Study Dutch!

[sanny]

Hi everybody,

As you can see next to this text, I'm from Holland. I really like it to teach everybody on anything and because I'm from Holland, I'd love to teach you Dutch.
So write something down in Dutch and I'll correct you or give you any tips to make you become better at Dutch...

:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

 

[Tdol]

As a beginner, how about giving me a phrase or two to start? How do you greet people? ;-)

 

[sanny]

If you meet someone you know, you would say:

Hallo (hello)
Hoe gaat het ermee? (How are you doing?)

If you meet someone you don't know, you would say:

Goedendag meneer, mevrouw (goodday mister, madam)
Ik heet... or Mijn naam is.... (my name is...)

In a shop an employee will ask you:
Kan ik u helpen? (Can I help you?)
Dat wordt dan € 5,- alstublieft.(That will be € 5,- please)


In Holland we say if you want to give something to somebody:
alstublieft(to someone who's older than you or someone you don't know)
alsjeblieft(to someone who's younger than you or a friend or family)
You also say 'alsjeblieft' or 'alstublieft' if you want something from somebody.
Mag ik een snoepje, alstublieft? (May I have a candy, please?)

 

[Tdol]

Hoe gaat het ermee? ;-)

PS- do as | pronounce as I read- ho gart het urmee?;-)

 

[sanny]

Hoe gaat het ermee? ;-)

PS- do as | pronounce as I read- ho gart het urmee?;-)

Okey, you will pronounce 'Hoe gaat het ermee?' as the following:

Hoe (pronounce: the oe like in the word shoe)
gaat (pronounce: just as gát not with the r in it.)
het (pronounce: hèt)
ermee (pronounce: èrmé)

Do you understand it a little bit now?

BTW: all the Dutch combination 'oe' you pronounce as in the English word 'shoe'.

 

[Tdol]

OK- I think I can manage that. The accents used in èrmé- are they similar to French sounds? ;-)

 

[sanny]

OK- I think I can manage that. The accents used in èrmé- are they similar to French sounds? ;-)

Yes, I used these accents to show you how to pronounce them.
Do you understand that?

 

[sanny]

I'll show you some important Dutch words:

ik : I
jij : you (one person and informal)
hij : he
zij : she
het : it
wij : we
zij : they
jullie : you (more people)
u : you (formal)

The difference between 'u' and 'jij' is this:

An employee to a customer:
Kan ik u helpen? (can I help you?)

A friend to an other friend:
Wat ben je aan het doen? (What are you doing?)

Snap je het? (Do you understand?)


snappen : total verb of 'to understand'
je : you
het : it

you actually say, litterly translated:
understand you it?

 

[Tdol]

OK- I think I can manage that. The accents used in èrmé- are they similar to French sounds? ;-)

Yes, I used these accents to show you how to pronounce them.
Do you understand that?

Yes, I'm fine with that. ;-)

 

[ercan]

Hi Sanny,
Can you tell me something about the similarities of German and Dutch? I automatically think that these two languages are similar even though I am not sure about that.Can one say if I know German then I can learn Dutch easily?

 

[Tona]

daag, ik ben frans maar ik leer nederlands, ik hou van nederlands maar ik ben niet goed. Ik spreek het met mijn vrienden en op msn natuurlijk. Nederlands is een mooie taal, daarom studeer ik met plezier.
Ik moet weg nu! als je wilt op mijn msn contact zijn : rikikileclown@hotmail.com

'Lo dont really speak dutch well but expect to speak it regularly later. I'm willing to learn it as quickly as possible although it's pretty difficult.
cya mate

 

[Angelasgf]

Hi Sanne,

I am Dutch too, but I still reply to you in English... This because I like English a lot more than Dutch ;-)

You are doing quite a good job with teaching Dutch via the forum. Maybe then they can finally understand our politicians (as their English is normally crap) but then in Dutch instead of in English.

A friend of mine is British but he has now been living in The Netherlands for about 3 months. He's going to follow Dutch language lessons at a special institute, as we always talk in English... :-D

Whereabout in Holland do you live? Are you studying English?

See you around! :hi: