"It was summer, the corn was ripe, the hay stood on the green pastures and the stork was walking on its long, red legs and talking Egyptian; because he had learned this language from his mother." Practice Dutch lesson

Recording	English	Dutch	Status
	the	de
	the (neutral)	het
	and	en
	it	het
	he	hij
	was	was
	his	zijn
	on	op
	from	van
	this; these	deze
	had (singular)	had
	at	aan
	mother	moeder
	because	want
	green (long form)	groene
	red (long form)	rode
	ran	liep
	legs (animal or inanimate objects)	poten
	long (long form)	lange
	stood	stond