Learn useful phrases for your vacation
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| 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 |
|---|
| In the Netherlands, the currency is the Euro. At the time of writing this, the exchange rate is roughly 0.75 Euros to the US dollar and 1.34 US dollars to 1 Euro. It is 1.10 Euros to the British Pound and 0.90 British Pounds to 1 Euro. |
| The currency includes 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 Euro bills, and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, and 1 and 2 Euro coins. |
| There are one hundred cents in one Euro. |
| Let's try to say prices in Dutch. |
| Let's start with € 28,52 |
| The long way is Achtentwintig euro en tweeenvijftig cent. This is very straightforward. First, we say the number of Euros, then Euro. Secondly, note that the two numbers are separated by the conjunction en, which means, "and." So before the en, you always have the Euros, and after the en, you have the cents. |
| Finally, we say the number of cents and finally, the word cent. Achtentwintig euro en tweeenvijftig cent. |
| Cent is the singular word for "cent," and centen is its plural. When talking about prices you can use both singular and plural for Cent. |
| Saying Euro and cent is not so common in the Netherlands, so let's learn the easiest and local way of saying your prices. |
| The short way is Achtentwintig tweeenvijftig. |
| In this case, it might not be immediately clear which number is Euros and which is cents, but remember that there is a pause after the Euros. So Achtentwintig tweeenvijftig is the equivalent of saying "twenty-eight fifty-two." |
| Let's have one more example: |
| € 4,99 Vier negenennegentig, or the long version, Vier euro en negenennegentig cent. |
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. |
| "Twenty-eight euros and fifty-two cents." - Achtentwintig euro en tweeenvijftig cent. |
| Achtentwintig euro en tweeenvijftig cent. |
| Achtentwintig euro en tweeenvijftig cent. |
| "Twenty-eight, fifty-two." - Achtentwintig tweeenvijftig. |
| Achtentwintig tweeenvijftig. |
| Achtentwintig tweeenvijftig. |
| "Four euros and ninety-nine cents" - Vier euro en negenennegentig cent. |
| Vier euro en negenennegentig cent. |
| Vier euro en negenennegentig cent. |
| "Four, ninety-nine." - Vier negenennegentig |
| Vier negenennegentig |
| Vier negenennegentig |
| 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! |
Comments
Hide