank you.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: D. a milky coffee
Koffie verkeerd (“wrong coffee”) is coffee with a lot of hot milk.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: C. Ik zou graag een stuk taart willen.
Ik zou graag … willen: zou is the second word and willen goes to the end of the sentence.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: D. A cappuccino and apple pie with cream
The customer orders een cappuccino and een stuk appeltaart met slagroom (with whipped cream).
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Ober: Goedemiddag, wat mag het zijn?
Klant: Ik wil graag een cappuccino en een stuk appeltaart met slagroom. -
Question 39 of 40
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Answer: A. € 8,20
Acht euro twintig = € 8,20.
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Klant: Mag ik de rekening, alstublieft?
Ober: Natuurlijk. Dat is acht euro twintig. -
Question 40 of 40
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Answer: A. € 7,00
Thee € 2,50 + appeltaart € 3,90 + slagroom € 0,60 = € 7,00.
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