Jong en oud, oud en nieuw, vers, fris, houdbaar
Living beings go from
'jong'
(jong/jonge
2)
'young' to 'oud'
2
(oud/oude
)
'old'
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| een jonge hond
2
|
a young dog |
| in m'n jonge jaren
2
3
|
[in my young years] - 'when I was younger' |
| Als ik wat jonger was ...
2
|
If I were a little younger ... |
| het jongste kind
2
3
4
|
the youngest child | Hoe oud ben je?
2
3 |
'How old are you? What is your age?' |
| Hij is even oud als jij
2 |
['He's as old as you'] - He's your age |
| Op m'n oude dag
2 |
in my old [day] age |
| ouden van dagen
2
3
4 |
['olds of days'] a polite phrase for elderly people |
| Oud en de dagen zat
2
3
|
Old, and sick and tired of the days |
| Ouder, maar niet wijzer
|
Older, but not wiser |
| de oudste zoon van de oudste zoon
2
3
|
the eldest son of the eldest son |
2
is
'nieuw'
(nieuw/nieuwe
2)
new
| Het houten huis is heel oud
|
The wooden house is very old |
| het nieuws
2
| the news |
| Dat is oud nieuws
2
|
That's old news |
| het nieuwe land
|
the new (reclaimed) land |
| Nieuw Guinea
2
|
New Guinea |
| Ik heb een nieuwe fiets gekocht
|
I've bought a new bicycle |
| Also: Oud en Nieuw
2
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day,
the New Year Holiday | |
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Vers
2
(vers/verse
2
3)
'fresh,' newly made, just harvested, is another opposite of 'old'
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| (de) verse groente
| 'fresh vegetables' (not from a can or a jar, not frozen) |
| "Vers brood is altijd lekker"
2
|
Fresh bread is always [tasty] good |
| oud brood
2
|
[old] stale bread |
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But for 'fresh' Dutch also has 'fris'
2
(fris/frisse
)
– 'Fris' sometimes has a meaning like 'refreshing'
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| frisse lucht
2
3
|
fresh air |
| (de) frisdrank
2
|
['refreshing drink'] - soda |
| een frisse neus halen
|
to get [a fresh nose] some fresh air |
| 'Fris' can occasionally mean 'somewhat chilly,' 'nippy' | |
| 't Is lekker fris buiten
2
3
4
|
It's pleasantly cool outside |
| Houdbaar
2
- said of food: ["can be kept"] 'non-perishable, shelf-stable' -
houdbaar tot ...
["can be kept till ..."] 'best before') -
you may find these phrases on food items:
tenminste houdbaar tot ...
2
["can be kept at least till ..."] - 'good till at least
...' - 'sell by ...' - 'use by ...'
- uiterste verkoopdatum
2
'ultimate, final, last day of sale, best-by date'
- and remember that in Dutch dates, the day comes before the month | |
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