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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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