How Do the Dutch Celebrate King’s Day? | Easy Dutch 11
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Learn Dutch with street interviews: in this episode of Easy Dutch, Linus is asking people how they're celebrating King's Day in the Netherlands.
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We recorded this video the day before King’s Day, which was on April 27. The reason for the celebration is the birthday of the Dutch King Willem-Alexander, however, as you might have seen in the video, for a lot of people it’s more about having fun and spending a nice day.
Here a few explanations about the video:
‘t – het
Willem – short version of King Willem-Alexander
Noorderplantsoen – urban public park in Groningen
gezellig (adjective) – it could be translated as fun, social or cozy, depending on the context. We decided to not translate it, since it can not be translated perfectly. If you learn Dutch, this is really an essential word to learn. You will need it! A few examples: Hij/zij is gezellig (he/she is gezellig). Het was gezellig gisteren (it was gezellig yesterday).
gezelligheid (noun) – Just like gezellig, it is also challenging to translate gezelligheid to English. Possible options would be ‘conviviality’, ‘sociability’ or ‘coziness’.
Republican – We can only guess, but most likely the man was not referring to the political party in the USA, but to favoring and supporting a republic.
Koningsmarkt – King’s market. We would recommend googling it and look at some pictures. Basically it is like a very big flea market.
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