Dutch/Example 8

ex 8 Naar school ~ Off to school Amazigh-TV Verjaardag Minorities thumb|250px|Amazighische vlag The Netherlands acquired a considerable number of minorities after the second world war. The first to arrive in the 1950s were people from the former Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Some of those still speak Indonesian today and there is special group from the Moluccas that were former soldiers for the Dutch colonial authorities there. Then from the 1960s onwards workers were recruited to come to the Netherlands from both Morocco and Turkey and many more followed later, partly legally, sometimes also illegally. In 1975 Suriname became independent and some one quarter of its population decided to make use of their Dutch passports to come to the Netherlands just before independence, with more to follow later. The six islands in the Caribbean that still form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands today also were a source of many newcomers. They were joined by many asylum seekers from a variety of places like the Balkans, from Somalia, Libya, various countries of Africa and the Middle East. In addition the accession to the EU of countries like Poland and the Baltic means that there are people from there too that come for work to the Netherlands. To function properly in Dutch society language skills are a factual but also legal requirement. This means that you may not be the only person trying to learn Dutch! One minority group that is actively trying to help its members to acquire Dutch language skills are the {many) speakers of Tamazight (Riffijns) from Morocco. Their mother tongue belongs to the Berber languages, a separate branch of the large Afro-Asiatic family of languages. Tamazight-TV created its own Dutch language course and let's have a look at one of their lessons. It is lesson 18 of Praat Nederlands of which we will watch the first 2:27 minutes. Here is the text of their dialogue. Study it first before watching the video: Vocabularyverlegenfile:nl-verlegen.oggshyhet gesprekfile:nl-gesprek.oggconversation, talkluisterenfile:nl-luisteren.ogglistende peuterfile:nl-peuter.oggtoddlerde peuterspeelzaalfile:nl-peuterspeelzaal.oggday-carewennenfile:nl-wennen.oggto accustome Het gesprek Taban Awoonor brengt zijn dochter Ama naar school Luister goed! Hoe heet de juf lit. 'miss'; teacher? Dag Hello!, kom erin! come in Ik zal me even voorstellen introduce. Ik ben Doenja. Hallo, ik ben Taban Awoonor. En dit is Ama. Dag, Ama! Kom, zeg eens do say 'dag' tegen juf. Ach, verlegen shy... Ja, ze is heel verlegen. Nou, dat komt wel goed, hoor. Oh, that will be OK Het is ook zoveel so much: al die kinderen, de juf, de klas class room. Alles is nieuw. Is Ama op de peuterspeelzaal pre-kindergarten, day care geweest? Ja. Mooi Good. Ja, ik vraag het even, want dan for then is het makkelijker easier om te wennen get used to it. Dan is het kind al gewend om in een groep group te zijn, met andere kinderen te spelen, samen together dingen te doen. Ja, Ama vond de peuterspeelzaal heel leuk liked a lot. Mooi. Nou, Ama hang eerst je jasje your (little) coat maar even op ophang: hang up, suspend hier. Ja, hier. O, ik zal nog even een kaartje maken met je naam erop on it. Een kaartje tag met Ama. Vind je dat leuk? Do you like that? Nou, kom op! Come on! Geef eens antwoord. Answer her! Ach, laat maar just leave her. Dat komt wel goed It will work out.. Nou, Ama komt in een groep group met negentien kinderen. Zoals u ziet As you see: kinderen uit heel veel landen countries uit Turkije Turkey, Marokko Morocco, uit Ghana, uit Somalië en uit Nederland. O,ja Het gesprek The conversation. Taba Awoonor takes his daughter Ama to school Hello, come in! Let me introduce myself. My name is Doenja. Hi, I am Taban Awoonor. And this is Ama. Hi, Ama! Come, say hello to the teacher. Ow, shy... Yes, she is very shy. Oh, that will turn out all right. There is so much: all those children, the teacher, the class room. Everything is new. Has Ama been to a day-care? Yes Good! Yes, I do ask, because then it is easier to get used to everything. Then the child is already used to be in a group, to play with other children, to do things together. Yes, Ama liked day-care a lot. Good. Well, Ama, why don't first you hang your coat here. Yes, here. O, I'll quickly make a tag with your name on it. A tag with Ama. Do you like that? Well, come on! Give her an answer! Oh, just leave her. It will all work out. Well, Ama is joining a group with 19 children. As you see, children from many different countries, from Turkey, Morocco, Ghana, Somalia and the Netherlands. Oh, yes. Diminutives, pronominal adverbs and compounds Identify the diminutives, pronominal adverbs and compounds in the text. Why are they used? Kom erin - pronominal adverb: in+it. Come in the class room, room, whatever. As the pronoun would be 'it' replacement is mandatory jasje: diminutive. Ama is a child, so whe wears a jasje, not a jas! kaartje: diminutive: Its is small tag fit for a small coat erop: pronomial adverb on+it. As the pronoun would be 'it' replacement is mandatory. peuterspeelzaal: a compound of peuter (toddler) speel- (from spelen; to play) and zaal (hall): venue where toddlers play. Verjaardag Anna is vandaag jarig jarig zijn: have a birthday. Ze wordt zes jaar turns six years old. En dat wordt op school natuurlijk ook gevierd celebrated. Zelf Herself trakteert treats ze de andere kinderen op snoepjes candies en er wordt voor haar gezongen they sing for her. thumb|Het cadeautje|200px They sing the following two traditional songs. Study them and watch the video Er is er één jarig There is one who has her birthday, hoera hooray, hoera! Dat kun je wel zien: dat is zij It is her! Dat vinden we allen all of us zo prettig pleasant, ja, ja, en daarom therefore zingen we blij gladly, happily. Ze leve (May) she live: a rare subjunctive lang, hoera, hoera! Ze leve lang, hoera! Ze leve lang, hoera, hoera! De verjaardagstaart|thumb|220px Lang zal ze leven Long will she live! Lang zal ze leven! Lang zal ze leven in de gloria glory! In de gloria, in de gloria! Hieperdepiep Hip hip hip! Hoera! Hieperdepiep! Hoera! Hieperdepiep! Hoera! thumb|150px|Het kaarsje Quizlet The vocabulary can be practiced at Quizlet (23 terms) Progress made Cumulative term count Cycle 1: 579 terms Cycle 2: 474 terms Grand total 1053 terms Congratulations are due! thumb|300px|vuurwerk Dit vuurwerk is voor jou! This time it is you! Gefeliciteerd!!! You have just completed the beginner level of this course, and you can check your knowledge by doing the final quiz of the Beginner level and then move on to the intermediate level.