Dutch language questions

Post by **Lemming** » Sat 12th Mar 2005 03:29 pm

Claud from Amsterdam has kindly offered to help ACD users with translating Dutch to English and English to Dutch.

Post your questions for Claud here.

(Sorry Claud, I accidentally deleted your original intro so I've put this up instead. Hope it's OK)

Trichome_Dense · Post by **Trichome_Dense** » Tue 5th May 2009 12:57 am

excellent idea, Lem!

I always find myself needing to ask for directions... like "how do I get to ... " or "Where is the ... "

But I would also have to know what they say back to me means! unless my bad accent reveals me a Brit, and they answer in English!

I think this idea of yours Lem, is a good addition the site!

DC · Post by DC » Tue 5th May 2009 02:09 am

'Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 '

Clauds last post was in 2007.

Trichome_Dense · Post by **Trichome_Dense** » Tue 5th May 2009 10:33 am

lol, DC i just see your post! Looks like I won't be getting any answers now?!!

lampshade · Post by **lampshade** » Mon 18th May 2009 07:35 pm

I hope Claude returns!

Sombrero · Post by **Sombrero** » Mon 18th May 2009 11:38 pm

Max Flower · Post by **Max Flower** » Fri 22nd May 2009 06:44 am

Just to add onto Sombrero's good advice you can hear audio of "where is the ..." plus many other useful phrases and words here.

http://homepage.mac.com/schuffelen/vocabulary.html

MF

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Mon 25th May 2009 09:44 pm

Sombrero wrote:
Trichome_Dense wrote:excellent idea, Lem!

I always find myself needing to ask for directions... like "how do I get to ... " or "Where is the ... "

But I would also have to know what they say back to me means! unless my bad accent reveals me a Brit, and they answer in English!

I think this idea of yours Lem, is a good addition the site!
"How do I get to..." - "Hoe kom ik bij..."
"Where is the..." - "Waar is de..."

But I wouldn't bother too much with Dutch, since it can be hard to pronounce for you. If you just speak slowly and easy english almost every dutch person wil understand you and prolly answer in english as well. I don't know anyone who doesn't understand english, only the really poor educated or elderly people in Holland don't understand it. It's not like france where barely anyone understands english. But I'm sure people always like it when you try to speak dutch and maybe they will help a bit.

Keep this going! i have a superb memory (when not stoned) & could put sentences together rather quickly,I know some words & can understand to a certain degree what people are saying if they speak slowly enough.

Jasmeena · Post by **Jasmeena** » Tue 26th Jan 2010 06:21 pm

I always used to come unstuck when ppl stopped me and asked me the time.. 'hoe laat is het' is pretty easy to figure out.. but the dutch clock / telling the time system is completely illogical for me.. so I would just show them my watch.. was a lot easier!!

Jasmeena · Post by **Jasmeena** » Tue 26th Jan 2010 06:25 pm

Another good one is, when asked anything by a dutch person, if you have no idea what they are saying, to reply:
ik spreek geen nederlands!
(ick sprake khane nay-der-lands)
(I speak no dutch)

I would also say that the 'g' in amsterdam is a hard g and it is softer in the eindhoven area (and prob other parts of holland).. so in a'dam the 'g' is pronounced like the 'ch' of loch .. like you were about to hawk up a gob of spittle or something

They will probably laugh.. and then if they are friendly, start up a conversation and you will gain a new friend...

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Wed 27th Jan 2010 02:43 pm

Grotjes & Hallo! mijn naam is ******,Hoe heet jij? tot ziens

.

roker · Post by **roker** » Sun 8th Aug 2010 06:13 pm

Kingdoc wrote:Grotjes & Hallo! mijn naam is ******,Hoe heet jij? tot ziens .

Hoe gaat het nu met je Nederlands Kingdoc?

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Wed 11th Aug 2010 10:30 pm

roker wrote:
Kingdoc wrote:Grotjes & Hallo! mijn naam is ******,Hoe heet jij? tot ziens .
Hoe gaat het nu met je Nederlands Kingdoc?

Ikk benn ok! nea goed

,Jij nederlandse roker?.

roker · Post by **roker** » Thu 12th Aug 2010 01:20 am

Kingdoc wrote:
roker wrote:
Kingdoc wrote:Grotjes & Hallo! mijn naam is ******,Hoe heet jij? tot ziens .
Hoe gaat het nu met je Nederlands Kingdoc?

Ikk benn ok! nea goed ,Jij nederlandse roker?.

Alles goed Kingdoc...alles goed joh...

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Thu 12th Aug 2010 09:01 pm

roker wrote:
Kingdoc wrote:
roker wrote: Hoe gaat het nu met je Nederlands Kingdoc?

Ikk benn ok! nea goed ,Jij nederlandse roker?.
Alles goed Kingdoc...alles goed joh...

Hoi en Groetjes roker! naar alles goed heir

,Goed filmpjes het avon op youtube! kankers v politie

,Dag.