I live in Rotterdam.
Translation?
Ik woon in Rotterdam.
Vocabulary?
| Dutch | English | |
| 1 | Ik | I |
| 2 | Woon | Live |
| 3 | In | In |
| 4 | Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
Review
Before we continue, let’s review what we have learned so far. In this Dutch phrase lesson, what have we already learned? We have learned how I write, “I live in Rotterdam” in Dutch.
Ik woon in Rotterdam.
It is simple, right?
Now, it is time for us to take what we have learned from how I describe where I live in Dutch and extend it further. From first person subject pronoun into the second person, then the third person subject pronoun.
Objective
How to say that I live in Rotterdam in Dutch. You live in Rotterdam. She lives in Rotterdam. He lives in Rotterdam. It lives in Rotterdam From singular to plural. From informal to formal in Dutch.
Singular in Dutch
- 1) Ik woon in Rotterdam
- 2) Jij woont in Rotterdam (Informal)
- 3) U woont in Rotterdam (Formal)
- 4) Hij woont in Rotterdam
- 5) Zij woont in Rotterdam
- 6) Het woont in Rotterdam
Plural in Dutch
- 7) Wij wonen in Rotterdam
- 8) Jullie wonen in Rotterdam (Informal)
- 9) U woont in Rotterdam (Formal)
- 10) Zij wonen in Rotterdam
Singular in English
- 1) I live in Rotterdam
- 2) You live in Rotterdam (Informal)
- 3) You live in Rotterdam (Formal)
- 4) He lives in Rotterdam
- 5) She lives in Rotterdam
- 6) It lives in Rotterdam
Plural in English
- 7) We live in Rotterdam
- 8) You live in Rotterdam (Plural)
- 9) You live in Rotterdam (Formal)
- 10) They live in Rotterdam