The Dutch Grammar Forum

Today, I encountered liefhebben and liefheeft for the first time.

How does liefhebben differ from liefde hebben ?

I listened to a 400-word MP3 which contained the phrases “Zij logeren in het huis” and “Hij zal regeren” regeren was pronounced as I expected, (/reˈɣeː.rən/) but logeren was /ˈloʒeː.rən/ Is that because it is borrowed from French? (If you're unfamiliar with IPA, see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ap...

"om het maar even plastisch te zeggen"

to put it bluntly?
in a manner of speaking?
figuratively/metaphorically?

"plastic" to an American implies flexible, not not rigid

"voor_het_huis_is_er_geen_straat"
When voor is followed by de or het, does it always mean "in front of" or could it mean "in order to"?
Example?

Yes there are less intensive words/phrases. For example: Ik hou van pizza. (intense) Ik vind pizza lekker. (less intense) Ik hou van dansen. (intense) Ik vind dansen leuk. (less intense) You can't say: "Ik vind pizza leuk." So make sure to use 'leuk' for activities and 'lekker' for food. ...

BrutallyFrank wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:21 pm - Getal: a representation of an amount (i.e. Pi)
- Nummer: is a 'getal' in a sequence

Or perhaps a number that is not a "representation of an amount" as in addresses and phone numbers?

LeSNT2 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:54 pm I'm not sure because I don't know the context. Can you explain more about it or copy/paste a little fragment?

https://50languages.com

It had numbers one through ten, both ordinals ad cardinals. The title was "getallen"

The context I saw it in was about both getallen en nummers.

Maybe the author misused figuren?

I took it as "stripe" from the dictionary. Which of course is also (apparently) not a measure.

In English, "like" & "love" differ in intensity (though the latter is informally very overused). Is there a less intense word in Dutch? Is intensity indicated by tone of voice? Or by adding adjectives? Seems like mere context would be judged or misjudged by the hearer’s attit...