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Lesson 7. Module 4 review

I can say a price, say what I like doing and what I like the taste of, say what I can do and what I'm allowed to do, describe a thing, and ask with welke — in new sentences.

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What we review

What we review

In this module you learned to shop, order at a restaurant, and choose clothes. Here is what to review: • prices: Hoeveel kost …? — in words: vier euro twintig; after a number euro, cent, kilo don't change (no English -s), but containers take the plural: twee flessen; • graag and how-often words come after the verb, or after the subject when the subject follows the verb; with niet, niet graag: ik zwem graag, ik fiets vaak; • wil, kan, moet, mag — and the second verb at the end; • kunnen — “can, be able to”, mogen — “may, be allowed to”; • graag — for doing things (ik eet graag), lekker vinden — for taste (ik vind … lekker); hij vindt; • -e before a noun, and no -e: de grote stad, een groot land; welk shirt, welke jas; De jas? Hij past. All the sentences below are new: remember the rule, not a line from the lesson. The module is over: now you can shop at the market and in stores, order at a restaurant, talk about hobbies, and choose clothes.
The module's two choices

“Can” and “may” are different verbs; “I like doing” and “I like the taste” are different constructions.

In EnglishIn DutchHow
can, know how tokunnenik kan, jij kunt
may, be allowed tomogenik mag
like doinggraagverb + graag
it tastes good to melekker vindenik vind … lekker
Modal verbs

In a question, jij has no -t: wil je? kun je? moet je? mag je?

Whowillenkunnenmoetenmogen
Iik wilik kanik moetik mag
you (informal)jij wilt / wiljij kunt / kanjij moetjij mag
you (formal)u wilt / wilu kunt / kanu moetu mag
he, shehij wilhij kanhij moethij mag
we, you (plural), theywij willenwij kunnenwij moetenwij mogen
-e or not

The -e is left off only with a singular het-word after een, geen, or no article.

Before the nounde-wordhet-wordPlural
with de / hetde grote stadhet grote landde grote steden
with eeneen grote stadeen groot land—
with geengeen grote stadgeen groot landgeen grote steden
with mijn, jouw…mijn grote stadmijn grote landmijn grote steden
no articlekoude melkkoud biergrote steden
Lesson notes
What we review
In this module you learned to shop, order at a restaurant, and choose clothes. Here is what to review: • prices: Hoeveel kost …? — in words: vier euro twintig; after a number euro, cent, kilo don't change (no English -s), but containers take the plural: twee flessen; • graag and how-often words come after the verb, or after the subject when the subject follows the verb; with niet, niet graag: ik zwem graag, ik fiets vaak; • wil, kan, moet, mag — and the second verb at the end; • kunnen — “can, be able to”, mogen — “may, be allowed to”; • graag — for doing things (ik eet graag), lekker vinden — for taste (ik vind … lekker); hij vindt; • -e before a noun, and no -e: de grote stad, een groot land; welk shirt, welke jas; De jas? Hij past. All the sentences below are new: remember the rule, not a line from the lesson. The module is over: now you can shop at the market and in stores, order at a restaurant, talk about hobbies, and choose clothes.