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A1 · Lesson 13 · Shopping

In the shop

Buy things, ask for prices and point at what you want.

Grammar

Deze, dit, die, dat

  • Deze and dit mean “this” (close by); die and dat mean “that” (further away).
  • Use deze / die with de-words and all plurals, dit / dat with singular het-words.
  • Dit is… and Dat is… also introduce anything: Dit zijn mijn kinderen.
thisthat
de-worddeze tasdie tas
het-worddit boekdat boek
pluraldeze tassendie tassen
Vocabulary

12 new words

  • winkelen
    to go shopping
  • kopen
    to buy
  • verkopen
    to sell
  • de prijs
    price
  • de kassa
    checkout / till
  • de tas
    bag
  • het bonnetje
    receipt
  • de aanbieding
    special offer
  • de korting
    discount
  • het geld
    money
  • open
    open
  • gesloten
    closed
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