Dutch FluencyLesson 19 of 50 · A0 to A1 · Free
Rooms, furniture and body basics
Your home and your body are the two maps you use every day.
Rooms morph into body landmarks through match cuts. Two maps, one memory system.
12 minutes. No account needed for lesson 1. No rush.
19Today you will
- 1Tour every room of a Dutch home
- 2Build kamer-words from verbs, for free
- 3Start your second map: the body
- 4Wake up with a koude douche, in words at least
The 12 words you actually use
Dutch first, said out loud. Say each word before you flip the card, then check yourself. Every card speaks.
de keuken
duh KUH-kun
de keuken
the kitchen
De keuken is warm. The kitchen is warm.
de koelkast
duh KOOL-kahst
de koelkast
the fridge
De koelkast is vol. The fridge is full.
trap word
de woonkamer
duh VOHN-kah-mur
de woonkamer
the living room
De woonkamer is licht. The living room is light.
de bank
duh BAHNGK
de bank
the couch
De bank is zacht. The couch is soft.
de slaapkamer
duh SLAHP-kah-mur
de slaapkamer
the bedroom
De slaapkamer is stil. The bedroom is quiet.
het bed
ut BET
het bed
the bed
Het bed is groot. The bed is big.
de badkamer
duh BAHT-kah-mur
de badkamer
the bathroom
De badkamer is schoon. The bathroom is clean.
de douche
duh DOOSH
de douche
the shower
De douche is koud. Brrr. The shower is cold. Brrr.
de tuin
duh TOWN
de tuin
the garden
De tuin is groen. The garden is green.
het lichaam
ut LI-khahm
het lichaam
the body
Mijn lichaam is moe. My body is tired.
het hoofd
ut HOHFT
het hoofd
the head
Mijn hoofd is vol. My head is full.
de mond
duh MONT
de mond
the mouth
Mijn mond leert Nederlands. My mouth is learning Dutch.
Rooms are built from verbs
Read the verb, then the room it built. Once you see the pattern you can never unsee it, and every Dutch floor plan reads itself.
- the verb
- wonen - to live · slapen - to sleep · baden - to bathe
- the room
- de woonkamer · de slaapkamer · de badkamer
bank: couch AND bank
Dutch bank means the couch and the money bank; context does the work. Better gift: rooms are built from verbs. wonen (to live) gives de woonkamer, slapen gives de slaapkamer, baden gives de badkamer. Learn one verb, get a room for free.
Two maps
First map: the home. Second map: you. Read it once for the shape. Read it again out loud.
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- 04
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- 05
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Helper words in this story
- heeft has
- de kamer, kamers the room, rooms
- vol, volle full
- zacht, zachte soft
- koud, koude cold
- groen green
- tweede second
- denkt thinks
- de kaart, kaarten the map, maps
- het leven the life
Thirty seconds. Prove it.
Three words from this lesson. Answer before you doubt yourself.
Prove it · 1 of 3
de woonkamer
All 20 words in this lesson
de keuken
the kitchen
het fornuis
the cooker
de koelkast
the fridge
de kamer
the room
de woonkamer
the living room
de bank
the couch
de slaapkamer
the bedroom
het bed
the bed
de badkamer
the bathroom
de douche
the shower
het bad
the bath tub
de bijkeuken
the utility room
de garage
the garage
de tuin
the garden
de zolder
the attic
het lichaam
the body
het hoofd
the head
de mond
the mouth
de tand
the tooth
het oor
the ear
Hear all 20, then say them back
The interactive lesson plays every word, walks the story line by line, records your voice next to a native one, and remembers the ones you find hard. Lesson 1 needs no account.
- I can walk through my home room by room
- I can build room names from verbs
- I can name my first four body parts
- I can say the fridge is full and the shower is cold
- I can keep bank the couch apart from bank the bank
Fifty fifty. We build it. You show up.
