Dutch
Een prins wil trouwen.
English translation
A prince wants to get married.
Dutch · Absolute Beginner
De prinses op de erwt
Adapted from The Princess and the Pea
A queen devises an unusual test to find out whether a visitor is a real princess.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
De prins wil een echte prinses
The prince wants a real princess
Dutch
Hij wil een echte prinses.
English translation
He wants a real princess.
Dutch
Hij zoekt in de hele wereld.
English translation
He searches all over the world.
Dutch
Hij ontmoet veel prinsessen.
English translation
He meets many princesses.
Dutch
Maar zijn ze echt?
English translation
But are they real?
Dutch
Hij weet het niet.
English translation
He doesn’t know.
Dutch
Daarom gaat hij weer naar huis.
English translation
That’s why he goes home again.
Dutch
Hij is verdrietig.
English translation
He is sad.
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