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emergency preparedness |
Temperature | |
Doctors, Clinic | |
Nurses | |
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Diseases, Symptoms, Treatment | |
Body Parts | |
Pregnancy | |
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Pain, Sick, Tired | |
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Medical Conversations Template |
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degrees Celsius graden Celsius ![]() |
36.9 zesendertig negen ![]() |
(de) koorts
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35 vijfendertig ![]() |
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health - (de) gezondheid
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healthy - gezond
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sick, ill - ziek
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disease, illness - (de) ziekte
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Get well! - beterschap!
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(wishing you) strength - sterkte
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family doctor, primary care physician, general practitioner
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I don't feel well | Ik voel me niet lekker
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I'm sick | Ik ben ziek
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I have a cold | Ik ben verkouden
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I am cold | Ik heb 't koud
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Did you take the temperature? ?? | Heeft U (de) temperatuur opgenomen?
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Do you have a fever? | Heeft U koorts?
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Are you feeling better? | Voel je je beter?
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I have a fever | Ik heb koorts
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I have a high fever | Ik heb hoge koorts
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I have a temperature | Ik heb verhoging
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I have the flu | Ik heb griep
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I feel like I have the flu | Ik voel me grieperig
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More medical conversations below
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Numbers - More Dimensions |
![]() thermometers ![]() singular: (de) thermometer ![]() |
![]() pillen ![]() singular: (de) pil ![]() |
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![]() kruik ![]() |
![]() (de) pols ![]() |
![]() (de) hand ![]() |
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![]() (de) nagel ![]() |
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![]() Ik zit in 't gips ![]() [I'm in plaster] - I have a cast |
![]() (de) blaar ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Ik heb m'n vinger gekneusd ![]() I've bruised (injured) my finger |
Lichaamsdelen
('body parts') -
(het) orgaan
2 ('organ'
- plural: organen
)
- but the music 'organ' is (het) orgel
The human (and horse) 'head' is
(het) hoofd
,
while animals have a
(de) kop
.
Likewise, humans (and horses) have
benen
2
'legs' - singular: (het) been
2
3
4
('leg')
'bones' are botten
singular: (het) bot
Animals (and tables and chairs) have
poten
for legs -
singular: (de) poot
Humans' mouth is (de) mond
-
while animals, including horses have bekken
- singular (de) bek
(think of: 'beak')
(de) arm
('arm') - the Dutch word also means 'poor' (also both not rich and pitiable)
- plural: armen
2
(de) elleboog
('elbow') - plural:
ellebogen
2 -
(de) schouder
('shoulder') - plural:
schouders
bovenbenen
('upper legs') -
(de) onderarm
('lower arm')
(de) knie
('knee' - do notice that K is pronounced) - plural:
knieën
2
(de) kuit
2 ('calf, lower leg')
- (de) enkel
('ankle') - plural:
enkels
2
(de) voet
('foot') - plural:
voeten
2
('feet')
(de) teen
('toe')
- plural: tenen
('toes')
- (de) grote teen
('big toe')
(de) ruggengraat
('backbone, spine') -
(de) rug
- ('back') and (de) graat
2
is usually 'fish bone'
- wervels
('vertebrae')
- (het) sleutelbeen
2
('collarbone')
(de) rib
2
('rib') -
ribben
2
('ribs') - rib / ribben
2
(de) ribbenkast
2
('ribcage')
(het) bekken
('pelvis')
- (de) heup
('hip')
- (de) lies
2
('crotch,' where the leg joins the body)
(de) dij / dijen
('thigh, thighs') -
(de) bil / billen
('buttock, buttocks') -
(de) rondingen
2
3
('curves')
(het) netvlies
2
('retina') -
(het) hoornvlies
('cornea')
(de) wenkbrauw
2
('eyebrow') - plural:
(de) wenkbrauwen
-
(de) wimpers
2
('eyelashes')
(de) blinde vlek
2
3
('blind spot')
Tanden
(singular: (de) tand
)
are only the 'front teeth'
the back teeth ('molars'?) are
kiezen
- the singular is
(de) kies
verstandskiezen
2
3
'wisdom teeth' -
(de) hoektand
2
3
['corner tooth'] incisor
'kiezen' is also a verb meaning 'to choose.'
kauwen
2
('to chew')
- (de/het) kauwgom
('chewing gum') -
tandarts
2
('dentist') -
tandartsassistente
2
3
('dentist's assistant' - female)
(de) kaak
2
3
('jaw') - (de) kaakchirurg
2
('oral surgeon')
(De) kiespijn
('toothache') - (de) zenuwbehandeling
(['nerve treatment'] - 'root canal (treatment)')
(de) bovenkaak
2
3
('upper jaw') - (de) onderkaak
2
3
('lower jaw')
(het) voorhoofd
2
(['head front'] - 'brow')
- (de) voorhoofdsholte
(['brow cavity'] - 'sinus')
(de) voorhoofdsholteontsteking
2
3
('sinus infection')
(de) blaas
2
('bladder') -
(de) gal
('gall') -
(de) galblaas
2
('gall bladder')
(het) lichaam
('human body' - or use English 'body') - (het) lijk
('corpse, dead human body')
(het) kadaver
2
3
/ (het) karkas
2
3
('cadaver, usually: dead animal body')
(de) lijkschouwing
2
3
(['corpse deep-viewing'] - 'autopsy')
(de) bloeddruk
2
3
blood pressure
(de) bloedgroep
2
3
('blood group, blood type')
O
2
('letter O')
A
B
AB
2
3
negatief
2
3
- positief
2
3
(de) trombose
2
3
(thrombosis, blood clotting)
(de) spier
2
('muscle') - plural: spieren
2
3
('muscles')
verrekken
2
3
('to overstretch, strain')
Ik heb een spiertje verrekt
2
3
('I have overstretched, strained a muscle')
(de) migraine (French)
2
('migraine')
(de) kater
2
('hangover' - also: 'male cat') -
ik voelde me katterig
('I had a hangover') - also said of having the flu. Doesn't it
feel about the same?
(de) hondsdolheid
([dogs' craziness] 'rabies') -
een dolle hond
2
('a rabid dog')
tetanus
2
('tetanus')
(de) adem
breath
ademhalen
2
3
4
5
to breathe
(de) ademhaling
2
breath, breathing
adembenemend
breathtaking, astonishing, awe-inspiring
niezen
2
3
('to sneeze') -
"Gezondheid!"
("Bless you!")
In het Nederlands
zeggen we 'gezondheid!' als
iemand niest
In Dutch we say 'gezondheid!' when somebody sneezes
hoesten
2
('to cough')
(de) hoestbui
2
('coughing fit') -
(de) hoest
('cough')
kuchen
2
('to cough softly' - clearing your throat) -
2
3
(de) kuch
('a soft cough' - also: "soldiers' bread")
(de) boer
('burp'
x
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x
- also: 'farmer,' and 'jack' in cards)
(de) wind
2
('fart' - also:
'wind') -
een wind laten
2
('to fart')
puistjes
2
('acne') -
meeëter
('acne pimple')
(de) jeuk
('itch')
- krabben
('to scratch')
(de) wrat
2 ('wart')
- in Dutch, W before R is pronounced as V
(de) rimpel
2
('wrinkle') -
(het) eelt
2
3
4
('calluses, hardened skin')
hygiëne
2
3
('hygiene') -
hygiënisch
2
('hygienic') -
steriel
2
('sterile')
snoezelen
a sensory stimulation therapy - a made-up word combination of
snuffelen
('to playfully explore') and
doezelen
2
('to doze, to be half-awake, half-asleep,') probably reinforced by
English 'to snooze'
- (de) snoezelkamer
2
('snoezelen room')
blind
2
('blind') -
doof
2
('deaf') -
doofstom
('deaf-mute') is an especially unpleasant word,
because stom
2
also means 'stupid'
(de) verlamming
('paralysis' - think of: 'lame')
verlamd
2
- (lam
lame, paralyzed)
bedlegerig
bedridden
(de) handicap (English)
2
3
- disability
Ik heb een handicap
2
('I have a disability')
(de) wond
('wound, injury') /
(de) verwonding
('wound, injury')
(het) lichamelijk letsel
2
('bodily harm') -
ernstig
2
('serious')
(het) litteken
2
3
('scar, mark')
(de) blessure
2
('sports injury') -
hij is geblesseerd
2
("he has sustained a sports injury")
gekneusd
2
3
'bruised'
bont en blauw
2
([multicolored and blue] - 'black and blue') -
blauw oog
2
('black eye' - injured)
(de) zonnesteek
2
3
('sunstroke, heatstroke')
Kanker
2
('cancer')
- (het) tumor
('tumor, growth')
- (het) gezwel
2
3
('swelling, lump, growth')
goedaardig
2
3
('benign') -
kwaadaardig
2
3
4
('malignant')
(de) leukemie
2
3
('leukemia')
(het) reuma
3
4
((de) artritis
2
3)
arthritis - (de) jicht
2
3
gout
(het) vergif
2
('poison') -
(de) vergiftiging
2
3
('poisoning')
(de) voedselvergiftiging
2
('food poisoning,' "stomach flu"
- buikgriep
2 'stomach flu')
- (de) bloedvergiftiging
('blood poisoning, septicaemia') -
(de) blikvergiftiging
2
3
(['tin can poisoning'] - when you leave food in an opened can metals
dissolve into the food)
overgeven
2 and
braken
2
3
are 'to vomit, to throw up.' My mother used to say
spugen
2
but that's more commonly 'to spit'
(het) braaksel
2
('vomit' - the product)
behandelen
2
('to treat')
- (de) behandeling
('treatment')
genezen
2
3
('to cure,' "heal")
- (de) genezing
2
3
('recovery,' "healing")
(de) therapie
2
3
('therapy')
(de) therapeut
2
3
('therapist')
beterschap!
('get well!')
(de) incubatietijd
2
('incubation period') - the time span between (de)
besmetting
2
('infection, contagion')
and the first symptomen
2
('symptoms') - singular:
(het) symptoom
2
(de) infectie
('infection, contamination')
- (het) vaccin
2
(French) - 'vaccine'
(de) quarantaine
2
(quarantine)
(het) mondkapje
2
3
[mouth cap] - 'face mask'
(de) injectie
2
3
injection, 'shot'
- (de) injectienaald
2
hypodermic needle, syringe
the 'common' word for 'injection' is (de) prik
2
- (de) griepprik
'flu shot'
(de) immunisering
2
((de) immunisatie
2
3)
immunization - immuun
2
3
4
immune
inenten
2
3
to inoculate, vaccinate, inject with vaccine or other preventative medicine
Ik ben ingeënt
2
3
slow
I've been vaccinated
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(de) prikspijt
2
3
remorse at immunization
(either at getting or not having gotten it)
Kinderziektes
2
('childhood diseases' - also: 'problems with a new product')
mazelen
2
('measles') -
de bof
2
('mumps')
kinkhoest
2
('whooping cough, pertussis') -
difterie
2
('diphteria')
roodvonk
2
3
['red spark'] ('scarlet fever') -
rode hond
2
['red dog'] ('German measles, rubella')
kinderverlamming
2
3
('childhood paralysis - polio')
(de) koorts
2
('fever')
(de) verhoging
('a slight fever, a temperature')
koortsig
2
3
('feverish, having a fever' - literally)
koortsachtig
2
3
('feverish, frantic')
ijlen
2
3
(feverish nonsense-talking // 'to hurry')
astma-aanval
2
(3)
('asthma attack')
brandend maagzuur
2
['burning stomach-acid'] - 'heartburn'
verslaafd
2
('addicted' - literally: 'enslaved') -
verslavend
2
3
4
5
('addictive') -
(de) verslaving
('addiction')
onthoudingsverschijnselen
2
/or/ ontwenningsverschijnselen
2
withdrawal symptoms
In Dutch, the English word 'drugs' is used for mind-altering illegal
substances, and you may find some reluctance with Dutchmen speaking
English to use the word 'drugs' for legal medication. The Dutch word
for 'medicines, medication, drugs' is
geneesmiddelen
2 or
more colloquially medicijnen
2
bijwerkingen
2
('side effects')
- (de) bijsluiter
2
(['included item'] - information sheet that comes with medication)
(de) pijnstiller
2
('painkiller')
(de) penicilline
2
3
('penicillin') -
antibiotica
2
3
('antibiotics')
hormonen
2
('hormones') -
enzymen
2
('enzymes') -
(de) bijnier
2 ['kidney annex']
('adrenal gland')
erfelijk
2
3
('hereditary, congenital') -
(het) chromosoom
('chromosome') -
DNA
2
3
('DNA') -
dominant
('dominant') -
recessief
2
3
('recessive')
psychosomatisch
2
('psychosomatic')
krankzinnig
2
is an old-fashioned word for 'crazy,' having a mental illness, but
it's nowadays more commonly used for 'crazy' as hare-brained, a bad idea
(de) fobie
2
('phobia') -
(de) xenofobie
('xenophobia')
(de) hoogtevrees
2
('fear of heights')
‑>>
(de) abortus
2
('abortion') -
(de) euthanasie
2
3
('euthanasia')
om gezondheidsredenen
2
('for reasons of health')
in een ziekenhuis opgenomen
2
('admitted to a hospital')
opereren
('to operate, perform surgery') - onder 't mes
2
('under the knife')
complicaties
2
('complications')
(de) verzekering
('insurance') -
(de) ziektekostenverzekering
2
3
(['sickness' costs insurance'] 'health insurance') - often shortened to
- (de) ziekteverzekering
2
3
(['sickness insurance'])
- (het) eigen risico
2
('own risk,' deductible)
een bittere pil
2
'a bitter-tasting pill' - also said of something unpleasant you have
to get through or live with
"Bitter in de mond maakt het hart gezond"
2
- nonsense remark about the supposed health benefits (to the heart)
of food or medicine of unpleasant taste.
homeopathisch
'homeopathic' -
handoplegging
(['laying hands upon'] 'touch therapy')
gebedsgenezer
('[prayer] faith healer')
- kwakzalver
2
'quack,' an unlicensed (and bad) medical doctor
De Pest
2
- the (bubonic) Plague epidemic that killed 30% of the European
population ca 1350
De Hongerwinter
2
'The Hunger Winter' - The Winter of 1944/45 in the West of
The Netherlands, when many people died of hunger
Note that a few words have an unusual
pronunciation, like
(de) therapeut
(therapist) and
(de) leukemie
2
3
('leukemia') - Greek EU pronounced as Dutch UI
and
(de) laesie
(lesion, cut) - Latin AE pronounced as 'long E'
(De) scheurbuik
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voor 't eten
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['before eating'] - 'before lunch/dinner' |
onder 't eten
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'while we were eating' - 'during lunch/dinner' |
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'after we had eaten' - 'after lunch/dinner' | ||
These phrases can also be found in
instructions for when to take medication: before a meal / with food /
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Hoe is het met je moeder?
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How is your mother? vader ![]() ![]() ![]() man ![]() ![]() vriendin ![]() ![]() |
Ik kon gisteren niet inslapen
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Yesterday I had trouble falling asleep * |
Ik krijg niet genoeg slaap
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I don't get enough sleep >> |
Ik voel me niet lekker
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I'm not feeling well, I'm sick |
Ik ben een beetje ziek
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I'm a little sick, 'under the weather' |
Ik voelde me de laatste dagen wat grieperig
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In recent days I felt like I had the flu. |
Ik was zó ziek
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I was (so) very sick, I felt miserable |
Ik was drie dagen ziek
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I was sick for 3 days |
Ik ben ziek geweest
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I've been sick |
Ik heb vandaag geen hoofdpijn
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I don't have a headache today |
Ik ben aan de beterende hand
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Ik had een kater
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I had a hangover |
Ik voelde me katterig
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I had a hangover (Also said of having the flu. Doesn't it feel about the same?) |
zwakke enkels
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weak ankles |
Ik heb m'n enkel verzwikt
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I've sprained (hurt) my ankle |
Ik heb kramp in m'n kaak
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I have cramps in my jaw |
Neem je d'r iets voor?
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'Do you take something (medication) for (against) it?' |
Misschien is 't iets onschuldigs
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Maybe it's [something innocent] harmless |
Misschien is 't wat anders
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Maybe it's something else |
't Is chronisch
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It's chronical |
Is het erger geworden?
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Did it get worse? |
't Is al minder erg
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[It's already less bad] - It's not as bad as it was (pain etc.) |
Ik ben niet helemaal goed
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[I'm not entirely well] I'm a little under the weather |
Ik voel me beroerd
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I feel miserable, pretty sick |
Ik had me nog nooit zo ziek gevoeld
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I had never felt that sick before |
Ik had me nog nooit zo beroerd gevoeld
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I had never felt that miserable (sick) before |
Ik bleek longontsteking te hebben
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[I turned out to have] It turned out that I had pneumonia ‑>> |
Hij is ziek geworden
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He's [become sick] fallen ill |
Hij heeft griep
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He has the flu |
Er zijn veel mensen ziek
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A lot of people are sick |
Hij gaat vooruit
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He's improving, his medical condition is improving |
Hij gaat erg achteruit
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['He goes backward badly..'] He's quickly getting worse (health, mental state) |
Wanneer de pillen
niet meer helpen
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When the pills don't [help] work anymore |
Hij is ernstig ziek
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He is seriously, gravely ill |
Hij kan nauwelijks nog lopen
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He can barely walk anymore |
Hij kon nauwelijks nog lopen
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He could barely walk anymore |
Hij lijdt in stilte
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[He is suffering in silence] - He is quiet about his suffering - 'lijden' |
Hij heeft kanker
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He has cancer |
Hij is een zachte dood gestorven
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[He died a soft death] He passed away peacefully, without pain, without anguish |
Hij is aan kanker gestorven
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He died of cancer |
Ben je ziek?
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Are you sick? |
Hoe voel je je?
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'How do you feel?' |
Voel je je beter?
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Are you (feeling) better? |
Ben je opgeknapt?
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[Did you recover?] Are you feeling better? |
Heb je pijn?
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'Are you in pain?' 'Does it hurt?' 'Where does it hurt?' |
Heb je d'r last van?
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'Does it bother you? Is it a nuisance?' It's going to bother you, it will become a problem |
Ik had er eerder nooit last van
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It never bothered me before, I never noticed a problem with it before |
kiplekker
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['feeling fine "like a chicken"'] |
Ik voel me kiplekker
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'I feel great, like a million bucks, couldn't be better' |
Zo fris als een hoentje
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['as fresh (new?) as a young chicken'] in very good shape, wide awake, well rested and healthy - 'as fit as a fiddle' |
Haal diep adem
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Take a deep breath breathe deep |
Probeer niet te hoesten
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Try not to cough |
Is het warm of heb ik koorts?
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Is it hot or do I have a fever?
Do I have a fever or is it hot? |
Ik heb een afspraak om acht uur
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I have an 8 o'clock appointment
Could I [move] reschedule the appointment It doesn't suit me, there's a problem with it, it's inconvenient Something came up |
Ik zat een uur bij de tandarts
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I was at the dentist for an hour |
'Ik ben weer de oude'
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['I'm the old one again'] - 'I'm back to normal' |
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gezonde voeding
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