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en The time   »   nl De tijd

8 [eight]

The time

The time

8 [acht]

De tijd

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Excuse me! N-e---e -i-t-k-a-ij-! N___ m_ n___ k_______ N-e- m- n-e- k-a-i-k- --------------------- Neem me niet kwalijk! 0
What time is it, please? W----u miss-h--n ho- -aat ----is? W___ u m________ h__ l___ h__ i__ W-e- u m-s-c-i-n h-e l-a- h-t i-? --------------------------------- Weet u misschien hoe laat het is? 0
Thank you very much. Hart-lijk----k. H________ d____ H-r-e-i-k d-n-. --------------- Hartelijk dank. 0
It is one o’clock. H----- ----uur. H__ i_ e__ u___ H-t i- e-n u-r- --------------- Het is een uur. 0
It is two o’clock. H-- is--wee-u-r. H__ i_ t___ u___ H-t i- t-e- u-r- ---------------- Het is twee uur. 0
It is three o’clock. H-- i--dri- ---. H__ i_ d___ u___ H-t i- d-i- u-r- ---------------- Het is drie uur. 0
It is four o’clock. H-- is-vie-----. H__ i_ v___ u___ H-t i- v-e- u-r- ---------------- Het is vier uur. 0
It is five o’clock. H----s--ij---ur. H__ i_ v___ u___ H-t i- v-j- u-r- ---------------- Het is vijf uur. 0
It is six o’clock. H-- -- -e-----. H__ i_ z__ u___ H-t i- z-s u-r- --------------- Het is zes uur. 0
It is seven o’clock. H-t -s ---en ---. H__ i_ z____ u___ H-t i- z-v-n u-r- ----------------- Het is zeven uur. 0
It is eight o’clock. H-t--s ac---uu-. H__ i_ a___ u___ H-t i- a-h- u-r- ---------------- Het is acht uur. 0
It is nine o’clock. Het -s-nege- uu-. H__ i_ n____ u___ H-t i- n-g-n u-r- ----------------- Het is negen uur. 0
It is ten o’clock. H-- -s-ti-n ---. H__ i_ t___ u___ H-t i- t-e- u-r- ---------------- Het is tien uur. 0
It is eleven o’clock. He- is--l----r. H__ i_ e__ u___ H-t i- e-f u-r- --------------- Het is elf uur. 0
It is twelve o’clock. He- is tw-a---uur. H__ i_ t_____ u___ H-t i- t-a-l- u-r- ------------------ Het is twaalf uur. 0
A minute has sixty seconds. Een mi-uut-he-ft z-s-i----c-n---. E__ m_____ h____ z_____ s________ E-n m-n-u- h-e-t z-s-i- s-c-n-e-. --------------------------------- Een minuut heeft zestig seconden. 0
An hour has sixty minutes. Een--------ft z-------in--en. E__ u__ h____ z_____ m_______ E-n u-r h-e-t z-s-i- m-n-t-n- ----------------------------- Een uur heeft zestig minuten. 0
A day has twenty-four hours. Een -a--h-eft vieren--i-t---u--. E__ d__ h____ v____________ u___ E-n d-g h-e-t v-e-e-t-i-t-g u-r- -------------------------------- Een dag heeft vierentwintig uur. 0

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Language families

About 7 billion people live on Earth. And they speak about 7,000 different languages! Like people, languages can also be related. That is, they originate from a common root. There are also languages that are completely isolated. They are not genetically related to any other language. In Europe, for example, Basque is considered an isolated language. But most languages have ‘parents’, ‘children’ or ‘siblings’. They belong to a particular language family. You can recognize how similar languages are through comparisons. Linguists today count around 300 genetic entities. Among those, there are 180 families that consist of more than one language. The rest make up 120 isolated languages. The largest language family is the Indo-European. It is comprised of around 280 languages. This includes Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages. There are more than 3 billion speakers on all continents! The Sino-Tibetan language family is dominant in Asia. It has more than 1.3 billion speakers. The main Sino-Tibetan language is Chinese. The third largest language family is in Africa. It is named after its area of circulation: Niger-Congo. ‘Only’ 350 million speakers belong to it. Swahili is the main language in this family. In most cases: the closer the relationship, the better the understanding. People who speak related languages understand each other well. They can learn the other language relatively quickly. So, learn languages – family reunions are always nice!
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