Wat wil je later worden?
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What do you want to be when you grow up? (asked of children) |
| Ik werk bij ...
2 |
I work at ... |
| Ik ben in dienst van ...
|
I am employed by ... |
| Ik moet om acht uur op m'n werk zijn
2
3
|
I have to be at work at 8
('at work' - on the job, at the place
where I work) |
| Hij is bij de Marine
2 |
He's in the Navy |
| Hij zit in het leger
2
3
|
He [sits] is in the Army |
| Ik ben verpleegster
|
I am a nurse (female) |
| Ik ben verpleger
|
I am a nurse (male) |
| Ik ben verpleegkundige
|
I am a nurse (male or female, but a bit formal) |
| Ik ben een verpleger bij ...
|
I am a (male) nurse with ... [hospital, organisation] |
| Zij is een zangeres
|
She is a [lady] singer |
| Ze ziet eruit als een filmster
|
She looks like a movie star |
| Ze lijkt wel een filmster
|
She almost looks like a movie star |
| Ze bleken oplichters te zijn
2
|
It turned out they were crooks |
| |
| Laten we aan het werk gaan
2 |
Let's get to work, let's start working |
| or short: aan 't werk!
2
3 |
to work! get busy! |
| aan de slag!
2
|
to work! get busy! |
| aan de gang!
2
|
to work! get busy! |
| Hij werkt hard
|
He's working hard |
| We moesten hard werken
|
We had to work hard |
| |
| Ik werk me te pletter
2 |
I'm working very hard |
| Ik werk me een ongeluk
2
3 |
I'm working ["myself an accident"] very hard |
| Ik werk me 'n ongeluk
2
|
I'm working ["myself an accident"]
very hard
The expressions above usually indicate a contrast, like
that the hard work is no use or
doesn't bring in much of an income, or
that other people are taking it easy |
| |
| Hij gooit er met de pet naar
2
3
|
[He's throwing his cap at it]
He's not making a serious effort |
| Die week moet ik werken
|
That week I have to work, that week I'll be working |
| Hoe gaat 't op je werk?
|
How are things at work? |
| Hoe gaat 't met je werk?
|
How is your job? |
| Waar ben je mee bezig?
2
|
What are you working on, what are you doing? |
| Ik ben met iets anders bezig
2
3
|
I'm working on, busy with something else |
| Ik heb een lang gesprek met m'n baas gehad.
|
I had a long talk with my boss. |
| OR: m'n professor
|
'my professor' (colloquial)
|
| Ik heb gesolliciteerd bij de gemeente.
|
I've applied for a job with the City. |
| Hij is terecht ontslagen
2
|
[He was justly fired]
- His firing was justified |
| Ik heb 'm aan een
baan geholpen
2
3
4
|
I [helped him find] got him a job |
| |
| 't Is bewerkelijk
2
3
4 |
"It's a lot of work" |
| Wat is het meeste werk?
2
3
|
What is the most work? |
| Wat is het minste werk?
2
3
|
What is the least work? |
| 'n hele klus
2
3
|
quite a big job, a rather big undertaking |
| Er is nog veel werk
2 |
There's still a lot of work (to be done) |
Er moet nog hard gewerkt
worden
|
"There's still [hard] a lot of work
that needs to be done" |
| Er is nog veel te doen
2 |
There's still much to be done,
there' still much that needs to be done |
| Er is nog zoveel te doen!
2
3
4 |
There's still so much that needs to be done! |
| Laat ik dat eerst even doen
2 |
Let me do that first, before all other things |
| Je hebt er een hoop werk aan
2
3 |
It's a lot of work for you, it's a big job |
| Je bent er maar druk mee
2
3 |
[It keeps you busy] It's a big job,
you're spending a lot of
time on it |
| Ik besteed veel tijd aan m'n website
2
3
|
I'm spending a lot of time (working)
on my website |
| 't Gaat goed
|
It's going well
(can be used for both persons and jobs) |
| twee uur werk
|
2 hours of work, a two-hour job |
| 't Is hoogstens een uur werk
2 |
It's one hour of work at most |
| een mooi stukje werk
2
3
4
|
a nice piece of work, a job well done |
| |
| Wanneer is 't klaar?
2
3 |
When [is] will it be ready? |
| als 't meezit ...
|
If things go well, if things work out,
if we're lucky ... |
| Als 't meezit is het morgen klaar
|
If things work out well it will be ready tomorrow |
| als 't tegenzit ...
|
if it doesn't go well, if we're not lucky,
if things don't work out ... |
| Als 't tegenzit kan 't nog wel een week duren
|
If things don't work out, it may take a week |
| Ik ben bang dat 't nog niet klaar is
|
I'm afraid it's not ready yet |
| 't Is klaar
|
It's ready |
| Het is bijna klaar
|
It's almost ready |
| Ben je klaar?
|
Are you ready? |
| Klaar? ... Af!
|
Ready? ... Go! (race start) |
| Zou 't lukken?
2 |
Is it going to work out, will it be successful? |
| Lukt 't 'n beetje?
2
3 |
[Is it going somewhat well?] How is it going?
(said when there seems to be a problem) |
| Dat lukt me nooit
|
I will ['never'] not be able to do that,
I won't be able to pull that off |
| Dat lukt je nooit
2
|
ou'll ['never'] not be able to do that |
| 't Wil maar niet lukken
2
3
|
We/I can't get it right |
| |
| Woon je ver van je werk?
|
Do you live far (away) from your work? |
| Ga je op de fiets naar je werk?
|
Do you ride your bike to work? |
| Kun je op de fiets naar je werk?
|
Can you ride your bike to work? |
| Hoe is de koffie op je werk?
|
How is the coffee at work? |
| |
| Wie heeft hier de leiding?
|
Who's in charge here? |
| Wie heeft er hier de leiding?
|
Who's in charge here? |
| De Vries is de baas.
|
DeVries is the boss. |
| |
| Ik had geen werk
|
I didn't have a job, I was unemployed |
| Hij zit in de bijstand
2 |
He's on welfare |
| Krijg je een uitkering?
2
3
|
Do you get an allowance? |
| Kun je ervan rondkomen?
|
Can you get by on it?
Is it enough to live on? |
| Ze werken al twintig jaar samen
|
They've been working together for 20 years (already) |
| Toch konden ze goed samenwerken
|
Still, they worked well together |
| |
| Ga meteen je huiswerk maken
|
Do your homework right away |
| Maak eerst je huiswerk af
|
First, finish your homework |
| Hoewel hij hard gewerkt
had, zakte hij voor het examen
|
Although he had worked hard,
he failed the test |
| |
| Minder werk voor minder mensen
2
|
Less work for fewer people |
| Dat is te veel werk
2
|
That's too much work |
| Als je het werk snel doet
krijg je meer geld
2
3
|
When you do the work quickly
you'll get more money |
| |
Harder werken aan Nederlands leren
|
Work harder on learning Dutch
(a New Year's resolution) |
| Dutch 'werken'
can - like English 'to work' - also mean 'to be effective' or refer to
the mechanics of a procedure or process:
|
| 't Werkt niet
2
3 |
It doesn't work,
it's not effective, it doesn't work out |
| Hoe werkt 't?
2 |
How does it work? How does it go? |
| Zo werkt dat niet
2
3
|
It doesn't 'work' that way |
| Ik begrijp niet hoe 't werkt
2
|
I don't understand how it works |
| Ik ben moe
2 |
I'm tired |
| Ik ben erg moe
2 |
I am very tired |
| Ik ben verschrikkelijk moe
2 |
I am terribly tired |
| uitgeput
2
|
|
| (het) pensioen
|
pension, retirement income
>> |
| met pensioen gaan
2
3 |
to retire
->>gaan |
| Hij gaat met pensioen
2
3
|
He is retiring, he'll retire soon |
| Hij is met pensioen gegaan
2
3
|
He has retired |
| Hij is met pensioen
2
|
He is retired |
| ophouden met werken
2
|
to stop working |
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