A1StoryEveryday life1 min

De fiets van Bram

Bram cycles every day — today it is raining.

A text about the most important means of transport in the Netherlands. Watch met de fiets, “by bike”, with a word that means “with”, and the question that starts with the verb and has no “do”: Neem je de bus? There jij loses its -t: Neem je …?, not Neemt je …?

Bram is student. Hij gaat elke dag met de fiets naar de universiteit. Het is niet ver.

Vandaag regent het. Het waait ook hard. Bram kijkt uit het raam.

Zijn vriendin Noor belt. Ze vraagt: “Neem je vandaag de bus?”

Bram zegt: “Nee, ik neem de fiets. Ik heb een goede jas.”

Bram fietst naar de universiteit. Hij is nat, maar hij is op tijd. Noor is te laat, want de bus komt niet.

Words: 74
Sentences: 13
Words per sentence: 5.7
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 23 of the 46 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

bellen
to ring, to phone
A1
dag
hello; goodbye (at any time of day)
A1
de bus
bus
A1
de fiets
bicycle
A1
de jas
the coat, the jacket
A1
de student
student (university, college)
A2
de tijd
time
A1
de universiteit
university
A2
de vriendin
friend (female); girlfriend
A1
fietsen
to cycle
A1
gaan
to go
A1
goed
good; well
A1
hard
hard; loud; fast
A2
het raam
window
A1
kijken
to look, to watch
A1
komen
to come
A1
nat
wet
A1
nemen
to take
A1
regenen
to rain
A1
ver
far
A1
vragen
to ask
A1
waaien
to blow, to be windy
A1
zeggen
to say
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 12 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Verb forms 9 Town and getting around 3 School and study 2 Odds and ends for every day 1 Greetings and politeness 1 Qualities 1 The most important verbs 1 Common adjectives 1 Clothes 1 People and family 1 Weather and seasons 1 Home and household 1

The verbs on this page, in every form: zijn · nemen · hebben · gaan · komen · zeggen · fietsen · kijken

Comprehension questions

4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Wat is Bram?

2. Hoe is het weer vandaag?

3. Wie belt Bram?

4. Waarom is Noor te laat?