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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
Whatever the reason for traveling to the Netherlands, you won't leave the country without having met people. Therefore, it's necessary to learn how to introduce yourself and how to respond to people introducing themselves. So, let's jump right in.
In Dutch, "My name is"—and we will use my name this time—therefore, "My name is Jacob" is Mijn naam is Jacob.
Let's break it down by syllable: Mijn naam is Ja-cob.
Now let's hear it one more time: Mijn naam is Jacob.
The first word Mijn means, "my." Mijn.
Then we have naam, meaning "for a name."
Let's break it down by syllable and hear it again: Naam.
Naam.
To recap here, we have Mijn naam is, which we will translate as simply, "My name is."
Then there is the name, in this case Jacob.
All together, we have: Mijn naam is Jacob, which means, "My name is Jacob."
When using this form of introduction, you can only say your first name.
After that, we will cover "Nice to meet you." Since in Dutch we have both official and unofficial levels of speech, we will first cover the official way, followed by the unofficial.
In Dutch, "It's nice to meet you, sir," is Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer.
Let's break it down by syllable: Leuk u te ont-moeten me-neer.
Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer.
First, we have leuk, which means, "nicely." Leuk.
Then we have u, meaning "you," which is in the polite form. U.
Next up, we have te ontmoeten, which stands for "to meet."
Let's break it down by syllable and say it once again: Ont-moeten.
Ontmoeten.
Finally, we end the sentence with meneer, meaning "sir."
To recap, we have Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer. ("It's nice to meet you, sir.")
If you would like to say, "It's nice to meet you, ma'am," it would be: Leuk u te ontmoeten mevrouw.
Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Leuk u te ont-moe-ten me-vrouw. Leuk u te onmoeten mevrouw.
"It's nice to meet you, ma'am." As you can see, we only replaced menner with mevrouw.
The universal way of saying, "It's nice to meet you," which can be used both in the official and unofficial contact, is Aangenaam kennismaken.
Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Aan-ge-naam ken-nis-ma-ken.
Aangenaam kennismaken.

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.
"My name is Jacob." - Mijn naam is Jacob.
Mijn naam is Jacob.
Mijn naam is Jacob.
"It's nice to meet you, sir. (formal)" - Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer.
Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer.
Leuk u te ontmoeten meneer.
"It's nice to meet you, ma'am. (formal)" - Leuk u te ontmoeten mevrouw.
Leuk u te ontmoeten mevrouw.
Leuk u te ontmoeten mevrouw.
"It's nice to meet you. (formal/informal)" - Aangenaam kennismaken.
Aangenaam kennismaken.
Aangenaam kennismaken.
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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