beetje
A1#240Hear it
adverb
- a bit, a little bit, somewhat
determiner
- a bit of, a little bit of, somebefore mass nouns
- informalsomething of, anyone or anything worth its saltbefore countable nouns
noun
- diminutive of beet“bite”
- small amount
Forms
noun
| plural | beetjes |
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Other ways to say it
- een tikkeltjea bit
- watwhat: e.g. (1) asking for a subject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object; what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
Saying you have not understood
- ik spreek een beetje NederlandsI speak a little DutchMany people switch to English when they hear an accent; this tells them you want to stay in Dutch.