Language
Dutch
CEFR Level
A0
Theme
Alfabet
Linked course
Dutch A0

Core words

Story

Finn en de speciale ij

  1. Het is avond in de kinderkamer.

    It's evening in the children's room.

  2. Er zijn zachte sterren op de lamp.

    There are soft stars on the lamp.

  3. Finn kijkt in een alfabetboek en hij wil de ij vinden.

    Finn looks in an alphabet book and he wants to find the IJ.

  4. Hij ziet een i, en hij ziet een j, maar hij weet het niet zeker.

    He sees an i, and he sees a j, but he is not sure.

  5. Finn fluistert: Is dit de ij?

    Finn whispers, 'Is this the ij?'

  6. Noor komt erbij en lacht zacht.

    Noor joins in and smiles softly.

  7. Noor zegt: Kijk, daar staat 'ijs'.

    Noor says, 'Look, it says ice there.'

  8. De ij is samen als twee vriendjes.

    The 'ij' is together like two little friends.

  9. Je kan het zien in 'ijs' en in 'blij', zegt Noor.

    You can see it in 'ice' and in 'happy', says Noor.

  10. Mama zit op het bed en knikt, warm en trots.

    Mama sits on the bed and nods, warm and proud.

  11. Finn pakt een potlood en schrijft IJ groot, langzaam en netjes.

    Finn picks up a pencil and writes IJ in big letters, slowly and neatly.

  12. Hij zegt zacht: Ik kan het, de ij, en hij gaapt en kruipt onder de deken.

    He says softly, 'I can do it,' then he yawns and crawls under the blanket.

  13. De lamp dimt, en de ij danst nog zacht in zijn hoofd.

    The lamp dims, and the 'ij' still dances softly in his head.

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