Learn how to make small talk
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Kellie: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DutchPod101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 19 - Ordering at a Dutch Restaurant. Kellie Here. |
| Jacob: Hallo I'm Jacob. |
| Kellie: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make small-talk over food. The conversation takes place at a restaurant.. |
| Jacob: It's between Pip and a Waitress. |
| Kellie: The speakers are a customer and restaurant worker, so they’ll use informal Dutch. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Pip: Goedenavond. Dat is lang geleden! |
| Serveerster: Goedenavond. En je redt je nu ook in het Nederlands! |
| Pip: Nou, met veel moeite. |
| Serveerster: Wat wil je eten? De specialiteit van de dag is struisvogelbiefstuk en er is ook een dagschotel voor 12 euro. |
| Pip: Hè, dat jullie in Nederland struisvogel eten! Maar ik ben vegetarisch. En wat is de dagschotel? |
| Serveerster: Ja, vegetariër zijn en struisvogel eten, dat botst. De dagschotel is een vispotje, ik hoop dat je vis wel kan eten. |
| Pip: Ha dat klinkt veelbelovend. Ja, vis vind ik zalig, als er maar geen 'cod' in zit. Hoe zeg je 'cod' in het Nederlands eigenlijk? |
| Serveerster: 'Kabeljauw'! Ben je daar allergisch voor of vind je het gewoon niet lekker? |
| Pip: Nee, een allergie. Maar voor wijn ben ik niet allergisch. Welke wijn raad je aan? |
| Serveerster: Nou bij vis, witte. Wat denk je van een Sauvignon? Heerlijke droge wijn! |
| Pip: Dat klinkt wel gek hè. Droge wijn! Maar ja, doe daar maar een flesje van. Dank je wel. |
| Serveerster: OK, het komt er zo aan. En geniet ervan. |
| Kellie: Listen to the conversation with the English translation |
| Pip: Good evening. It’s been a long time! |
| Waitress: Good evening. And now you manage in Dutch as well? |
| Pip: Well, with a lot of effort. |
| Waitress: What would you like to eat? Today's special is ostrich steak and there's also a daily menu, for 12 Euros. |
| Pip: Hey, I didn't know you ate ostrich in Holland! But I'm a vegetarian. And what is today's special? |
| Waitress: Yes, being vegetarian and eating ostrich somehow clashes. Today's special is a fish casserole, I hope you eat fish. |
| Pip: Ha, that sounds nice. Yes, fish is fine, unless there's 'cod' in it. By the way, how do you say 'cod' in Dutch? |
| Waitress: 'Kabeljauw'! Are you allergic to it or is it that you just don't like it? |
| Pip: No. It's an allergy. But I'm not allergic to wine. Which wine do you recommend? |
| Waitress: Well, with fish white wine. What about a Sauvignon. A nice dry wine! |
| Pip: Sounds weird, no? A dry wine! But, yes, I'll have a bottle of that. Thank you. |
| Waitress: All right, it will be there in a minute. And enjoy it. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Kellie: Pip went to a restaurant in the conversation. |
| Jacob: Yes, all of that food talk has made me hungry. |
| Kellie: Me too! What are restaurants like in the Netherlands? |
| Jacob: There are many different types of restaurants. |
| Kellie: Are there some nice, posh and chic restaurants? |
| Jacob: There are, but there are also some run-down places too. |
| Kellie: So you have a choice of where to eat. |
| Jacob: That’s right. In some restaurants, the waiters and waitresses are so polite that it might be too much. |
| Kellie: Really? Are there restaurants where the staff are overly relaxed too? |
| Jacob: Yes, there are. You may find some places where the staff just basically throw the food and cutlery at you and let you figure it out yourself. |
| Kellie: Hmm, I think I like the overly polite places more. |
| Jacob: Really? I like the relaxed atmosphere more! |
| Kellie: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Kellie: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jacob: geleden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: ago |
| Jacob: geleden[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: geleden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: zich redden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: to cope |
| Jacob: zich redden[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: zich redden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: moeite [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: effort |
| Jacob: moeite[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: moeite [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: specialiteit [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: specialty |
| Jacob: specialiteit[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: specialiteit [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: dagschotel [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: today's special |
| Jacob: dagschotel[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: dagschotel [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: vegetariër [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: vegetarian |
| Jacob: vegetariër[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: vegetariër [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: kabeljauw [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: cod |
| Jacob: kabeljauw[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: kabeljauw [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: allergie [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: allergy |
| Jacob: allergie[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: allergie [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: Next we have.. |
| Jacob: aanraden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: to recommend |
| Jacob: aanraden[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: aanraden [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: And last.. |
| Jacob: botsen [natural native speed] |
| Kellie: to clash |
| Jacob: botsen[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jacob: botsen [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Kellie: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jacob: Red je het? |
| Kellie: meaning "Can you manage?" |
| Kellie: What can you tell us about this? |
| Jacob: Red is a conjugation of the infinitive verb redden and literally means "to save." |
| Kellie: That doesn’t fit the meaning of this phrase… |
| Jacob: No, because when it is used as a reflexive verb it instead means “to manage” or “to cope”. |
| Kellie: Ahh, that makes more sense! |
| Jacob: Je is “you” and het is “it”. |
| Kellie: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. Ik moet even iets eten, anders red ik het niet tot vanavond. |
| Kellie: ..which means "I need to eat something, if not I won't make it till tonight." Okay, what's the next word? |
| Jacob: botsen |
| Kellie: meaning "clash" |
| Kellie: What can you tell us about this? |
| Jacob: The literal meaning of this word is “to collide” or “to bump into”. |
| Kellie: It’s a verb? |
| Jacob: Yes, it is. It’s used in a more figurative way, like “to clash”. |
| Kellie: So, it’s used for two things that don’t really fit? |
| Jacob: Yes, like in the dialogue they mentioned that eating meat and being a vegetarian clash. |
| Kellie: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. De twee auto's botsten op het kruispunt tegen elkaar. |
| Kellie: .. which means "The two cars bumped into each other at the crossroads." Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| Kellie: In this lesson, you'll learn how to make small talk over food. |
| Kellie: Ohh, small talk. |
| Jacob: Small talk is common to every language, I think. |
| Kellie: Yes, I think that every language has some safe topics that are used to break awkward silences. |
| Jacob: Do you like making small talk? |
| Kellie: Not really. I’m very bad at it! How do we make small talk in Dutch? |
| Jacob: You can say things like Heerlijk weer hè! |
| Kellie: “Beautiful weather, isn’t it?” |
| Jacob: Or En, hoe is het met de kinderen? |
| Kellie: “And, how are your children?” |
| Jacob: Or you can talk about the news. Heb je het laatste nieuws over Syrië al gelezen? Verschrikkelijk he. |
| Kellie: “Have you read the latest news about Syria? Terrible isn’t it?” Ah, weather, family and news. We use similar small talk topics in English. |
| Jacob: Small talk in Dutch shouldn’t be so difficult if you can remember those phrases! |
| Kellie: In the conversation, Pip was at a restaurant and mentioned a fish allergy. |
| Jacob: Right, it’s very important to say if you have an allergy to something. |
| Kellie: How do you say, “No, I’m allergic to that.” in Dutch? |
| Jacob: Nee, daar ben ik allergisch voor. |
| Kellie: Can you give us another example sentence about allergies? |
| Jacob: Ik heb nooit ergens last van gehad, maar sinds ik hier woon heb ik een allergie voor pollen. |
| Kellie: This means “I never had any problems, but since I’ve lived here, I have a pollen allergy.” And finally, let’s talk about wine, as that seems like a good topic to end on. |
| Jacob: I think so! In Europe, when we think of wine we think of French-style wines made with grapes. Other parts of the world may use potatoes or rice instead. |
| Kellie: Let’s look at some phrases about wines. |
| Jacob: Wilt u rood, wit, of rosé? |
| Kellie: “Would you like red, white, or rosé?” Those are all types of wine, of course! |
| Jacob: Proost, en moge je eeuwig jong blijven. |
| Kellie: “Cheers, and may you stay forever young.” Ah, now that really is a nice way to end a lesson! |
Outro |
| Kellie: 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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