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Topic: Dutch

"Er is veel kwaad in dit land."

Translation:There is much evil in this country.

3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/DenDutch
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anger ipv evil? (Ja ja no mistakes, maar waar zijn de comments dan voor)

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Simius
Simius
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That's kind of interesting! As an adjective, "kwaad" means "angry". However, as a noun it is never used to mean "anger" (which would be "woede" in Dutch).

3 years ago
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Would misery also work?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/LevRaphael
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This is a line worthy of a fantasy novel or some other genre book. :-)

1 year ago
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Does anybody else hear "krad" for the word "kwaad". Is the w pronounced as r in Dutch?

9 months ago
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