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I´ll teach you to....

Dutch translation: Ik zal je leren...

13:07 May 31, 2019
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English term or phrase: I´ll teach you to....
in the meaning of discouragement /threat:

I´ll teach you to throw stones at my window!
I´ll teach you to come home late!
Yevgeni Gerasimenko
Ukraine
Local time: 07:44
Dutch translation:Ik zal je leren...
Explanation:
...stenen naar mijn raam te gooien!
...laat thuis te komen!
Rather oldfashioned, but I think it is the right translation.
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Michiel Leeuwenburgh
Netherlands
Local time: 06:44
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Ik zal je leren om....
Robert Rietvelt
4 +2Ik zal je leren...
Michiel Leeuwenburgh


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
i´ll teach you to....
Ik zal je leren...


Explanation:
...stenen naar mijn raam te gooien!
...laat thuis te komen!
Rather oldfashioned, but I think it is the right translation.

Michiel Leeuwenburgh
Netherlands
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: of: te laat
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Bedankt, Barend!
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Jij was het eerst en deze formulering (zonder 'om') heeft ook de zegen van Van Dale :-)
3 days 1 hr
  -> Bedankt, Kitty!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
i´ll teach you to....
Ik zal je leren om....


Explanation:
Het is trouwens I'll i.p.v. i'll

Robert Rietvelt
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
7 mins
agree  Yvonne Manuela Meissner
14 mins
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: 'om' is niet per se fout, maar introduceert een ambiguity die dan door de context moet worden weggenomen. Bijv.: Ik zal je leren om te vergeven.
1 day 22 hrs
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