[rainbow]
weather 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[cows]
animals 		[tree]
trees 		[park]
parks 		[garden]
yard 		[bus]
traffic 		[a building]
buildings

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[The Face of Dutch]

Dutch Everyday: Flowers (Roses)

Geen rozen zonder doornen click to hear ('No roses without thorns') Nice things come with possibly problematic attachments.

[flower]
bloem click to hear		 [small flowers]
bloemetjes click to hear		 [bloom, blossom]
bloesem click to hear		 [cut flowers]
snijbloemen click to hear
[(rose-) bud]
knop click to hear		 [(rose-) bud]
knop click to hear - 2 		[(rose-) buds]
knoppen click to hear		 [a rose]
roos click to hear - 2 		[a rose]
witte roos click to hear - 2 - 3
[pink rose]
roze roos click to hear - 2 		[pink rose]
roze roos click to hear - 2 		[rose]
gele roos click to hear		 [rose]
paarse roos click to hear - 2
[red rose]
rode roos click to hear - 2 		[roses]
rozen click to hear - 2 		[rosehips]
rozebottels click to hear		 [thorns]
dorens click to hear

[cut flowers]
snijbloemen click to hear
de / het / 't click to hear (the)
een, 'n click to hear - 2 (a, an)
één click to hear (one)
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(de) knop
(de) bloem
(de) bloesem
hear - 2 		(bud)
(flower)
(bloom)
 (de) roos
(de) rozen
hear 		(rose)
(roses)

Note that Dutch bloem click to hear means 'flower,' not 'bloom' (blossom) - and in a strange coincidence, the Dutch word bloem also means 'flour.'
The bouquet, bunch of flowers, that you buy at the florist is een bos bloemen click to hear
Bloemist click to hear ('florist') (blue mist?)
Some Dutch and English words shift from F to V between singular and plural (leaf/leaves), and some Dutch words shift similarly from S to Z, like roos click to hear ('rose') to rozen click to hear ('roses.') Do note that the 'long-O' vowel sound remains the same here despite the different number of vowels written: once you understand the fairly easy Dutch spelling rules it will be logical to you too.
Tulp click to hear ('tulip')
Als de lente komt, dan stuur ik jou tulpen uit Amsterdam. click to hear ('When Spring comes, [then] I'll send you tulips from Amsterdam.')
'UNDER CONSTRUCTION' I am not a flower person.

[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors 		[grapes]
food 		[a house]
the house 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[brooch]
jewelry 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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