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| Jessi: Top 25 Dutch Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 7: Where did you learn Dutch? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Dutch learners and then how to answer it like a native you'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then the repetition and new vocabulary will expand your understanding of the question its answers any variations. You also improve pronunciation and fluency by repeating the words and phrases out loud after hearing them. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question question Where did you learn Dutch? In Dutch this is |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Jacob: waar |
| Jessi: meaning where in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) waar |
| Jessi: Listen again at natural speed Please repeat. |
| Jacob: waar |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable and then giving it one more time natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. |
| The next word in the question where did you learn Dutch is. |
| Jacob: heeft |
| Jessi: meaning have in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) heeft |
| Jessi: Listen again at natural native speed and repeat. |
| Jacob: heeft |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Jacob: waar heeft |
| {pause} |
| next is |
| Jacob: u |
| Jessi: meaning you in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) u |
| Jessi: Listen again at natural speed and repeat. |
| Jacob: u |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Jacob: waar heeft u |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Jacob: Nederlands |
| Jessi: meaning Dutch in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) Nederlands |
| Jessi: Listen again at natural speed and repeat. |
| Jacob: Nederlands |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 4 words of the question together and repeat. |
| Jacob: waar heeft u Nederlands |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Jacob: gestudeerd |
| Jessi: meaning studied in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) gestudeerd |
| Jessi: Listen again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: gestudeerd |
| {Pause} |
| Now Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Jacob: waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where did you learn Dutch?? |
| Jacob: Ik heb het op school geleerd. |
| Jessi: "I learned it in school.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Jacob: (Slow) Ik heb het op school geleerd. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Learn this question well as you will hear it often in your travel to the Netherlands. Let's break this response down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Jacob: ik |
| Jessi: meaning I. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) ik |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed after listening repeat. |
| Jacob: ik |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And after that |
| Jacob: Heb |
| meaning have. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) Heb |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: Heb |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And next |
| Jacob: het |
| meaning it. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) het |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: het |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And next |
| Jacob: op |
| meaning on. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) op |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: op |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And after that |
| Jacob: school |
| meaning school. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) school |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: school |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And Next |
| Jacob: geleerd |
| meaning learned. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) geleerd |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: geleerd |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, I learned it in school., and then repeat. |
| Jacob: Ik heb het op school geleerd. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To expand on this pattern, replace in school with at home. |
| Jacob: thuis |
| Jessi: at home |
| Jacob: (slow) thuis (regular) thuis |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with at home |
| Jacob: Ik heb het thuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: The first part stays the same. Simply replace in school. Say I learned it at home. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Ik heb het thuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace at home with at the community center. |
| Jacob: buurthuis |
| Jessi: At the community center |
| Jacob: (slow) buurthuis (regular) buurthuis |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with at the community center |
| Jacob: Ik heb het in het buurthuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: The first stays the same. Simply replace at home. Say I learned it at the community center. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Ik heb het in het buurthuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace community center with at university. |
| Jacob: op de universiteit |
| Jessi: At university |
| Jacob: (slow) op de universiteit (regular) op de universiteit |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time at university |
| Jacob: Ik heb het op de universiteit geleerd. |
| Jessi: First part stays the same. Simply replace at the community center. Say I learned at university. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Ik heb het universiteit geleerd. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting the Netherlands and a stranger asks you where you learned that. You learn that in school respond to the question. Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? (five seconds) Ik heb het op school geleerd. |
| Jessi: Now imagine you learned at home Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? (five seconds) Ik heb het thuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: Imagine you learned at community center. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? (five seconds) Ik heb het in het buurthuis geleerd. |
| Jessi: Imagine you learned at university. Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? (five seconds) Ik heb het universiteit geleerd. |
| Jessi: Now you want to ask the stranger where he learned Dutch. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Jacob: Waar heeft u Nederlands gestudeerd? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 7. |
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