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Order meat from the butcher

12 words25 exercises
Personage: beenhouwer_firmin

Intro

You want to buy meat for a barbecue. The butcher asks in rapid West Flemish what you need...

Setting

A traditional butcher's shop with fresh meat in the display case and sausages on the ceiling

Challenge

Your friends are waiting for the meat for the BBQ - you have to order quickly and correctly!

GeneralWest-Flemish
butcherbeenouwer
butcherybeenouwereje
minced meatgekapt
hamespe
hamammevlèès
sausagewoste
black puddingbloelieng
sliceschelle
kiloskilo
thindunne
thickdikke
freshves
📖Word Introduction

You come to Firmin. He is the butcher of the village. Learn his profession.

🔄Sound Transformation

The word 'minced' changes in West Flemish. What is the transformation?

🔄Sound Transformation

The word 'ham' is very different in West Flemish. Learn the transformation.

🔄Sound Transformation

How do you say 'sneetje' in West Flemish?

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You order for the BBQ. Say: 'A kilo of minced meat please'

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You want ham. Say: 'Six slices of ham please'

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You want thin slices. Say: 'Thin slices please'

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You want sausages for the BBQ. Say: 'Five sausages please'

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You want to know the price. Question: 'How much does that cost?'

🔘Multiple Choice

Firmin is the... What is the West Flemish word for butcher?

🔘Multiple Choice

You want to buy ground beef. What do you ask in West Flemish?

🔘Multiple Choice

Firmin cuts ham. What is the West Flemish word?

🔗Match Pairs

Connect the meat words with their West Flemish translation.

🧩Arrange Words

Make the sentence: 'A kilo of minced meat and five sausages'

🧩Arrange Words

Firmin gives you the meat. Say: 'Thank you, see you next time'

🔘Multiple Choice

What is "sausage" in West Flemish?

🔘Multiple Choice

What is "black pudding" in West Flemish?

🔘Multiple Choice

What is "sneetje" in West Flemish?

🔘Multiple Choice

What is "kilo" in West Flemish?

🔗Match Pairs

Connect the Dutch words with the West Flemish translations.

📖Word Introduction

Firmin talks about his grandfather. 'During the war, thousands of Belgians worked in the military!' A fact about the liberation.

🇧🇪Translate to West-Flemish

You want the butcher to slice the ham thinly. How do you ask?

🔘Multiple Choice

Firmin asks: 'Oevele scheln espe?' What does the butcher ask?

🔘Multiple Choice

You hear: 'Zesse schelln espe'. What does this mean?

🔘Multiple Choice

Someone asks: 'Is it ves?' What is this person asking?

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