My Little
Dutch ABC Book
C
Calendar ~ Kalender
Here’s a
little information for those wonderful days of the week and months of the year.
When at the doctor or government office or people that ask your birthday…. Always
give the number of the day first, then the month, then the year you were born. So
for example if your birthday is July 4th, 1976… then you would say
4, July, 1976 or 4, 7,76. A tad confusing if you’re used to doing it the other way.
But it gets even more fun when you go back home for a visit and you have to
switch all over again. People usually just stare at you with disbelief that you
would not know your own birthday.
And make
sure you hang you Kalender in your bathroom. The Dutch have a great tradition
of doing this and marking friends and loved ones birthday’s on their special
birthday kalender. I love this tradition. Also, try to avoid the temptation to add
your own birthday to their kalender, apparently it is not very polite.
I read
one very funny story of a lady whose mother in-law wrote her birthday in pencil
and another daughter in-law in ink. I guess the mother is hoping the son will
come to his senses.
Monday
|
maandag
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Tuesday
|
dinsdag
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Wednesday
|
woensdag
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Thursday
|
donderdag
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Friday
|
vrijdag
|
Saturday
|
zaterdag
|
Sunday
|
zondag
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January
|
januari
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February
|
februari
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March
|
maart
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April
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april
|
May
|
mei
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June
|
juni
|
July
|
juli
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August
|
augustus
|
September
|
september
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October
|
oktober
|
November
|
november
|
December
|
december
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