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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hallo! Hello and welcome to Dutch Survival Phrases brought to you by DutchPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to the Netherlands. You will be surprised at how far a little Dutch will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Today's phrase will help you take matters into your own hands! In today's lesson, we will look at the word "Please," which will be very important when you need to ask for something. |
| In Dutch, "Please" is Alstublieft. |
| Alstublieft. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Als-tu-blieft. |
| Now let's hear it once again: Alstublieft. |
| The easiest way to use "Please" is to point at something while saying Alstublieft, but let's try to build this up a bit, shall we? |
| Let's start with the expression, "This, please," which in Dutch is Deze alstublieft. |
| In English, "this" comes before "please." |
| In Dutch, the order is the same. So we have Deze alstublieft. |
| Let's look at the word for "this." |
| In Dutch, "this" is deze or dit. deze or dit. |
| And once again: deze or dit. |
| Looking at the word for "this" warrants a look at the word for "that," which is die or dat. |
| The phrase, "That, please," is Die alstublieft. |
| Die alstublieft. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Die als-tu-blieft. |
| Now let's hear it once again: Die alstublieft. |
| If you forgot or don't know the name of the object you're asking for, it's okay to point at it and say, Deze alstublieft, or Die alstublieft. However, it sounds a little unnatural. |
| The best way to ask for something would be alstublieft and then the name of the object you want to buy. |
| For example, you could say, Een krant alstublieft, or "A newspaper, please," or Een brood alstublieft, which is, "Bread, please." |
| Once again, een, which is "a," krant "newspaper" alstublieft. |
| Een krant alstublieft. |
| Een brood, which is literally, "a bread," alstublieft. |
| Een brood alstublieft |
| The sentence order is the same as in English. Subject + "Please." |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so good luck, that also means “good luck” in Dutch. |
| "Please." - Alstublieft. |
| Alstublieft. |
| Alstublieft. |
| "This, please." - Dit/Deze alstublieft. |
| Dit/Deze alstublieft. |
| Dit/Deze alstublieft. |
| "That, please." - Die/Dat alstublieft. |
| Die/Dat alstublieft. |
| Die/Dat alstublieft. |
| All right, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Tot ziens! |
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