Topic: Dutch

"Wij fietsen, rennen en zwemmen elke vrijdag."

Translation:We bike, run and swim every Friday.

October 4, 2014

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/marvincorea
  • 1589

Triathlon Friday!

October 5, 2014
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/stefichjo

    We run to the swimming bath, we swim and we bike home. ;)

    August 17, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/hdecagny

      Do you steal a bike every friday?

      March 9, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Nierls

        No, but it's quite possible your bike will be stolen every Friday if you live in Amsterdam

        March 9, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/caboodles

          rennen is not pronounced correctly X(

          April 2, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/royalslayer

            I agree, that is no way to pronounce rennen.

            August 22, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lukman.A

              [QUESTION]

              Can "vrijdag" be translated as "free day" since it's compounded from vrij (free) and dag (day)?

              I remember that when I was an elementary student, I didn't go to the school every Friday instead of Sunday.

              April 4, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/EJMiller3

                Probably not, as the name comes from the Norse goddess Frigg or Freyja

                August 14, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Nierls

                  it's from the germanic pagan godess Freia, free day would be "vrije dag"

                  November 2, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/seeyounextlevel

                    why isn't 'we ride bikes' acceptable?

                    October 4, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BiljanaMila
                    • 25

                    Here elke is used for every. In a previous sentence "De eenden gaan iedere avond" iedere was used. I've seen an explanation that ieder/iedere is more applicable for people, and for other instances we should use elk/elke. Does this make sense? And if yes, why was iedere used instead of elke? Thanks :)

                    May 17, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/El2theK
                    Mod

                      Some people have a preference of ieder(e) for people and elk(e) for everything else. However that's not a set rule and both can be used in any case.

                      May 17, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BiljanaMila
                      • 25

                      So we can't actually know which when to use... ? Will both of them be correct?

                      May 18, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/El2theK
                      Mod

                        Both are correct and accepted.

                        May 18, 2017
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BiljanaMila
                        • 25

                        Thanks ;)

                        May 18, 2017
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gregorioca988528
                        • 46

                        I wrote what I heard and It was wrong why?

                        October 21, 2017

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