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Topic: Dutch

"De katten drinken hun melk."

Translation:The cats drink their milk.

3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/Sporeo
Sporeo
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I can't be the only one who heard 'de katten drinken hond melk'..

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/NathanSpib
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My wife is Dutch and says the narrator has a really strong regional accent.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/joarhagland
joarhagland
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I like to go on Forvo.com to get a second take on the pronunciations, where it is an actual person saying the words not a computer program

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/spanish.waffles
spanish.waffles
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Dank je wel!

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Emmett705338
Emmett705338
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does this refer specifically to their 'own' milk, or is it ambiguous to if the possessive refers to the topic or another subject? Also, like how in English 'their' is singular and plural, is 'hun' specifically plural, because 'zijn' is can be for 'his, her, its' ?

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JewishPolyglot
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Is there a similar word to "hun" in a related language?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mita283740
mita283740
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Does Dutch have specific word for kitten?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Rae.F
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Kitten is "poesje".

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/RubySch
RubySch
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We also use kitten

11 months ago
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