A1 · Lesson 7 · Food & drink

Food

Everyday food and plurals.

Grammar

Making plurals

Most nouns add -en: boek → boeken.
Nouns ending in -el, -er, -en, -je and many loanwords add -s: appel → appels, tafel → tafels.
Watch the spelling: a long vowel in an open syllable is written once: boot → boten; a short vowel doubles the consonant: kat → katten.
Some are irregular: kind → kinderen, ei → eieren.

Vocabulary

12 new words

het brood
bread
de kaas
cheese
de melk
milk
het water
water
de koffie
coffee
de thee
tea
de appel
apple
het ei
egg
de boter
butter
de aardappel
potato
de groente
vegetables
het fruit
fruit

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