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What is the difference between ernstig and serieus ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between ernstig and serieus ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Ernstig always means something bad is going on (ernstig = grave), while serieus is mostly used for more neutral things (serieus = serious). But when speaking about a persons character they can be used interchangeably. Then it means serious/someone who doesn't make jokes.
Anne is altijd heel serieus/ernstig. (Anne is always very serious.)
De situatie in het rampgebied is ernstig. (The situation in the disaster area is grave.)
'Dit keer ga ik het echt beter doen,' verklaart de premier ernstig. ('This time I will do better for real,' the prime minister states seriously/gravely.)
Maar je moet hem niet al te serieus nemen. (But you shouldn't take him too seriously. -serieus nemen is a set phrase, 'ernstig nemen' doesn't exist as such)
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Honestly very interchangeable. Except that maybe ernstig sounds a bit more 'ernstig' than serieus, and more formal.
"Er vond een ernstig ongeval plaats op de Brusselse ring." Serieus would be acceptable but a bit out of place here, regarding the gravity of the situation.
"Serieus, wa een bitch is de die wel ni seg."
Ernstig would sound hilariously formal here. Also, the meaning is pretty watered down here from gravely to sincerely/really. The situation isn't all that grave.
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