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A2 · Lesson 81 · Going out

Film & culture

Films, theatre and exhibitions — and saying what you thought of them.

Grammar

Vond, meevallen & tegenvallen

  • Give an opinion about something in the past with vond / vonden (simple past of vinden): Ik vond de film spannend. Hoe vond je de voorstelling?
  • Tegenvallen = to be disappointing (worse than expected). Meevallen = to be better than expected. The thing is the subject: De film viel tegen. Het concert viel mee.
  • Both are separable and take zijn in the perfect: Het is meegevallen. De voorstelling is tegengevallen.
  • Add a person with me, je, hem…: Het boek viel me tegen. (I was disappointed by the book.)
presentpastperfect
vindenik vindik vondik heb gevonden
meevallenhet valt meehet viel meehet is meegevallen
tegenvallenhet valt tegenhet viel tegenhet is tegengevallen
Vocabulary

12 new words

  • de film
    film / movie
  • de bioscoop
    cinema
  • de voorstelling
    performance / show
  • het theater
    theatre
  • de tentoonstelling
    exhibition
  • de kunst
    art
  • het schilderij
    painting
  • aanraden
    to recommend
  • de recensie
    review
  • spannend
    exciting / tense
  • meevallen
    to be better than expected
  • tegenvallen
    to be disappointing
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