Dutch/Example 1

ex 1 Kinderliedjes ~ Nursery rhymes Poesje en Hondje Poesje Mauw Schaapje, schaapje Nursery rhymes Children learn a lot of language skills by playing, singing, dancing. They know how to make learning fun. This is why children's songs and rhymes are a wonderful way to acquire a foreign language. Here are three examples. Enjoy being a child again! Poesje en Hondje The following text was taken from a Mother Goose rhyme and translated into Dutch. The original appears in the Project Gutenberg text 'Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading'. In order to get a literal translation, the Dutch text was not made to rhyme. Note that in Dutch the word poesje does not have the same connotation as in English. It merely means pussycat. Read the text and use the hover method hovering gives you the translation of a word to figure out what the text means. Use the "Vocabulary" box on the right to listen to the pronunciation of the individual words and memorize them. Once done open the translation box to check the translation left|50x150px right|50x150px Poesje zit naast besides het vuur fire Hoe kan zij braaf good, sweet zijn? Dan komt het kleine hondje binnen binnenkomen: to enter "Poesje, ben je daar there? Zo, zo, Well, well mejuffrouw miss Poesje, Zeg me, hoe gaat het met je?" "Dank je, dank je, Hondje, Het gaat heel goed met me op dit moment at this moment." Vocabularyhet poesjefile:nl-poesje.ogg pussycathet vuurfile:nl-vuur.ogg firebraaffile:nl-braaf.ogggood, well-behavedhet hondjefile:nl-hondje.ogglittle dog, puppykanfile:nl-kan.oggcanbinnenkomenfile:nl-binnenkomen.oggto enter, come insidebinnenfile:nl-binnen.ogginsidezeggenfile:nl-zeggen.ogg to sayhet momentfile:nl-moment.ogg moment Poesje en hondje Kittycat sits beside the fire, How can she be fair? In comes the little dog, "Pussycat, are you there? So, so, dear miss Kittycat, Pray tell me how do you do?" "Thank you, thank you, little dog, I'm very well at the moment." Woordenlijst en: andvuur het vuur: fire met: with heel: very; also whole hoe gaat het met je: lit. 'How goes it with you', how are you?, how do you do? Poesje Mauw right|200px The following is a Dutch volksliedje (folk song). Use the hover method to figure out the meaning Use the vocabulary box on the right to listen to the words and memorize them Once you think you have figured out what it means, open the translation box to check Poesje Mauw meow (usually: miauw) Kom eens once, here a modal particle indicating friendly intentions gauw quickly Ik heb lekkere delicious melk milk voor jou En voor mij Rijstebrij rice pudding O wat how! heerlijk wonderfully smullen munching, eating with delight wij! Vocabularyeensfile:nl-eens.oggonce; modal particlegauwfile:nl-gauw.oggquicklylekkerfile:nl-lekker.oggtasty, nicede melkfile:nl-melk.oggmilkde rijstfile:nl-rijst.oggriceheerlijkfile:nl-heerlijk.oggwonderfulsmullenfile:nl-smullen.oggmunch, eat with delight Poesje mauw Pussycat Meow Come quickly I have tasty milk for you And for me Rice porridge Oh how we will enjoy this meal! The meter in the Dutch version is nearly perfect and should provide hints for pronouncing the words. Lekkere is pronounced as 'le-kre' in this case, to fit the meter (but this poetic license, not non-standard pronunciation). Now that you understand the poem, go see a video of it, see here (Notice that in some dialects ij and ei are pronounced more like [ɑɪ̯] than as [ɛɪ̯].) There is a pretty astounding 'performance' of this song by (the late) Corrina Konijnenburg that was recorded in 1967 in a children's show by Dorus (real name Tom Manders). Note that the performer took a few liberties. Notice that she pronounces poesje as poessie as is usual in Hollandic dialects. Woordenlijst brij de brij: mash, porridge smullen: to thoroughly enjoy food Ba, ba, black sheep right|150px This nursery rhyme is well known in English, but here is the Dutch version. Hover to figure out the meaning Use the vocabulary box to listen to the pronunciation and memorize the new words Open up the translation box to see if you figured it out right Go see the youtube video Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? Ja baas, ja baas boss, drie zakken vol full Eén voor for de meester master en één one voor z'n vrouw Eén voor het kindje little child dat bibbert van de kou cold Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? Ja baas, ja baas, drie zakken vol. Vocabularyhet schaapfile:nl-schaap.oggsheepwitfile:nl-wit.oggwhitede wolfile:nl-wol.oggwoolde zakfile:nl-zak.oggbagde vrouwfile:nl-vrouw.oggwoman, wifehet kindfile:nl-kind.oggchildbibberenfile:nl-bibberen.oggshiver, tremble Schaapje, schaapje Little sheep, little sheep do you have white wool? Yes boss, yes boss, three bags full One for the master and one for his wife One for the little babe that trembles from the cold Little sheep, little sheep do you have white wool? Yes boss, yes boss, three bags full Quizlet The vocabulary of this lesson can be practiced at Quizlet (21 terms) Progress made If you have studied the above well you should have caught a glimpse of what children who grow up speaking Dutch learn as a toddler strengthened your listening and speaking gained another 21 terms for your vocabulary Cumulative count: Les 1: 116 terms, Les 1A: 89 terms. Example 1: 21 terms Total 226 terms. Further learning Please proceed to Dutch/Lesson 2 Appendix