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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DutchPod101.com This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 14 - How Bad is Dutch Bureaucracy? Michael here. |
| Jacob: Hallo. I'm Jacob. |
| Michael: In this lesson, you’ll learn about the usage of the verb... |
| Jacob: moeten |
| Michael: meaning “must”, “have to”, “should” in Dutch. This conversation takes place at the school administration office. |
| Jacob: It's between Burt and the office clerk from the school administration. |
| Michael: The conversation is between a student and an office clerk. They will use formal Dutch. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Burt: Welk formulier moet ik invullen? |
| Administrateur: Dit blauwe formulier graag. En deze moet ingevuld worden voor de immigratiedienst. |
| Burt: Ik zal het meteen doen. |
| Administrateur: Mag ik uw paspoort? Ik moet er een fotokopie van maken voor de politie. |
| Burt: Alstublieft. Moet ik nog meer doen? |
| Administrateur: Nee, zo is het goed. |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Burt: Welk formulier moet ik invullen? |
| Administrateur: Dit blauwe formulier graag. En deze moet ingevuld worden voor de immigratiedienst. |
| Burt: Ik zal het meteen doen. |
| Administrateur: Mag ik uw paspoort? Ik moet er een fotokopie van maken voor de politie. |
| Burt: Alstublieft. Moet ik nog meer doen? |
| Administrateur: Nee, zo is het goed. |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Burt: Which form do I have to fill out? |
| School employee: This blue form please. And this one has to be filled out for the immigration department. |
| Burt: I'll do it straight away. |
| School employee: May I have your passport? I have to make a photocopy for the police. |
| Burt: Here you are. Is there anything else I have to do? |
| School employee: No, that will be all. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Michael: Jacob, I've heard that nowadays a lot of official forms are printed in different languages besides Dutch. |
| Jacob: That's right. In the past, the forms were in Dutch only, but now you can find forms printed in English, Turkish, and Arabic and sometimes other languages. |
| Michael: I think this makes life a lot easier for many people, as there are a lot of immigrants from many different countries in the Netherlands. |
| Jacob: That’s right. So if you are in the Netherlands, and are asked to fill in a form written in Dutch, ask the staff if there’s the same form printed in English. They might have it. |
| Michael: That's a good tip. Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Michael: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jacob: formulier [natural native speed] |
| Michael: form |
| Jacob: for-mu-lier [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: formulier [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: blauw [natural native speed] |
| Michael: blue |
| Jacob: blauw [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: blauw [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: moet [natural native speed] |
| Michael: must |
| Jacob: moet [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: moet [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: immigratiedienst [natural native speed] |
| Michael: immigration department |
| Jacob: im-mi-gra-tie-dienst [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: immigratiedienst [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: meteen [natural native speed] |
| Michael: at once, immediately |
| Jacob: me-teen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: meteen [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: fotokopie [natural native speed] |
| Michael: photocopy |
| Jacob: fo-to-ko-pie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: fotokopie [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: politie [natural native speed] |
| Michael: police |
| Jacob: po-li-tie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: politie [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: alstublieft [natural native speed] |
| Michael: please |
| Jacob: al-stu-blieft [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: alstublieft [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Michael: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is.. |
| Jacob: Wat moet ik invullen? |
| Michael: meaning “What should I fill in?”. Jacob, let's break down this phrase to see the meaning of each word. |
| Jacob: Sure. The first word Wat means the same as the English “what”. Moet is the auxiliary or modal verb literally meaning “having to do”. The pronoun ik means “I”. And the verb invullen means “fill in”. Wat moet ik invullen? |
| Michael: “What should I fill in?” Jacob, how do we say the same phrase but in more polite way? |
| Jacob: Actually, in almost all circumstances Wat moet ik... is acceptable. But if you want to be very polite and formal, you can also say Wat wilt u dat ik invul? |
| Michael: “What would you like me to fill in?” Jacob, can you give us another example with the word “to fill in”? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. Ik ga mijn aanvraagformulier voor de universiteit invullen. |
| Michael: ..which means “I'm going to fill out my application form for university.” Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Jacob: En deze moet... |
| Michael: meaning “And this one must…” |
| Jacob: The Dutch word deze means “this” or “this one”. |
| Michael: You can use it to refer to something that is close at hand. In our dialog, the administrator has already mentioned the form to fill out, that's why the demonstrative pronoun.. |
| Jacob: deze… |
| Michael: was used. |
| Jacob: The second word is moet, which means “must” or “have to”. |
| Michael: So, altogether... |
| Jacob: En deze moet… |
| Michael: means “And this one must…” Jacob, can you give us an example using this expression? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. En deze trui moet gewassen. |
| Michael: .. which means “And this sweater needs to be washed.” Ok, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Michael: In this lesson you will learn about the usage of the verb... |
| Jacob: moeten |
| Michael: which means “must”, “have to”, “should” in Dutch. |
| Jacob: Moeten is one of these modal verbs you need to be careful with. |
| Michael: This verb is used to express obligation and necessity as well as a command or admonition, right? |
| Jacob: Yes. And.. when moeten is used in the wrong way, it may be offensive or disrespectful. But in many cases, it can be used in a respectful manner. |
| Michael: For example, when a mother tells her child “You have to do your homework” she will say... |
| Jacob: Je moet je huiswerk maken. |
| Michael: It’s not disrespectful of course. However, if you say to your neighbor... |
| Jacob: Je moet je auto wassen. |
| Michael: ...to mean “You have to wash your car”, it could sound rude, even if you only want to give some advice. |
| Jacob: Right, because you used the word moet. |
| Jacob: In our dialogue, we had En deze moet ingevuld worden voor de immigratiedienst |
| Michael: ...which means “And this one has to be filled out for the immigration department.” What about this usage? Does it sound rude too? |
| Jacob: Here, the moet is going to be regarded as offensive, because the pronoun is “this”, the object, not a person. |
| Michael: I see. Okay, Jacob can you give us some sample sentences? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, if you want to ask for information or guidance, you can say, Wat moet ik doen? |
| Michael: meaning “What should I do?” |
| Jacob: Since moet is used for the pronoun ik meaning “I”, it doesn’t sound rude. Wat moet ik doen? |
| Michael: “What should I do?” |
| Jacob: Or if you want to give an order for example to your kid, you can say..Je moet je handen wassen. |
| Michael: meaning “You have to wash your hands.” |
| Jacob: If you want to give a general remark or suggestion, you can say Dit moet anders! |
| Michael: meaning “We should do this differently!” Jacob, is there anything else we should know about the verb moet? |
| Jacob: Yes. You can also use We moeten , which means “we must” in a broader context when talking about impersonal necessities. For example, in a conversation about what people should do to conserve the planet’s resources, one could say We moeten recyclen. |
| Michael: meaning "We must recycle." Here “we” doesn't refer to a specific group, but rather to humanity in general, in other words, everyone and anyone. |
Outro |
| Michael: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Jacob: Tot ziens. |
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