Learn how to give someone your phone number
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| Hi everyone, I'm Thomas, hallo dai, ik ben Thomas. |
| Welcome to another Dutch whiteboard lesson. |
| In this lesson you'll learn how to tell someone your phone number in Dutch. |
| Let's get started. |
| Let's look at the vocabulary. |
| When giving a phone number in Dutch, we usually say each digit separately. |
| So let's first take a look at how we say the 10 single digit numbers in Dutch, from the |
| smallest to the biggest. |
| Nul, één, twee, drie, vier, vijf, zes, zeven, acht, negen. |
| Now let's do that again, but with English, and try to repeat after me. |
| Nul, zero, nul, nul, één, one, één, één, twee, two, twee, twee, |
| drie, three, drie, drie, vier, four, vier, vier, vijf, five, vijf, vijf, |
| zes, six, zes, zes, zeven, seven, zeven, zeven, acht, eight, acht, acht, |
| negen, nine, negen, negen. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the patterns for giving a phone number. |
| See if you can identify the standard format. |
| Wat is uw telefoonnummer? |
| What's your phone number? |
| Mijn telefoonummer is, my phone number is, nul tien, zero ten, vijf, zes, twee, five, |
| six, two, nul drie, zero, three, één, vier, one, four. |
| Let's do that one more time, but a bit more slowly. |
| Wat is uw telefoonnummer? |
| Mijn telefoonummer is nul tien, vijf, zes, twee, nul drie, één, vier. |
| Let's take a closer look at this dialogue. |
| First is the request. |
| What's your phone number? |
| Wat is uw telefoonnummer? |
| Then the answer, mijn telefoonummer is, nul tien, vijf, zes, twee, nul drie, één, vier. |
| Did you notice the format? |
| In Dutch, we separate a phone number into the area code, followed by sets of three, two, |
| and again, two digits. |
| When you tell someone your phone number, leave a short pause betwéén each set. |
| So, zero ten, nul tien, vijf, zes, twee, nul drie, één, vier. |
| You may also have noticed an odd exception. |
| The area code is not read digit by digit. |
| It is not read nul één nul, zero one zero, but it is read nul tien, zero ten. |
| This is why we added ten, tien, and twenty, twintig, to the vocabulary list. |
| Nul tien, zero ten, is the area code for Rotterdam. |
| Nul twintig, zero twenty, is the area code for Amsterdam. |
| Let's look at another example. |
| Mijn telefoonummer is, nul zes, drie twee vier vier, drie negen twee acht. |
| My phone number is, zero six, three two four four, three nine two eight. |
| Did you notice the differences? |
| Nul zes, or zero six, is the standard for all cell phone numbers. |
| Also, a cell phone number is written in a different pattern than a standard phone number. |
| Two sets of four, drie twee vier vier, drie negen twee acht. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| The standard sentence pattern for giving your phone number in Dutch is, |
| Mijn telefoonummer is, phone number. |
| My phone number is, phone number. |
| In other words, the sentence pattern is identical to what it is in English. |
| You've learned that zero ten, nul tien, is the area code for Rotterdam. |
| And zero twenty, nul twintig, is the area code for Amsterdam. |
| In common speech, these numbers have come to signify those cities themselves, |
| and so they are used even when not talking about phone numbers. |
| For example, ik ga naar nul twintig, or I'm going to zero twenty, |
| means I'm going to Amsterdam. |
| It's also useful to remember the emergency number. |
| In the Netherlands, it is one one two, which is pronounced as separate digits, |
| één, één, twee. |
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