[bicycle]
bicycles 		[rainbow]
weather 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[cows]
animals 		[tree]
trees 		[garden]
yard 		[lightswitch]
electricity 		[a building]
buildings

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[The Face of Dutch]

Dutch Everyday: Traffic and Transportation 2

verkeer click to hear (traffic) - vervoer click to hear (transportation) - openbaar vervoer click to hear (public transportation)

[bus]
bus click to hear		 [bus]
bus click to hear		 [bus]
bus click to hear		 [truck]
vrachtauto click to hear = vrachtwagen click to hear
[streetcar]
tram click to hear		 [streetcar]
tram click to hear		 [car]
auto click to hear
[train]
trein click to hear		 [train at railroad crossing]
trein click to hear		 [railroad crossing]
spoorwegovergang click to hear		 [route sign]
richtingaanwijzer click to hear - 2 = wegwijzer click to hear
[rowboat]
roeiboot click to hear		 [a small boat]
bootje click to hear		 [ship]
schip click to hear
[airplane]
vliegtuig click to hear		 [gas station]
benzinestation 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) auto
(de) vrachtwagen
(de) bus
(de) tram
(de) trein
hear 		(car)
(truck)
(bus)
(streetcar)
(train)
 (de) boot
(het) schip
(het) vliegtuig
hear - 2 		(boat)
(ship)
(airplane)
 (de) benzine
(de) diesel
(de) olie
hear 		(gasoline)
(diesel)
(oil)
[traffic (cars)]
verkeer click to hear (auto's click to hear)
'tram' click to hear is an English word.
Benzinestation click to hear ('gas station') often is pronounced a bit lazier, less precise, as Benzinestasjon' click to hear - the TI turning into SJ, and the A goes from long to short.
A boot click to hear ('boat') is smaller than a schip click to hear ('ship.') A zeilboot click to hear - 2 ('sailboat') is for sport and holds usually only a few people, while a zeilschip click to hear ('sailing ship') is one of those tall ships that sailed the seven seas from the 16th to the 19th Century.
Now the plural of schip click to hear ('ship') is schepen click to hear ('ships') and the diminutive is scheepje click to hear ('little ship.') A few of the old, old words have irregularites like that.
To make it even more interesting, medieval towns had law officers called schepenen click to hear, singular schepen click to hear. The council of Schout en Schepenen click to hear was both a police department and a court of justice. We still find that word schout in schout-bij-nacht click to hear ('rear admiral.')
'Spare tire' is reserveband click to hear
The truck picture is by Siem & Monique Sipma

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colors 		[grapes]
food 		[a house]
the house 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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