hello

scooberu · Post by **scooberu** » Sat 16th Apr 2005 09:07 pm

hello may I see the menu please.
how would I say this without sounding too much of a tourist
many thanks

Fraglator · Post by **Fraglator** » Thu 21st Apr 2005 07:43 pm

hey scooberu

i try to explain it in english ... mhhh...

ghuude daagh, kan ik de (the) menu hebbe

i hope thats right and easily for you to speak

ps: hello everybody thats my first post...

scooberu · Post by **scooberu** » Thu 21st Apr 2005 07:51 pm

a warm welcome to ya
thanks for the translation
will be giving it a try in three weeks time
I'll let u know how I mess it up
keep on toking[/img]

Fraglator · Post by **Fraglator** » Thu 21st Apr 2005 07:54 pm

maybe claudantus (?) could explain it better than me... because its normal for me to speak an u or an a as a dutch u and an a

you understand ?

scooberu · Post by **scooberu** » Fri 22nd Apr 2005 01:02 pm

was with you up till speak, but I understood your translation. thanx again.

lctricity · Post by **lctricity** » Fri 22nd Apr 2005 06:04 pm

Not to bring you down but...

Why do you want to speak Dutch in order to see a menu?

I've found that unless you're fluent and your pronuncation is good speaking Dutch is really not going to gain you any extras.

If you're into learning Dutch for the sake of learning it then plesae disregard my comments. If you're thinking that speaking Dutch is necessary to accomplish seeing the menu then you needn't worry about it.

IMO, a person comes off more like a "Tourist" to attempt to speak Dutch in a nonfluent fashion rather than just being upfront and asking to see the menu in English.

Goed Luck regardless!

scooberu · Post by **scooberu** » Fri 22nd Apr 2005 06:23 pm

not all of us do things just to gain extras. guessing thats just how u yanks think. I wanted to know just 4 my personal knowledge.

IMO, a person comes of like a " jerk" when they are sitting on their high horse.

GOED luck yourself

lctricity · Post by **lctricity** » Fri 22nd Apr 2005 07:04 pm

scooberu wrote:not all of us do things just to gain extras. guessing thats just how u yanks think. I wanted to know just 4 my personal knowledge.

IMO, a person comes of like a " jerk" when they are sitting on their high horse.

GOED luck yourself

Obviously you took my post as some type of slam. I apologize if my wording was off.

Here's an excerpt from my original post to this thread.

lctricity wrote:If you're into learning Dutch for the sake of learning it then plesae disregard my comments. If you're thinking that speaking Dutch is necessary to accomplish seeing the menu then you needn't worry about it.

Was simply trying to share an experience that I thought might be of some use to you. Sometimes written words come across differently than when they're spoken.

Learning Dutch for the sake of learning it is great! As I said before, I apologize if my wording came off other than the way it was intended. Definitely not trying to be on ANY type of "high horse".

BISHY · Post by **BISHY** » Thu 26th May 2005 11:38 pm

NOW I WOULD MOST DEFFO LIKE TO LEARN DUTCH IM GOING TO BUY A CD PACK BUT WILL STILL NEED TO GET IT PERFECT BY ..I THINK GOING TO WORK IN HOLLAND FOR 6 - 12 MONTHS WOULD YOU AGREE ???

buddy · Post by **buddy** » Fri 27th May 2005 03:21 pm

lctricity wrote:
scooberu wrote:not all of us do things just to gain extras. guessing thats just how u yanks think. I wanted to know just 4 my personal knowledge.

IMO, a person comes of like a " jerk" when they are sitting on their high horse.

GOED luck yourself

Something else you might want to know for your personal knowledge...not all "yanks" think alike. If you were offended by a generalization why did you use one in your defense?