McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 6
Sue doll dress new her
Sue pop jurk nieuw haar
let e u ew
laat e u ew
[Illustration: Two girls sitting by tree, playing with dolls.]
[Illustratie: Twee meisjes die bij een boom zitten en met poppen spelen.]
Sue has a doll.
Sue heeft een pop.
It has a new dress.
Ze heeft een nieuwe jurk.
She will let Ann hold the doll in her hands, and Ann will fan it.
Ze laat Ann de pop in haar handen houden, en Ann zal haar koelte toewuiven.
Sue is kind to Ann.
Sue is aardig voor Ann.
LESSON XVII.
LES XVII.
there five bird tree rob do
daar vijf vogel boom beroven doen
e i v
e i v
[Illustration: Cat watching bird and eggs in nest on tree top.]
[Illustratie: Kat die een vogel en eieren in een nest op een boomtop bespiedt.]
A bird is in the tree.
Een vogel zit in de boom.
It has a nest there.
Hij heeft daar een nest.
The nest has five eggs in it.
Het nest heeft vijf eieren erin.
Do not rob the nest.
Beroof het nest niet.
Will the bird let the cat get her five eggs?
Zal de vogel de kat haar vijf eieren laten pakken?
LESSON XVIII.
LES XVIII.
cage pet sing lives so loves
kooi huisdier zingen woont zo houdt van
o g ng
o g ng
[Illustration: Bird perched on girl's hand.]
[Illustratie: Vogel op de hand van een meisje.]
This is a pet bird.
Dit is een tamme vogel.
It lives in a new cage.
Hij woont in een nieuwe kooi.
It will stand on Sue's hand, and sing.
Hij zal op Sues hand staan en zingen.
Sue loves her pet bird.
Sue houdt van haar tamme vogel.
So do I love it.
Ik houd er ook van.
LESSON XIX.
LES XIX.
are you yes fast too
zijn jij ja snel ook
like boys of (ov) play
leuk vinden jongens van (van) spelen
a a y oy
a a y oy
[Illustration: Boys playing in snow by a canal. Town in background.]
[Illustratie: Jongens die in de sneeuw bij een kanaal spelen. Stad op de achtergrond.]
Do you see the boys at play?
Zie jij de jongens aan het spelen?
Yes, I see them; there are five of them.
Ja, ik zie ze; er zijn er vijf.
Tom is too fat to run fast.
Tom is te dik om snel te rennen.
Nat can catch him.
Nat kan hem inhalen.
I like to see boys play.
Ik vind het leuk om jongens te zien spelen.
LESSON XX.--REVIEW.
LES XX.--HERHALING.
Sue has a doll and a pet bird.
Sue heeft een pop en een tamme vogel.
Her doll has a new dress and a cap.
Haar pop heeft een nieuwe jurk en een muts.
Sue loves Mary, and will let her hold the doll.
Sue houdt van Mary en zal haar de pop laten vasthouden.
The pet bird lives in a cage.
De tamme vogel woont in een kooi.
Vocabulary
- pop
- A doll or puppet; toy figure
- jurk
- A dress, a one-piece garment for women or girls
- nieuw
- New, recently made or acquired
- haar
- Her or hair; possessive pronoun or body feature
- laat
- Late; or let, allow someone to do something
- u
- Formal you; polite second-person singular pronoun
- Illustratie
- Illustration; a picture accompanying a text
- Twee
- Two; the number 2
- meisjes
- Girls; plural of meisje, young female children
- die
- That or those; demonstrative or relative pronoun
- bij
- Near, by, at; common Dutch preposition
- een
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- boom
- A tree; tall woody plant
- zitten
- To sit; to be in a seated position
- en
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- met
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- poppen
- Dolls; plural of pop, toy figures
- spelen
- To play; engage in recreational activity
- heeft
- Has; third-person singular present of hebben
- Ze
- She or they; third-person pronoun
- nieuwe
- New; inflected form of nieuw used before nouns
- de
- The; definite article for common-gender nouns
- in
- In; basic preposition of location or time
- handen
- Hands; plural of hand, body part
- houden
- To hold or to keep; common Dutch verb
- zal
- Will; future auxiliary verb, first or third person
- koelte
- Coolness; pleasant cool air or breeze
- toewuiven
- To wave to someone; gesture of greeting or farewell
- is
- Is; third-person singular present of zijn, to be
- aardig
- Kind, nice; pleasant in manner or behavior
- voor
- For, before; versatile Dutch preposition
- LES
- Lesson; a unit of instruction or teaching
- daar
- There; adverb indicating a place or location
- vijf
- Five; the number 5
- vogel
- Bird; a feathered flying animal
- beroven
- To rob or deprive someone of something
- doen
- To do; to perform or carry out an action
- Kat
- Cat; a common domestic feline animal
- eieren
- Eggs; plural of ei, oval objects laid by birds
- nest
- Nest; a structure built by birds to lay eggs
- op
- On, up; preposition of position or direction
- boomtop
- Treetop; the uppermost part of a tree
- bespiedt
- Spies on, watches secretly; third-person singular present
- Een
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- zit
- Sits; third-person singular present of zitten
- Hij
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- Het
- It or the; neuter pronoun or definite article
- erin
- In it, inside it; directional pronoun combination
- Beroof
- Rob, deprive; imperative form of beroven
- het
- It or the; neuter definite article or pronoun
- niet
- Not; basic Dutch negation word
- Zal
- Will; future auxiliary verb form
- kat
- Cat; domestic feline animal
- laten
- To let, allow or leave; causative Dutch verb
- pakken
- To grab, take or catch something
- kooi
- Cage; an enclosure for keeping animals or birds
- huisdier
- Pet; a domesticated animal kept at home
- zingen
- To sing; to produce musical sounds with the voice
- woont
- Lives, resides; third-person singular of wonen
- zo
- So, thus, like this; common Dutch adverb
- houdt
- Holds or keeps; third-person singular of houden
- van
- Of, from; very common Dutch preposition
- Vogel
- Bird; a feathered flying animal
- hand
- Hand; the body part at the end of the arm
- meisje
- Girl; a young female child or person
- Dit
- This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby neuter nouns
- tamme
- Tame; inflected form of tam, domesticated or gentle
- staan
- To stand; to be in an upright position
- Ik
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- houd
- Hold; first-person singular present of houden
- er
- There, it; expletive or locative pronoun
- ook
- Also, too; additive adverb
- zijn
- To be; infinitive of the verb to be
- jij
- You; second-person singular informal subject pronoun
- ja
- Yes; affirmative response word
- snel
- Fast, quick; describing speed of movement
- leuk
- Fun, nice, enjoyable; common Dutch adjective
- vinden
- To find or to think, to have an opinion
- jongens
- Boys; plural of jongen, young male persons
- Jongens
- Boys; plural of jongen, young male persons
- sneeuw
- Snow; frozen precipitation that falls in white flakes
- kanaal
- Canal; an artificial waterway for navigation or drainage
- Stad
- City, town; an urban settlement or municipality
- achtergrond
- Background; the area or scenery behind the main subject
- Zie
- See; imperative or present tense of zien
- aan
- On, to, at; very common Dutch preposition
- Ja
- Yes; affirmative response word
- ik
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- zie
- See; first-person singular present of zien
- ze
- She, they or them; third-person pronoun
- te
- Too, to; used before infinitives or as intensifier
- dik
- Fat, thick; describing body size or object thickness
- om
- Around, in order to; preposition or conjunction
- rennen
- To run; to move quickly on foot
- Nat
- Wet; covered with or saturated by liquid
- kan
- Can, is able to; modal auxiliary verb
- hem
- Him; third-person singular masculine object pronoun
- inhalen
- To catch up with or overtake someone
- vind
- Find or think; first-person singular of vinden
- zien
- To see; to perceive with the eyes
- HERHALING
- Repetition, review; a section repeating earlier material
- Haar
- Her or hair; possessive pronoun or body feature
- muts
- Hat, cap; a knitted or fitted head covering
- vasthouden
- To hold on to, to keep firmly in one's grip
- De
- The; definite article for common-gender nouns
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