Twintig Vragen - Deel 6

by **Tom** » February 10th, 2006, 8:37 pm

Het is gewoon spul. :shock:

It is ordinary stuff (i.e. a thing).

Tom

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by **Sue** » February 10th, 2006, 9:38 pm

Tom wrote:Het is gewoon spul.

Tom

Hi Tom!!!

Is het een dier?

Sue :?:

by **Tom** » February 10th, 2006, 9:58 pm

Hoi Sue

.

Nee, het is geen dier.

No, it is not an animal.

Tom

by **Sue** » February 11th, 2006, 8:15 am

Is it a plant?

Sue :?:

by **Joke** » February 11th, 2006, 1:44 pm

Tom wrote:Het is gewoon spul.
It is ordinary stuff (i.e. a thing).

I think you mean:
"Het is een ding."

by **Tom** » February 11th, 2006, 4:44 pm

No, I meant to say exactly what I said.

By saying that it is ordinary stuff, at least in American English, I was trying to give
a clue (indirectly) as to what not to try to guess.

I would not consider a chicken, a mountain, or a building being stuff.
I would consider groceries, tomato sauce, dust and things like that to be stuff.

Maybe the Dutch equivalent that I chose does not have the same subtle meaning.
Joke, is there a better way to phrase that? I might have be too presumtuous to think that
a literal translating took on the other shades of meaning. That doesn't always happen.

Also, the :shock:

is a subtle clue as well.

...

Back to the game.

Wel, het spul komt van een plant.
Well, this stuff comes from a plant.

Dus - Ik zal ja zeggen.
So - I'll say yes.

Tom

by **Joke** » February 11th, 2006, 5:09 pm

Ok, I understand.
Yes, 'spul' is the best word for this kind of stuff.

by **Sue** » February 12th, 2006, 6:18 pm

Tom wrote:
Wel, het spul komt van een plant.
Well, this stuff comes from a plant.

Dus - Ik zal ja zeggen.
So - I'll say yes.

Tom

kun jij het drinken of eten?
Can you eat or drink it?

Sue :?:

by **Tom** » February 12th, 2006, 7:22 pm

Ja!

Zeker

Tom
:roll:

by **Sue** » February 12th, 2006, 8:33 pm

Tom wrote::shock:
Ja!

Zeker

Tom

I would ask if it is illegal - but I won't!

Lets narrow it down a bit - Can you drink it?

Sue :?:

by **Tom** » February 12th, 2006, 10:16 pm

Het is wel drinkbaar!
It is very drinkable!

:twisted:

Maar kun je je vragen stellen in het nederlands?
:twisted:

Sorry hoor, op dit moment ben ik een beetje prikkelbaar :twisted:

Waar is mijn leut!

Tom

by **Bieneke** » February 12th, 2006, 10:45 pm

Je bent vast prikkelbaar door al die sneeuw op je stoep.

Smaakt het zoet?

by **Sue** » February 13th, 2006, 12:01 am

Tom wrote:Het is wel drinkbaar!
It is very drinkable!

Maar kun je je vragen stellen in het nederlands?

Sorry hoor, op dit moment ben ik een beetje prikkelbaar
Waar is mijn leut!

Tom

Sorry - ik heb hoofdpijn en mijn hersenen werkt niet!

Is het een heet drink?

Sue :?:

by **Tom** » February 13th, 2006, 1:27 am

Ik ben niet boos. Ze waren aanwijzings. :wink:

I am not mad. They were clues.

Het is dikwijls als een hete drank bediend.
It is often served as a hot drink.

VOF De Kunst heeft een liedje erom.
VOF De Kunst has a song about it.

Ze noemen het zwarte goud. :wink:

They call it black gold.

Hmmm! :-k

Tom

by **Sue** » February 13th, 2006, 7:42 am

Tom wrote:Ze noemen het zwarte goud.
They call it black gold.

Tom

I remember watching the The Beverly Hillbillies when I was younger and Black Gold was Oil - the stuff that comes out of the ground in Texas. You can't drink that!!

Ik heb niet van VOF De Kunst gehoord - maar is het koffie??

Sue :?: