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Intro |
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| Peter: Goedendag allemaal! Mijn naam is Peter |
| Judith: Judith here! Absolute Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 17 - Asking the Way |
| Peter: Hi, my name is Peter, and I am joined here by Judith. |
| Judith: Hello, everyone and welcome back to DutchPOD101.com |
| Peter: What are we learning today? |
| Judith: In this lesson you'll will learn how to understand directions in Dutch. |
| Peter: This conversation takes place on a street in Amsterdam. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Marijke and a lady on the street. |
| Peter: The speakers don't know each other, therefore they will be speaking formal Dutch. |
| Judith: Let’s listen to the conversation! |
Lesson conversation |
| M: Neemt u mij niet kwalijk, mevrouw, weet u waar de Frans Halsstraat is? |
| Mevr.: Ja, als u hier langs het Stedelijk Museum loopt en dan links af bij het Museumplein. |
| Mevr.: Dan loopt u langs het Van Gogh Museum rechtdoor naar het Rijks Museum. |
| Mevr.: Bij het Rijks Museum slaat u rechts af en loopt u door tot u bij de Hobbemakade komt. |
| Mevr.: Daar slaat u links af tot de Stadhouderskade, daar rechts en dan is het de tweede straat aan uw rechterhand. |
| M: Dus, linksaf naar het Museumplein, en bij de Stadhouderskade niet de eerste maar de tweede straat aan mijn rechterhand. |
| Mevr: Ja. |
| M: Dank u wel, mevrouw. |
| Mevr.: Graag gedaan. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| M: Neemt u mij niet kwalijk, mevrouw, weet u waar de Frans Halsstraat is? |
| Mevr.: Ja, als u hier langs het Stedelijk Museum loopt en dan links af bij het Museumplein. |
| Mevr.: Dan loopt u langs het Van Gogh Museum rechtdoor naar het Rijks Museum. |
| Mevr.: Bij het Rijks Museum slaat u rechts af en loopt u door tot u bij de Hobbemakade komt. |
| Mevr.: Daar slaat u links af tot de Stadhouderskade, daar rechts en dan is het de tweede straat aan uw rechterhand. |
| M: Dus, linksaf naar het Museumplein, en bij de Stadhouderskade niet de eerste maar de tweede straat aan mijn rechterhand. |
| Mevr: Ja. |
| M: Dank u wel, mevrouw. |
| Mevr.: Graag gedaan. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| M: Neemt u mij niet kwalijk, mevrouw, weet u waar de Frans Halsstraat is? |
| Judith: Excuse me, ma’am, do you know where Frans Hals Street is? |
| MEVR: Ja, als u hier langs het Stedelijk Museum loopt en dan links af bij het Museumplein. |
| Judith: Yes, if you walk here past the Stedelijk Museum and then to the left at the Museumplein. |
| Mevr.: Dan loopt u langs het Van Gogh Museum rechtdoor naar het Rijks Museum. |
| Judith: Then walk past the Van Gogh Museum straight ahead toward the Rijks Museum. |
| Mevr.: Bij het Rijks Museum slaat u rechts af en loopt u door tot u bij de Hobbemakade komt. |
| Judith: At the Rijks Museum you’ll turn right and walk straight until you come to the Hobbema Quay. |
| Mevr.: Daar slaat u links af tot de Stadhouderskade, daar rechts en dan is het de tweede straat aan uw rechterhand. |
| Judith: There you’ll turn left until the Stadhouder Quay, [take a] right there and then it’s the second street on your right. |
| M: Dus, linksaf naar het Museumplein, en bij de Stadhouderskade niet de eerste maar de tweede straat aan mijn rechterhand. |
| Judith: So, to the left toward the Museumplein, and at the Stadhouder Quay not the first but the second street on my right. |
| Mevr: Ja. |
| Judith: Yes. |
| M: Dank u wel, mevrouw. |
| Judith: Thank you very much, ma’am. |
| Mevr.: Graag gedaan. |
| Judith: You’re welcome. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: Okay , let’s talk a little bit about Amsterdam. Is Amsterdam a great place to see as a tourist? |
| Peter: Amsterdam is a great place to see as a tourist! Of course there are all the canals and the beautiful pictures. But there are also lots of museums. Lots of Art in Amsterdam. There are more than 50 museums, so Amsterdam is big on art. And there is everything, from world-renowned collections to lesser-known ones, Amsterdam's museums they offer art, history, and in recent years, photography and multimedia exhibitions on a high level. |
| Judith: Is there a museum that you can recommend in particular? |
| Peter: Well of course I can recommend the museum of Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh, the famous Dutch painter. Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum houses the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. So as a visitor you have the chance to track the artist's developments over time and to compare his paintings, the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to works by other artists from the 19th century. The permanent collection of the museum includes paintings, drawings, and letters, originally by Vincent van Gogh. |
| Judith: There is also the Dutch National Museum, the Rijksmuseum. It’s the largest museum in the country. And there you will find a great collection of 17th-and 18th-century Dutch art. In this museum you can see the evolution of the Dutch Golden Age, a time when the Netherland's colonization and trade efforts made it the richest country in the world. Besides being a great museum, the massive Neo-Gothic building itself is also worth checking out. |
| Peter: For modern art, there is the Stedelijk Museum. It opened its doors in 1895 and it initially showed the estate of Sophia Augusta Lopez Suasso de Bruyn. Now there is great modern art, recommend! |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Okay, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: neemt u mij niet kwalijk [natural native speed] |
| Judith: excuse me |
| Peter: neemt u mij niet kwalijk [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: neemt u mij niet kwalijk [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: kwalijk [natural native speed] |
| Judith: evil, nasty |
| Peter: kwa-lijk [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: kwalijk [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: weten [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to know |
| Peter: we-ten [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: weten [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: straat [natural native speed] |
| Judith: street |
| Peter: straat [slowly] |
| Peter: straat [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: als [natural native speed] |
| Judith: if |
| Peter: als [slowly] |
| Peter: als [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: langs [natural native speed] |
| Judith: along, past |
| Peter: langs [slowly] |
| Peter: langs [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: links [natural native speed] |
| Judith: left |
| Peter: links [slowly] |
| Peter: links [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: links af [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to the left |
| Peter: links af [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: links af [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: rechts [natural native speed] |
| Judith: right |
| Peter: rechts [slowly] |
| Peter: rechts [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: rechts af [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to the right |
| Peter: rechts af [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: rechts af [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: afslaan [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to turn (direction) |
| Peter: af-slaan [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: afslaan [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: rechtdoor [natural native speed] |
| Judith: straight ahead |
| Peter: recht-door [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: rechtdoor [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: graag gedaan [natural native speed] |
| Judith: you're welcome |
| Peter: graag gedaan [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: graag gedaan [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: gracht [natural native speed] |
| Judith: canal |
| Peter: gracht [slowly] |
| Peter: gracht [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Peter: The first phrase we’ll look at is..."Aan mijn rechterhand" |
| Judith: This simply means "on my right" or “on my right-hand side”. |
| Peter: Then, in the dialogue you heard different references to streets. You may hear straat, plein, and kade. But there is also gracht and laan. What’s the difference between all of these? To start with: the Dutch name for a street is ‘straat’. Dutch street names are always written with a capital letter. A ‘plein’ , like Leidseplein, is a square. These can be large, like the Dam Square in Amsterdam, or very small with no traffic allowed. |
| Judith: Then there is the ‘kade’, which is a quay. These are remnants from older times when ships were still used for transport within the city. |
| Peter: The ‘gracht’ is the canal which refers to the water itself more than to the street. That’s why you would say, “Ik woon OP de gracht”, but “Ik woon IN een straat”. And then there’s ‘laan’, a lane, and this is usually used for broader streets with lots of trees. |
Lesson focus |
| Judith: The focus of this lesson is ordinal numbers. |
| Peter: In Dutch there are two endings for ordinal numbers, -de and -ste. |
| Judith: The ordinal numbers 2-19, I should say “second to nineteenth” all end in -de, so these numbers are composed of the cardinal number plus the ending -de. The only exception is the Dutch word for ‘first’ , which is irregular. How do you say “first” in Dutch? |
| Peter: In Dutch we say “first” as “eerste”. |
| Judith: and than from there, “second”? |
| Peter: “second” we say, “tweede” |
| third - derde |
| fourth - vierde |
| fifth - vijfde |
| tenth - tiende |
| fifteenth - vijftiende |
| nineteenth - negentiende |
| Judith: And then there is a change because from 20th and upwards the ordinal numbers are formed with the cardinal number plus the ending-ste. So the ending changes from -de to -ste. For example “twentieth”: |
| Peter: “twentieth” becomes “twintigste” |
| Judith : “Thirtieth”? |
| Peter: “dertigste” |
| Judith: Okay , something more difficult. “Fiftyninth”? |
| Peter: “negen-en-vijftigste” |
| Judith: “Hundredth”? |
| Peter: “honderdste” |
| Judith: and above 100, you say "honderd" and then the number as above. Like “hundred fifteenth” |
| Peter: “honderd vijftiende” |
| Judith “hundred eighteenth” ? |
| Peter: “honderd achttiende” |
| Judith: So it’s regular? |
| peter: above hundred it’s regular! |
Outro |
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| Judith: Okay, see you next week! |
| Peter: Tot ziens! Doei! |
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