Bij de huisarts

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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Dutch after the move

Words

73

Sentences

14

Words per sentence

5.2

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A2

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

• Ik hoest al drie dagen

  English says “I have been coughing for three days”; Dutch uses the plain present with al: Ik hoest al drie dagen. Al, ooit, nog nooit: when to use the perfect →

• U moet veel drinken · Mag ik werken

  Advice and permission with a modal verb and the infinitive at the end: U moet veel drinken, Mag ik werken? Kunnen, moeten, willen, mogen →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 6 of the 58 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• blijven

  to stay, to remain

  A2

• de verkoudheid

  cold

  A2

• luisteren

  to listen

  A2

• opnieuw

  once more, afresh

  A2

• rusten

  to rest

  A2

• weggaan

  to go away, to leave

  A2

The word lists for this text

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The verbs on this page, in every form: zijn · doen · mogen · hebben · gaan · moeten · kunnen · werken · luisteren · hoesten

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.