Dutch A1.15 Listening Practice: Choose the One You Mean
Dutch A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for choose the one you mean.
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Level
A1.15
Audio
Segmented audio
Transcript
16 segments
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What you'll understand
Select a nearby or more distant familiar singular object.
Choose dit or dat before boek and huis, and deze or die before tafel and fiets, while using near versus farther-away context.
New pattern
Bounded demonstrative choice before a singular noun: dit or dat with het nouns, and deze or die with de nouns.
Practice aloud after listening
Ik heb dit boek. Is die fiets hier?
I have this book. Is that bicycle here?
A short Dutch listening chapter with transcript.
Choose this book rather than that book, or this table rather than that table.
Read while you listen.
1. Marieke · Teacher
Welcome! Today we are learning how to say 'this' and 'that' in Dutch using nearby and farther-away objects.
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2. Marieke · Teacher
Listen to Bram and Lotte in this short conversation.
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3. Bram · Native Speaker 1
Ik heb dit boek.
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4. Lotte · Native Speaker 2
Is die fiets hier?
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5. Bram · Native Speaker 1
Nee, die fiets is daar.
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6. Lotte · Native Speaker 2
Ik zie deze tafel hier.
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7. Bram · Native Speaker 1
En ik zie dat huis.
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8. Marieke · Teacher
Let me explain! Bram said: 'Ik heb dit boek,' which means 'I have this book.' Because 'boek' is a 'het'-word, we use 'dit' for an item close to us.
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9. Daan · Student
What would Bram say if the book was further away?
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10. Marieke · Teacher
He would use 'dat', making it 'dat boek'.
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11. Marieke · Teacher
Next, Lotte asked: 'Is die fiets hier?' meaning 'Is that bike here?' 'Fiets' is a 'de'-word, so we use 'die' for something farther away.
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12. Daan · Student
What do we use for a 'de'-word right next to us?
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13. Marieke · Teacher
We use 'deze', just like Lotte did when she said 'deze tafel' for 'this table'.
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14. Marieke · Teacher
Finally, Bram said: 'En ik zie dat huis,' meaning 'And I see that house.' 'Huis' is a 'het'-word, so 'that house' is 'dat huis'.
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15. Daan · Student
So 'dit' and 'deze' are for nearby items, and 'dat' and 'die' are for farther items?
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16. Marieke · Teacher
Exactly, Daan! Remember: match 'dit' and 'dat' with 'het'-words, and 'deze' and 'die' with 'de'-words.
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