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[Lakitu]

Anyone?

If you are, can you please please drop me a pm, you'd make me very happy

 

[Scrow]

i can sing a song in dutch... but i only know it phonetically. does that count?

i also used to know some muslim prayer off-by-heart phonetically, but that's another story.

 

[Hooker]

What do you need to be translated?

 

[Lakitu]

Not really translated but I need help with some pronouncation of some words coz so far I'm sucking

 

[norinrad21]

You met a dutch girl online and some how you want to impress her?

 

[Lakitu]

I'm learning Dutch and I have to learn to say something this week, if I get it wrong I'm screwed, I know how to type it it's just I'm going wrong with the pronounciation

 

[Hooker]

Well... type it out so we can help you.



I don't think anyone will laugh as our language is pretty hard for most foreign people

 

[CrunchyB]

Message Sent!

But yeah, like Hooker said, why don't you just post it in this thread. Make it a community thing

 

[Cold Shadow]

I speak dutch, what do you want to know?

 

[Volt]

And in case this hasn't been solved yet or you should need some more help, I speak Dutch as well, so just let me know what you need! Also, I know English phonetics, if that helps

 

[sly]

Dutch is hard. I'm so happy most of the people over here in Amsterdam speak English. :lol

Onlly know a few words/phrases and I have no desire to learn more:

Alles goed?
Goedemorgen
Goedemiddag
Goedenavond
Goedenacht
Alstublieft, Alsjeblieft(I know I'm not spelling them right, but what's the difference between the two?)
Lekker

 

[Crispy]

Dutch is hard. I'm so happy most of the people over here in Amsterdam speak English. :lol

Onlly know a few words/phrases and I have no desire to learn more:

Alstublieft, Alsjeblieft(I know I'm not spelling them right, but what's the difference between the two?)

The difference is that you can say 'alsjeblieft' to people familiar to you, but you should say 'alstublieft' to people that are older than you, you don't really know (like someone who helps you in a store) or people you respect.

This rule is a bit out-dated though, most people just say alsjeblieft all the time, just like 'dankuwel' en 'dankjewel'. You should learn more Dutch though!

 

[sly]

Ah I see. Thanks a lot. I'm guessing "bedankt" is a more official "dankuwel"?

 

[Rei_Toei]

Actually it's the other way around, 'bedankt' is less formal then 'dank u wel'. I guess it must be funny for English speakers that 'U' is the Dutch (formal) word for 'You' .