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Claud, I know most Dutch speak english and have read that if you can't speak the language, don't. But what are a couple of words I should know. Is there a word or phase you say when entering a building or shop? Thanks for you time. AzLaker

the word you will hear alot is totziens (or various forms of it), still not sure what is means exactly, but i heard many a local greet and leave wach other with that.

mazdog wrote:the word you will hear alot is totziens (or various forms of it), still not sure what is means exactly, but i heard many a local greet and leave wach other with that.

Tot ziens = 'till we see each other again = Hasta la vista

By way of greetings, most nederlanders will say either : Hoi (hi) ; Goedemorgen or goeiemorgen (good morning) ; Goedemiddag or goeiemiddag (good afternoon).

"By way of greetings, most nederlanders will say either : Hoi (hi) ; Goedemorgen or goeiemorgen (good morning) ; Goedemiddag or goeiemiddag (good afternoon)."

Hi,
Goedemorgen or goeiemorgen (good morning) ; Goedemiddag or goeiemiddag (good afternoon)."

GoedeNmorgen is the correct spelling for good morning, but if you want to be less formal you can say "dag" and to be even less formal you can say "Hoi."
Goodenmiddag is the correct spelling for good afternoon.

Daag (hold the a longer) can also be used for good bye. Tot zeins is a more formal way to say good bye . To be less formal say doei (doo eee)

You may also want to learn the words for please and thank you.

alstublieft is please I was told that "You use the word “alstubieft” to mean “thank you” when you give somebody something, and dank u when you receive something.’

hope this helps,
Cathleen

"By way of greetings, most nederlanders will say either : Hoi (hi) ; Goedemorgen or goeiemorgen (good morning) ; Goedemiddag or goeiemiddag (good afternoon)."

Hi,
Goedemorgen or goeiemorgen (good morning) ; Goedemiddag or goeiemiddag (good afternoon)."

GoedeNmorgen is the correct spelling for good morning, but if you want to be less formal you can say "dag" and to be even less formal you can say "Hoi."
Goodenmiddag is the correct spelling for good afternoon.

Daag (hold the a longer) can also be used for good bye. Tot zeins is a more formal way to say good bye . To be less formal say doei (doo eee)

You may also want to learn the words for please and thank you.

alstublieft is please I was told that "You use the word “alstubieft” to mean “thank you” when you give somebody something, and dank u when you receive something.’

hope this helps,
Cathleen

Firefly315 wrote: GoedeNmorgen is the correct spelling for good morning, but if you want to be less formal you can say "dag" and to be even less formal you can say "Hoi." Goodenmiddag is the correct spelling for good afternoon.

Daag (hold the a longer) can also be used for good bye. Tot zeins is a more formal way to say good bye . To be less formal say doei (doo eee)

You may also want to learn the words for please and thank you.

alstublieft is please I was told that "You use the word “alstubieft” to mean “thank you” when you give somebody something, and dank u when you receive something.’

hope this helps,
Cathleen

Hi Cathleen, Nice to see someone else learning dutch. A few comments though if you let me.

You say : "goedendag" (good day) and "goedenavond" (good evening). But you say : "goedemorgen" (good morning) and "goedemiddag" (good afternoon). And it is "tot ziens" and not "tot zeins" which was probably a misspell .

"Alstublieft". Now that's a tougher one. First, you have to know that in dutch there are a formal, polite and a non-formal way of adressing someone. "Alstublieft" is the formal way. "Alsjeblieft" is the non-formal, regular way of speaking to someone. Unless you speak to the Queen or to someone you greatly respect due to his/her age or position, then you use the non-formal way of talking. Now, "alsjeblieft" can indeed be used in two ways. If you give something to someone, you say : "alsjeblieft" in the sense of : "there you go!". If you receive something from someone, you say : "alsjeblieft" in the sense of "thanks!". If you dissect the word, you have : "zoals" "je" "belieft" which litterally means "as you wish (like)".

For thanking someone, you could say either : "Bedankt", "Dank je" or also "alsjeblieft".

Take care, Yves.

hoi doesburger

gaaf om iemand erbij te hebben die dingen kan vertalen

for our english readers:

hey doesburger

neat to have another person who can translate things

and how do you say: yes and no?

no, thank you? yes, please?

nee, ja

nee dank u.
ja astublieft.

I am milehigh - Ik ben milehigh
I don't understand - Ik begrijp het niet
I don't know - Ik weet het niet
Please speak more slowly - Kunt u wat langzamer spreken?
How much is this? - Wat kost dit?

pas op - watch out

rot op - fuck off

hope you can use these.

milehigh

4:20 would be "tien voor half vief"

Thanks everyone for the easy words to remember, like Totziens. Once we get there and hear some of the words a few times, we should be fine. Thanks again, AzLaker

Hoi,
I can’t believe I made some spelling errors the other day on my last post on this topic! I was really tired when I wrote that (I guess I should have written it when I wasn’t tired

Het is geode dat andere personen het nederlands op deze website ook te leren. Het is elke week een beetje minder moeilijke het nederlands te begripen. Ik weet meer van andere personen te zeggen. Deze maand, heb ik meer worden te leren zodat nu kan ik beter te schrijven en lezen. In de laaste twee weken, spreek ik (denk ik) een beetje meer de weg nederlands. Heel veel succes met jouw bestuderend van nederlands!
greetz,
Cathleen

Hoi,
I can’t believe I made some spelling errors the other day on my last post on this topic! I was really tired when I wrote that (I guess I should have written it when I wasn’t tired

Het is geode dat andere personen het nederlands op deze website ook te leren. Het is elke week een beetje minder moeilijke het nederlands te begripen. Ik weet meer van andere personen te zeggen. Deze maand, heb ik meer worden te leren zodat nu kan ik beter te schrijven en lezen. In de laaste twee weken, spreek ik (denk ik) een beetje meer de weg nederlands. Heel veel succes met jouw bestuderend van nederlands!
greetz,
Cathleen

I can’t believe I made some spelling errors the other day on my last post on this topic! I was really tired when I wrote that (I guess I should have written it when I wasn’t tired

Het is geode dat andere personen het nederlands op deze website ook te leren. Het is elke week een beetje minder moeilijke het nederlands te begripen. Ik weet meer van andere personen te zeggen. Deze maand, heb ik meer worden te leren zodat nu kan ik beter te schrijven en lezen. In de laaste twee weken, spreek ik (denk ik) een beetje meer de weg nederlands. Heel veel succes met jouw bestuderend van nederlands!
greetz,
Cathleen

My computer didn't want to post my last message, so it is on the board 3 times! When I pushed submit, it said there as an error, so I pushed the botton several times. Next time, if it says that, I will know that it will probably post my message eventually.
Cathleen