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boven de rivieren

French translation: au nord des grands fleuves, aux Pays-Bas

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Dutch term or phrase:boven de rivieren
French translation:au nord des grands fleuves, aux Pays-Bas
Entered by: Brigitte Gendebien

20:35 Apr 4, 2008
Dutch to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Dutch term or phrase: boven de rivieren
Intussen leef ik al een tiental jaar “boven de rivieren” zoals men dat in Nederland noemt.
Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
Local time: 19:16
zie uitleg
Explanation:
Het gaat om de Maas, de Waal en de Lek. Het is eigenlijk de scheidingslijn tussen katholiek en protestants Nederland, wat natuurlijk niet betekent dat er geen katholieken boven die grens wonen of omgekeerd.

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Note added at 17 uren (2008-04-05 14:03:15 GMT)
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Of misschien is het correcter om te spreken van het niet-gereformeerd en gereformeerd Nederland.
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Ide Verhelst (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:16
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3 +1zie uitleg
Ide Verhelst (X)
3aux Pays-Bas
hirselina


  

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aux Pays-Bas


Explanation:
Il faudrait préciser le contexte. Parfois "boven de rivieren" signifie simplement "aux Pays-Bas" et s'oppose à "en Flandre". Si le locuteur est Belge, il se pourrait très bien que la personne confonde "boven de Moedrijk" et "boven de rivieren".

Par exemple:
28 feb 2008 ... Ceci est sourtout vrai au nord des grands fleuves. En Flandre, où la différence entre masculin et féminin est encore vivante, on entend ...
fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grammaire_néerlandaise/le_pronom/le_remplacement_pronominal




hirselina
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 64
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
zie uitleg


Explanation:
Het gaat om de Maas, de Waal en de Lek. Het is eigenlijk de scheidingslijn tussen katholiek en protestants Nederland, wat natuurlijk niet betekent dat er geen katholieken boven die grens wonen of omgekeerd.

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Note added at 17 uren (2008-04-05 14:03:15 GMT)
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Of misschien is het correcter om te spreken van het niet-gereformeerd en gereformeerd Nederland.


    Reference: http://www.fabian-vendrig.eu/dutch/denbosch.html
Ide Verhelst (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Elène Klaren (X): Pendant mes années de Néerlandaise en France, je disais "Au nord des grands fleuves".
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