0-my-family

Time to introduce my wife, my son, my daughter and my dog. Now we are already 6 months in the Netherlands. We love it.

1. I am Tim, I am the son of Anna and Jan

2. I am Jan, I am the father of Tim and Vicky

3. I am Vicky, I am daughter Jan and Anna

4. I am Anna, I am the mother of Tim and Vicky

5. I am Spike, I am the dog of the family

1. Jan likes playing football

2. Anna likes playing tennis

3 . Vicky likes dancing

4. Tim likes biking

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More activities

I just said that I like to play tennis. But I like more activities, like swimming, cycling, walking and running. Now we live in Amsterdam. We do not have a house with a garden. So, unfortunately I have to skip gardening.

1 to swim , to walk, to bike, to run

2 to garden, to play chess, to play table tennis, to drive

3 to read , to sing, to shop

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In order to indicate what another person likes, the Dutch sentence is "waar hou jij van". The literal meaning of the words is: what like you of. This seems odd... funny Dutchmen.

The Dutch verb to love is "houden van". If the verb is used in a question, the two words:
a. "houden"
b. "van"
are separated and the word "van" comes at the end of the sentence. This is illustrated in the drawing. This is a typical Dutch rule that makes Dutch more difficult compared to English.
The next sentence illustrates this. The word "hou"is derived from the verb and is spelled this way as it is combined with I.

1 I like to cooking

2 what do you like?

3 I like to eat

4 I like to draw

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Using the symbol ++ to indicate the word "also"

We use the symbol + to couple words and sentences. For instance in the expression "food + drinks" (food and drinks).

We use ++ to express the word "also".

1 I like to walk

2 I also

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Of coarse I am interesting in the things you like. Can you tell me what you like?
Try to say it in Dutch!

By the way, there is one activity that Anna does not like. Guess what it is.
A hint, I am always to busy with my ....