Understand spoken Dutch

"was" Practice Dutch lesson

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Was that decision overdone?

Was die beslissing overdreven?

Was anyone hurt?

Was er iemand gewond?

Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up

Tegen de avond bereikte het een kleine, armoedige boerenhut; deze was zo bouwvallig, dat zij zelf niet wist, naar welke kant zij zou vallen, en daarom bleef zij maar staan.

Tom’s house was easy to find.

Tom zijn huis was gemakkelijk te vinden.

Tom’s grandfather was a slave.

Toms grootvader was een slaaf.

Tom wasn’t satisfied with Mary’s answer.

Tom was niet tevreden met het antwoord van Mary.

Tom was one of the three who died in the attack.

Tom was één van de drie die stierven in de aanval.

Tom was my son.

Tom was mijn zoon.

Tom was my husband.

Tom was mijn echtgenoot.

Tom was my father.

Tom was mijn vader.

Tom told me that I was wasting my time.

Tom zei me dat ik mijn tijd aan het verspillen was.

Tom said he thought I was lazy.

Tom zei dat hij dacht dat ik lui was.

Tom assumed that it was free.

Tom ging ervan uit dat het gratis was.

This was the last major setback that the Dutch had to endure.

Dit was de laatste grote tegenslag die de Hollanders moesten verduren.

this village, I still know how it was

dit dorp, ik weet nog hoe het was

this one was larger and even more beautiful than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant’s.

deze was nog groter en prachtiger dan die, welke zij door de glazen deur bij de rijke koopman gezien had.

There was always something that was a bit not quite right.

Altijd was er iets, dat niet geheel in de haak was.

There was a lot to do.

Er was veel te doen.

their street was deserted

hun straat was uitgestorven

the wind tore them off, so they danced around, and up in the air it was ice cold

de wind rukte ze af, zodat zij in de rondte dansten, en boven in de lucht was het snerpend koud