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The Genitive Case in Dutch

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In today's lesson you will learn THE GENITIVE CASE¨ in Dutch.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE	DUTCH	PORTUGUESE
MASCULINE GENITIVE (OF THE)		GENITIVO MASCULINO (DE, DO)
THE CAR = DE AUTO		O CARRO = DE AUTO
THE BOY = DE JONGEN		O GAROTO = DE JONGEN
THE BOY'S CAR	DE AUTO VAN DE JONGEN	O CARRO DO GAROTO
THE FOOD = HET VŒDSEL		A COMIDA = HET VŒDSEL
THE DOG = DE HOND		O CÃO = DE HOND
THE FOOD OF THE DOG	HET VOEDSEL VAN DE HOND	A COMIDA DO CÃO
FEMININE GENITIVE (OF THE)		GENITIVO FEMININO (DE, DA)
THE KEY = DE SLEUTEL		A CHAVE = DE SLEUTEL
THE HOUSE = HET HUIS		A CASA = HET HUIS
THE KEY OF THE HOUSE	DE SLEUTEL VAN HET HUIS	A CHAVE DA CASA
	DE HUISSLEUTEL
THE PAGE = DE PAGINA		A PÁGINA = DE PAGINA
THE BOOK = HET BŒK		O LIVRO = HET BŒK
THE PAGE OF THE BOOK	DE PAGINA VAN HET BOEK	A PÁGINA DO LIVRO
PLURAL GENITIVE FOR ALL (OF THE)		GENITIVO PLURAL PARA TODOS (DOS, DAS)
THE CAR = DE AUTO		O CARRO = DE AUTO
MEN = MANNEN		HOMENS = MANNEN
THE CAR OF THE MEN	DE AUTO VAN DE MANNEN	O CARRO DOS HOMENS
THE KEY = DE SLEUTEL		A CHAVE = DE SLEUTEL
HOUSES = DE HUIZEN		CASAS = DE HUIZEN
THE KEY OF THE HOUSES	DE SLEUTEL VAN DE HUIZEN	A CHAVE DAS CASAS
WRITE (DE / A) FOR QUANTITY AND TYPES		ESCREVA (DE / A) PARA QUANTIDADES E TIPOS
A BOTTLE OF WATER	EEN    FLES   WATER	UMA GARRAFA D`ÁGUA
A JUICE OF ORANGE	EEN SINAASAPPELSAP	UM SUCO DE LARANJA
A MAP OF CHINA	EEN  KAART  VAN CHINA	UM MAPA DA CHINA

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