Grammatica - loco

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The weight of a newborn baby is usually expressed in grams but colloquially
people commonly use the term pond (i.e. 500 grams):
Het kind woog bij de geboorte 3850 (achtendertighonderd
vijftig) gram/bijna acht pond.
The child weighed 3.85 kilos at birth.
Aankomen ‘to gain weight’ and afvallen ‘to lose weight’ are both conjugated
with zijn (see 11.7.2.1, footnote 21):
Ik ben 10 kilo aangekomen/afgevallen.
I have gained/lost 10 kilos.
Note the following alternative, impersonal way of expressing weight gain:
Er is tien kilo bijgekomen. (i.e. bij mijn gewicht)
I’ve put on ten kilos.
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Measurements
Length, height
de lengte length (of objects), height (of people)
Hoe lang bent u? How tall are you?
Ik ben 1,72 lang. I am one metre seventy-two centimetres tall.
(pronounced één meter tweeënzeventig)
The height of a tree, building and other things is de hoogte, e.g. Hoe
hoog is die boom? ‘How tall is that tree?’
If using imperial measurements, which one would never do these days in
Holland (except in historical contexts), the words voet ‘foot/feet’ and
duim ‘inch/inches’ are used.
Length up to one metre is usually expressed in centimetres.
Note: de centimeter ‘the tape measure’.
de breedte width
de grootte size (i.e. largeness of s.t.)
de maat size (of shoes and clothing)
Measurements
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