A1 · Lesson 14 · Shopping
Clothes & colours
Describe what people wear and try things on.
Grammar
Colours as adjectives
- Colours follow the normal adjective rule: add -e before a noun — de rode jas, het rode overhemd, rode schoenen.
- No -e after een + het-word: een rood overhemd.
- After the verb there's no ending: De jas is rood.
- Spelling: rood → rode (one o in an open syllable), wit → witte (double t after a short vowel).
- Trying on: Mag ik dit passen? · Size: Welke maat heeft u?
Vocabulary
12 new words
- de broektrousers
- de jascoat
- de jurkdress
- de truijumper / sweater
- de schoenshoe
- het overhemdshirt
- roodred
- blauwblue
- groengreen
- zwartblack
- witwhite
- geelyellow
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