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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DutchPod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 19 - Meeting the Family in the Netherlands. Michael here. |
| Jacob: Hallo. I'm Jacob. |
| Michael: In this lesson you’ll learn some greeting phrases in Dutch. The conversation takes place at a friend's house. |
| Jacob: It's between several people to whom Brigitte introduces Anna. |
| Michael: Some people are older than Anna, and some are younger, so both formal and informal Dutch will be used. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Brigitte: Anna, dit is mijn moeder. Mama dit is Anna uit Amerika. |
| Anna: Hoe maakt u het mevrouw? Aangenaam kennis te maken. |
| Annas moeder: Dag Anna, leuk je te ontmoeten. Welkom in Holland. |
| Brigitte: En dit is mijn jonge zusje Tineke. |
| Anna: Hoi leuk je te zien. Anna heeft veel over je verteld. |
| Tineke: Hallo ik heet Tineke. Hoe gaat het met je? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Brigitte: Anna, dit is mijn moeder. Mama dit is Anna uit Amerika. |
| Anna: Hoe maakt u het mevrouw? Aangenaam kennis te maken. |
| Annas moeder: Dag Anna, leuk je te ontmoeten. Welkom in Holland. |
| Brigitte: En dit is mijn jonge zusje Tineke. |
| Anna: Hoi leuk je te zien. Anna heeft veel over je verteld. |
| Tineke: Hallo ik heet Tineke. Hoe gaat het met je? |
| Michael: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Brigitte: Anna, this is my mother. Mother, this is Anna from America. |
| Anna: How do you do ma’am? It's a pleasure to meet you. |
| Mother: Hello Anna, nice to meet you. Welcome to Holland. |
| Brigitte: And this is my younger sister Tineke. |
| Anna: Hi, nice to meet you. Anna’s told me a lot about you. |
| Tineke: Hello, my name's Tineke. How do you do? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Michael: Jacob, is social etiquette quite strict in Holland? |
| Jacob: Actually, young people are fairly relaxed with each other and don’t worry too much about social etiquette, but it doesn’t mean they’re rude. They’re just informal. |
| Michael: But when a young person brings a friend along to meet his or her parents, stricter rules apply, right? |
| Jacob: Right. One of them is switching from the informal je or jij meaning “you” to the formal u, the polite form of “you,” when addressing an older person. But please remember that the Dutch are quite direct, and even though some people might consider them rude or blunt because of that, they're usually not. It’s just the Dutch way. |
| Michael: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Michael: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jacob: moeder [natural native speed] |
| Michael: mother |
| Jacob: moe-der [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: moeder [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: uit [natural native speed] |
| Michael: from |
| Jacob: uit [slowly] |
| Jacob: uit [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: ontmoeten [natural native speed] |
| Michael: to meet |
| Jacob: ont-moe-ten [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: ontmoeten [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: aangenaam [natural native speed] |
| Michael: pleasant |
| Jacob: aan-ge-naam [slowly] |
| Jacob: aangenaam [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: kennismaken [natural native speed] |
| Michael: be introduced / to meet |
| Jacob: ken-nis-ma-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: kennismaken [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: jonge [natural native speed] |
| Michael: young |
| Jacob: jon-ge [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: jonge [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: zusje [natural native speed] |
| Michael: (little) sister |
| Jacob: zus-je [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: zusje [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: verteld [natural native speed] |
| Michael: told |
| Jacob: ver-teld [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: verteld [natural native speed] |
| Michael: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: hoe [natural native speed] |
| Michael: how |
| Jacob: hoe [slowly] |
| Jacob: hoe [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Michael: Let's have a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is.. |
| Jacob: Hoe maakt u het mevrouw? |
| Michael: meaning “How do you do, ma’am?” Jacob, let`s break down this phrase to see the meaning of each word? |
| Jacob: Sure. Hoe is “how” and maakt u het means “do you do.” Last we have mevrouw, meaning “ma’am”. You can use mevrouw when addressing an older woman for the first time. |
| Michael: So, you can say... |
| Jacob: Hoe maakt u het mevrouw? |
| Michael: or “How do you do, ma’am?” when meeting someone in a formal situation. Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Jacob: Aangenaam kennis te maken. |
| Michael: meaning “It's a pleasure meeting you.” |
| Jacob: The word aangenaam means “pleasant.” You can use it talking about a person, a situation, an evening and so on. And kennis maken literally translates as “making acquaintance.” |
| Michael: So it literally means “it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.” |
| Jacob: Right. The expression Aangenaam kennis te maken is a set phrase which you can use for meeting people. |
| Michael: Jacob, can you give us an example using the word “pleasant”? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. Dat was een heel aangename avond, dank u wel. |
| Michael: .. which means “That was a very pleasant evening, thank you very much.” Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Jacob: Heeft me veel over je verteld. |
| Michael: meaning “Has told me a lot about you.” |
| Jacob: The verb vertellen means “to tell”, veel means “a lot” and over je means “about you.” |
| Michael: Jacob, can you give us some examples using this word? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example you can say…. Ze heeft veel over je verteld. |
| Michael: meaning...“She has told me a lot about you.” |
| Jacob: Hij heeft veel over Holland verteld. |
| Michael: meaning “He has said a lot about Holland.” Ok, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Michael: In this lesson you’ll learn some greeting phrases in Dutch. Let's first have a look at how Dutch people introduce themselves in an informal situation. |
| Jacob: In informal situations you can start conversations by saying Hallo, ik heet and then add your name. |
| Michael: meaning “Hello, I`m…” and your name. |
| Jacob: Then you can add Leuk je te ontmoeten. |
| Michael: meaning “Nice to meet you.” |
| Jacob: For example...Hallo, ik heet Marleen. Leuk je te ontmoeten. |
| Michael: meaning “Hi, I'm Marleen. Nice to meet you.” Jacob, what about formal situations? |
| Jacob: In formal situations just replace Hallo with the formal greeting Goedendag, meaning "good day" in Dutch and add your name and surname. |
| Michael: For example… |
| Jacob: Goedendag, ik heet Marleen van den Berg. Aangenaam. |
| Michael: meaning “Good day, I'm Marleen van den Berg. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” |
| Jacob: Listeners, if you’re not sure whether to say Leuk je te ontmoeten meaning “Nice to meet you” or Aangenaam meaning “A pleasure,” you can simply say Aangenaam, as this expression can be used in both formal and informal introductions. |
| Michael: Our next key phrase for this lesson is... |
| Jacob: Hoe gaat het? |
| Michael: meaning “How are you doing?” |
| Jacob: The verb gaan literally means “to go.” Gaat is the second person singular of the verb gaan. |
| Michael: So, the phrase… |
| Jacob: Hoe gaat het? |
| Michael: literally means “How are you going?” but you can translate it as “How are you doing?” |
| Jacob: With friends or people you know well you can omit the word hoe and simply ask Gaat het? |
| Michael: And what about formal situations? |
| Jacob: In formal situations you can say Hoe maakt u het? In this sentence we used the verb maakt meaning “to make” instead of gaat, and added the pronoun u meaning “you” for formal situations. |
| Hoe maakt u het? |
| Michael: “How are you doing?” in formal situations. |
| Jacob: Hoe gaat het? |
| Michael: “How are you doing?” in informal situations. Jacob, can you give us some sample sentences? |
| Jacob: Sure. Hallo, ik ben Charlie! Hoe heet jij? |
| Michael: "Hello, my name’s Charlie. What's your name?" |
| Jacob: Leuk kennis gemaakt te hebben en tot ziens. |
| Michael: "Nice to have met you, hope to see you again." |
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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