tommus wrote:"keer per seconde", "malen per seconde"
Keer and malen seem to be very interchangeable. Is there a preference for various situations?
Alternating current frequency:
50 (60) keer per seconde, 50 (60) malen per seconde
General:
10 keer per jaar, 10 malen per jaar
Other:
10 keer op rij, 10 malen op rij
10 keer 5 is 50, 10 malen 5 is 50
What is the difference between keer and keren, and between maal and malen?
Keer and maal are synonyms. It's "maal" by the way, and "10 maal op een rij". There's no difference other than that I would usually use keer more often.
"De twintiger van nu verdient minder dan een leeftijdgenoot voor de crisis van 2008 mee naar huis nam. De dertiger ook trouwens, maar die boerde toch minder hard achteruit."
The person in their twenties now earns less than a contemporary took home before the crisis of 2008. The person in their thirties also, by the way, but who farmed less hard on the other hand.
I'm quite sure "farmed" is incorrect but I can't figure out what else it could mean. Also, "on the other hand" might mean "in contrast" or literally "in reverse".
So I need some help. Any suggestions?
this is definitely not literal. Goed boeren = to earn a lot of money. I find this a very weird construction, but would take it to mean that people in their 30s didn't suffer as much as people in their 20s do...
"We leven in een wereld van getallen en cijfers."
We live in a world of numbers and numbers.
We live in a world of numbers and figures.
In English, numbers and figures are very similar. Numbers are more common. Figures sometimes refer to groups of numbers. The statistic figures this month were good. Figures can also refer more generally to drawings, shapes, diagrams, etc.
What is the essential difference between getallen and cijfers in Dutch?
getallen means amounts, cijfers means numbers. They are usually interchangeable but not always. Cijfers also refer to the grades you get, which getallen can never do.
Getallen also refers to the mathematical set of numbers such as real numbers etc.