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Hi everyone, I'm Thomas.
Hallo daar, ik ben Thomas.
Welcome to another Dutch whiteboard lesson.
In this lesson you'll learn standard greetings like hello and goodbye in Dutch.
Let's get started.
Let's look at the vocabulary.
First we'll cover greetings used when you meet someone.
Hallo, the standard greeting.
Same as hello, just a slightly different pronunciation.
Hall-lo, hallo.
Hoi, this basically means hi and it's only used in informal occasions like when you meet
a friend.
Hoi, hoi.
Goedemorgen, this literally means good morning and is used in the same ways as in English.
Goedemorgen, goedemorgen.
Goedemiddag, good afternoon.
May not be used quite as much in English, but it's used fairly frequently in Dutch.
Goedemiddag, goedemiddag.
And then finally moving on, goedenavond, this literally means good evening and is used
in the same ways as in English.
Goedenavond, goedenavond.
Now let's look at expressions used when parting.
Dag.
This is the standard Dutch for goodbye.
Actually it can also be used to say hello.
Dag, dag.
Doei, bye, the informal version of goodbye.
You'll hear this used a lot when you're in the Netherlands.
Doei, doei.
Welterusten, this is how you say good night and it's used only before going to bed or
going to sleep.
Welterusten, welterusten.
Tot ziens, see you soon.
Literally it means see you again, but it's a common way of saying goodbye in any kind
of situation.
Tot ziens, tot ziens.
Tot morgen, this is the standard way of saying see you tomorrow.
It can be used in both formal and informal situations.
Note that morgen here means tomorrow, whereas in goedemorgen it means morning.
Tot morgen, tot morgen.
Let's look at the dialogue.
It's a simple exchange of greetings.
But can you tell what kind of situation this would be used in?
Tot morgen, doei, see you tomorrow, bye.
The use of the informal doei here indicates that these two people know each other quite
well.
This could be said between friends or classmates, for example.
Now let's look at some more examples.
Let's say a shopkeeper welcomes their first customer at 9am.
What expression would they use?
The shopkeeper would say goedemorgen, good morning, goedemorgen.
Let's try another one.
You run into a friend.
How would you greet each other?
The greeting would be casual, so it would likely be a simple hoi.
Hoi.
The Dutch are generally quite informal in social situations.
Except in cases where there is a clear hierarchy, it's not uncommon to use informal expressions
like hoi and doei even with people you've only just met.

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