Learn how to discuss plans
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Peter: Goedendag allemaal! Mijn naam is Peter |
| Judith: Judith here! Absolute Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 23 - Are you Dreaming in Dutch of a Greek Holiday? |
| 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 discuss plans. |
| Peter: This conversation takes place in a Dutch kitchen. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Marijke and Loes. |
| Peter: The speakers are family, therefore they will be speaking informal Dutch. |
Lesson conversation |
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| M: Kan je me even helpen? Geef me eens een paar appels. |
| L: Hoeveel heb je er nodig? Er zijn zes appels hier. |
| M: Geef er maar vier. Ik maak een appeltaart. |
| L: Waar gaan we dit jaar op vakantie naar toe? |
| M: We gaan misschien naar Griekenland. Athene is een mooie stad. Er gaan veel toeristen naar Athene. |
| L: Maar je kan er niet op het strand liggen. |
| M: We kunnen ook naar een Grieks eiland gaan. Er zijn mooie eilanden in Griekenland. |
| L: En je kan er op het strand liggen. Gaan we daar dan naar toe? Leuk op een Grieks eiland in de zon. |
| M: Ik weet het niet. Papa moet het ook goed vinden. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| M: Kan je me even helpen? Geef me eens een paar appels. |
| L: Hoeveel heb je er nodig? Er zijn zes appels hier. |
| M: Geef er maar vier. Ik maak een appeltaart. |
| L: Waar gaan we dit jaar op vakantie naar toe? |
| M: We gaan misschien naar Griekenland. Athene is een mooie stad. Er gaan veel toeristen naar Athene. |
| L: Maar je kan er niet op het strand liggen. |
| M: We kunnen ook naar een Grieks eiland gaan. Er zijn mooie eilanden in Griekenland. |
| L: En je kan er op het strand liggen. Gaan we daar dan naar toe? Leuk op een Grieks eiland in de zon. |
| M: Ik weet het niet. Papa moet het ook goed vinden. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| M: Kan je me even helpen? Geef me eens een paar appels. |
| Judith: Can you help me for a moment? Just give me a few apples. |
| L: Hoeveel heb je er nodig? Er zijn zes appels hier. |
| Judith: How many of them do you need? There are six apples here. |
| M: Geef er maar vier. Ik maak een appeltaart. |
| Judith: Just give me four of them. I’m making an apple pie. |
| L: Waar gaan we dit jaar op vakantie naar toe? |
| Judith: Where are we going on vacation this year? |
| M: We gaan misschien naar Griekenland. Athene is een mooie stad. Er gaan veel toeristen naar Athene. |
| Judith: We might go to Greece. Athens is a beautiful city. Lots of tourists go to Athens. |
| L: Maar je kan er niet op het strand liggen. |
| Judith: But you can’t lie on the beach there. |
| M: We kunnen ook naar een Grieks eiland gaan. Er zijn mooie eilanden in Griekenland. |
| Judith: We can also go to a Greek island. There are beautiful islands in Greece. |
| L: En je kan er op het strand liggen. Gaan we daar dan naar toe? Leuk op een Grieks eiland in de zon. |
| Judith: And you can lie on the beach there. Are we going there then? Fun in the sun on a Greek island. |
| M: Ik weet het niet. Papa moet het ook goed vinden. |
| Judith: I don’t know. Daddy also has to like it. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith:Okay, how common is this really, people going to Greece?. I mean Dutch people going to Greece for vacation |
| Peter: It’s not very common. There is more Dutchies going to France, traveling in Germany or France with their caravans or Dutch who like to stay in the own tiny country because there is beautiful nature as well in the Netherlands . |
| Judith: Yeah , i heard of the Wadden Islands, that’s a nice nature reserve isn’t it? |
| Peter: That’s definitely very beautiful! The Waddeneilanden are five isles on the north of the Netherlands. The biggest of them are populated. But there are also lots of small ‘waddeneilanden’ and that’s mainly nature reserves. It’s beautiful surrounded by water like everything in the Netherlands. |
| Peter: The Waddeneilanden, or The Wadden Islands consist of Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, and Schiermonnikoog. One of the best things you can do there, a favorite activity around the islands is ‘wadlopen’, which actually means walking on the sea bottom when the tide is low. |
| Judith: You are only allowed to this with special guides, it can be very dangerous!. |
| Peter: During ‘wadlopen’ you can enjoy the fantastic scenery of the islands. There are different tours you can take depending on your general fitness. |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: een paar [natural native speed] |
| Judith: a couple, a few |
| Peter: een paar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: een paar [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: appel [natural native speed] |
| Judith: apple |
| Peter: ap-pel [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: appel [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: hoeveel [natural native speed] |
| Judith: how much/many |
| Peter: hoe-veel [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: hoeveel [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: nodig [natural native speed] |
| Judith: needed, necessary |
| Peter: no-dig [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: nodig [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: maken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to make |
| Peter: ma-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: maken [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: vakantie [natural native speed] |
| Judith: vacation |
| Peter: va-kan-tie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: vakantie [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: misschien [natural native speed] |
| Judith: perhaps, maybe |
| Peter: mis-schien [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: misschien [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: Griekenland [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Greece |
| Peter: Grie-ken-land [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: Griekenland [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: Athene [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Athens |
| Peter: A-the-ne [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: Athene [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: stad [natural native speed] |
| Judith: city, town |
| Peter: stad [slowly] |
| Peter: stad [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: strand [natural native speed] |
| Judith: beach |
| Peter: strand [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: strand [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: Grieks [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Greek |
| Peter: Grieks [slowly] |
| Peter: Grieks [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: eiland [natural native speed] |
| Judith: island |
| Peter: ei-land [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: eiland [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.... |
| 1 "Een paar" (a couple) ,this is less specific in Dutch than it is in English. It could mean two, but it could also mean three or even four, so it is more like the English expression "a few". |
| 2 "Waar... naar toe?" means "where to", or "to where". "Naar" and "toe" both mean the same thing, so having them both next to each other in "waar... naar toe" is illogical, but well that’s just how it's said in Dutch. |
Lesson focus |
| Judith: The focus of this lesson is the particle "er". |
| Peter: ‘Er’ can have many different meanings. In the dialogue we saw four of them. |
| 1 "Er is" and "er zijn" are the same as saying "there is" and "there are" in English, e. g. "Er zijn mooie eilanden in Griekenland." (There are beautiful islands in Greece.) |
| Judith: 2 When you have a verb that is not "to be", the function of ‘er’ can be to announce the subject while the actual word for the subject comes later on in the sentence. |
| Peter: An example; "Er gaan veel toeristen naar Athene." (Many tourists go to Athens. / There are many tourists going to Athens.) |
| 3 ‘Er’ can also refer to a place, referring to a place that the listener knows or that has been mentioned before. For example referring to Athens; "Je kan er niet op het strand liggen." You can’t lie on the beach there. (referring to Athens) |
| 4 ‘Er’ can also replace the phrase "of them" after a number. For example ; "Hoeveel appels wil je? - Geef er maar vier." How many apples do you want? - Give me four of them. |
| B "Er" is a crucial word to master if you want to speak correct Dutch. |
Outro |
| Judith: That just about does it for today. |
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| Judith: ...and hit play! |
| Peter: It's that easy. |
| Judith: But don't take our word for it. |
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| Judith: So, see you next week! |
| Peter: Tot ziens! Doei! |
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