[rainbow]
weather 		[cows]
animals 		[tree]
trees 		[rose]
flowers 		[park]
parks 		[garden]
yard 		[bus]
traffic 		[a building]
buildings

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[The Face of Dutch]

Dutch Everyday: The Outdoors

buitenshuis click to hear - 2 ('outside the house')

['polder' - reclaimed land]
(de) polder click to hear 2 'polder' (reclaimed land)
(de) dijk click to hear dike, levee
(de) sloot click to hear ditch
(de) molen click to hear windmill
(het) gemaal click to hear pumping station
(het) kanaal click to hear canal, channel
het nieuwe land click to hear the new, reclaimed land
[ditch] [ditch] [wet fields] [wet fields]
[Santa in The Reclaimed Land]
Sinterklaas in De Polder click to hear - 2 		[modern windmill]
moderne windmolen click to hear
[mountain]
berg click to hear		 [mountain path]
bergpad click to hear		 [river]
rivier click to hear
[lake]
meer click to hear		 [vijver]
vijver click to hear		 [waterfall]
waterval click to hear		 [fountain
fontein 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) berg
(de) rivier
(de) vallei
hear 		(montain)
(river)
(valley)
 (de) berg
(de) rivier
(het) meer
hear 		(montain)
(river)
(lake)
 (de) stroomversnelling
(de) waterval
(de) fontein
hear 		(rapids)
(waterfall)
(fountain)
 (het) meer
(de) vijver
(het) zwembad
hear 		(lake)
(pond)
(swimming pool)

'City canal' is gracht click to hear
Amsterdam tour guides sometimes come up with the Dutch tongue-twister
"achtentachtig prachtige grachten" click to hear - 2 ('88 wonderful canals.')
A longer variation:
"Smachtend dacht ik aan de prachtige nachten tussen d(i)e achtentachtig grachten" - click to hear - 2
('Full of longing I was thinking of the wonderful nights in the city of 88 canals.')
Er zijn geen bergen in Nederland click to hear
There are no mountains (bergen click to hear - 2) in Holland. The highest point in the country is about 300 meters (1000 feet) above sea level. Still, many Dutch hills have the word berg in their names, like the about 40 meter (120 feet) high Hinkelseberg click to hear - 2 and Wageningse berg click to hear - 2 of my home town.
Meer click to hear ('lake') also means 'more': meer vrijheid click to hear - 2 ('more freedom')
The mountain, lake, river and fountain pictures are by Siem & Monique Sipma

[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 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities 		[a 50s radio]
days of old

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