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A1 · Lesson 4 · Numbers & time

Days & telling time

Days of the week and what time it is.

Grammar

Hoe laat is het?

  • Full hours: Het is drie uur. (3:00)
  • Half points to the next hour: half vier = 3:30, not 4:30!
  • Kwart over drie = 3:15, kwart voor vier = 3:45.
  • Days of the week are written without a capital letter.
3:00drie uur
3:15kwart over drie
3:30half vier
3:45kwart voor vier
3:10tien over drie
Vocabulary

12 new words

  • maandag
    Monday
  • dinsdag
    Tuesday
  • woensdag
    Wednesday
  • donderdag
    Thursday
  • vrijdag
    Friday
  • zaterdag
    Saturday
  • zondag
    Sunday
  • vandaag
    today
  • morgen
    tomorrow
  • gisteren
    yesterday
  • de week
    week
  • het uur
    hour / o'clock
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Days of the week and months in Dutch (plus dates and seasons)

Dutch numbers, dates and telling the time

Al, nog and pas in Dutch, already, still, yet and only

Dutch prepositions of time: om, op, in, over and geleden