I'm from the Netherlands and today it's Christmas eve, we celebrate it with our family tonight. Unpacking our presents and eating really nice food. Afterwards we often watch a movie. 1st Christmas day we go and celebrate it with the entire family (aunts, uncle's etc included) and just chat, eat and have fun the entire day. And second Christmas day we do not do anything, enjoy the presents we got I guess haha. But all this is what I do, ( not religious ) many other families that are religious don't do presents and go to church as well and such. How do you celebrate it?

1 daarbij is veel oude rommel de deur uitgegaan. This is a typical sentence you'd use when you're moving. It basicaly means. you were cleaning a place and there was a lot of junk, and you deciced to throw it all away. 2. "punt uit" means... no questions asked... Wat hier is gebeurd was nodig, punt uit - What happened here was necessary, no questions asked. 3. "of zo'n theorie houdt snijdt" means that he's not sure if it's plausible what he is trying to convince people. 4. "stellen" is a verb that is really difficult to translate. because if you'd look it up in the dictionary it would mean something totally different. The sentence that you described is not really a sentence that you would use in normal conversation but if I would translate it: I think that the radio is a medium that will always continue to exist. 5. The same as in question 4, if you'd look it up in the dictionary it would probably say something like: to introduce yourself. but in this case it different as well, that's why I will translate the entire sentence. It doesn't even get close in comparisment with the warm weather in Amsterdam. Ik hoop dat ik je hiermee iets heb kunnen helpen. Je Nederlands is verrassend goed, ga zo door!

I agree with the both of you as well! When a woman has a problem she needs a hug and a person that listens to her feelings. Although a lot of men (including me) make the obvious mistake to be rational and give answers to their problems instead of listening. Because right at that moment when she's said, they might not want to hear the truth straight away. Men want to coop with their own problems, this masculinity is less appreciated by women, because they want to help their partner rather than he takes care of his own problems. I guess woman will experience the "sharing (negative) feelings" as bonding. Men often see this as a weakness that they rather not show. So once more, I totally agree! haha

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I guess that it's more important for some countries than others. E.g. I am from the Netherlands, a really small country with almost no minerals to export or whatsoever. So to be able to still be able to make some money we sell services and a lot of knowledge. A lot of money is invested in innovation here and we sell the ideas all around the world. Conclusion: intellectual property is really important for some counties :)

Yes it is indeed the intercity train that is used for public transport. Ja, das ist den Zug die zwischen städte fährt für öffentliche Verkehrsmitteln. DB - Deutsche Bahn ( German railway )