Boxing Day = The day (26 December) following Christmas Day, and celebrated as a bank
holiday. It was formerly the custom to give Christmas boxes, or gifts or money, to servants
and tradesmen on this day.
Plurals
Rule: noun + -S
For example: carrot => carrots (wortels)
BUT some nouns ending in a consonant + -o get -ES.
For example: tomato => tomatoes (tomaten)
Countables
Most nouns are countable (=you can count them). They have a plural form.
For example: 1 apple, 2 apples
Uncountables
Some nouns are uncountable (=you can not count them). They have NO plural form and are
always used singular.
For example: salad, milk, bread, tea, jam, cheese, ham, salami...
Some nouns have the same form in singular and plural.
For example: Names of kind of fish: (smoked) salmon => (smoked) salmon (gerookte zalm)
Future tense
Rule: will + infinitive (without to) OR 'll (= the contracted form of will) + infinitive (without to)
For example: to be => It will be interesting. = Het zal interessant zijn.
For example: to find => I'll find it. = Ik zal het vinden.