Language
Dutch
CEFR Level
A0
Theme
Dagelijks: dingen leven
Linked course
Dutch A0

Core words

Story

Sem maakt een leeshoek

  1. Het is avond in de woonkamer.

    It's evening in the living room.

  2. Sem wil een boek lezen.

    Sem wants to read a book.

  3. Hij kijkt naar de sofa.

    He looks at the sofa.

  4. Er is een kussen, maar de lamp is ver.

    There is a pillow, but the lamp is far away.

  5. Aan de tafel is het licht goed, maar de stoel is hard.

    The light at the table is good, but the chair is hard.

  6. Mijn bed is in mijn kamer, denkt Sem, maar ik wil hier lezen.

    My bed is in my room, Sem thinks, but I want to read here.

  7. Mama Noor komt zacht de woonkamer binnen.

    Mama Noor comes quietly into the living room.

  8. We kunnen hier lezen, zegt ze.

    We can read here, she says.

  9. Ze zet de lamp naast Sem en schuift de tafel dichterbij.

    She puts the lamp next to Sem and pushes the table closer.

  10. Sem heeft een warm dekentje en zijn boek.

    Sem has a warm blanket and his book.

  11. Hij leest en glimlacht.

    He reads and smiles.

  12. De woonkamer is stil, en Mama fluistert: Het is goed zo.

    The living room is quiet, and Mama whispers, 'That's fine.'

  13. Sem sluit het boek en dommelt in op de sofa.

    Sem closes the book and dozes off on the sofa.

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