Learn how to answer the question "Smoking or Non-smoking?"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hallo! Hello and welcome to Dutch Survival Phrases brought to you by DutchPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to the Netherlands. You will be surprised at how far a little Dutch will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In the last lesson, we learned how to make a reservation in a restaurant. Now that you know how to get a table, you have another big issue to tackle. If you want to enjoy your meal, the smoking issue is very important. If you are a smoker and you enter a non-smoking establishment, or if you are a non-smoker and enter a smoking establishment, this could ruin your meal. |
| In this lesson, we'll cover how to ask for a smoking or non-smoking table. |
| Let's imagine first that you are a smoker. Before entering a restaurant, you need to ask, "Excuse me, can one smoke here?" Pardon, mag men hier roken? |
| Pardon, as we have seen before, means, "Excuse me." |
| Then we have mag men, which means, "may one." |
| Mag men. |
| Let's see it one more time. Mag men. |
| The next component is hier, meaning, "here." |
| The last word is roken, which in English means, "to smoke." |
| Let's break this word down by syllable: Ro-ken. |
| Let's see the whole phrase one more time. |
| Pardon, mag men hier roken? ("Excuse me, can one smoke here?") |
| Another useful expression in such a situation would be Pardon, is roken hier toegestaan? |
| As you can see, it's almost the same as the phrase we just introduced. |
| In this expression, we used the word toegestaan, which in English means, "is allowed." Toegestaan. |
| Let's see the phrase one more time: Pardon, is roken hier toegestaan? |
| Now let's go and see the possible answers. |
| "Yes, one can smoke here." Ja, men mag hier roken. |
| "Yes, smoking is allowed here." Ja, het is hier toegestaan om te roken. |
| As you might have figured out, in these sentences we have only added the Dutch word for "yes" (ja) before men mag hier roken and before het is hier toegestaan om te roken. |
| And we changed the position of the word hier (here). |
| The words om te mean "to." |
| This is an easy answer to a question! |
| What do we say if smoking isn't allowed? We take the same pattern as before, and instead of ja, we add the Dutch word for "not" (niet) and make it negative. So let's hear the full sentences. |
| "One cannot smoke here." Men mag hier niet roken. |
| "Smoking is not allowed here." Roken is hier niet toegestaan. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so good luck, that also means “good luck” in Dutch. |
| "Excuse me, can one smoke here?" - Pardon. mag men hier roken? |
| Pardon. mag men hier roken? |
| Pardon. mag men hier roken? |
| "Excuse me, is smoking allowed here?" - Pardon, is het toegestaan om hier te roken? |
| Pardon, is het toegestaan om hier te roken? |
| Pardon, is het toegestaan om hier te roken? |
| "Yes, one can smoke here." - Ja, Roken is hier toegestaan. |
| Ja, Roken is hier toegestaan. |
| Ja, Roken is hier toegestaan. |
| "Yes, smoking is allowed here." - Ja, men mag hier roken. |
| Ja, men mag hier roken. |
| Ja, men mag hier roken. |
| "One cannot smoke here." - Men mag hier niet roken. |
| Men mag hier niet roken. |
| Men mag hier niet roken. |
| "Smoking is not allowed here." - Roken is hier niet toegestaan. |
| Roken is hier niet toegestaan. |
| Roken is hier niet toegestaan. |
| All right, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Tot ziens! |
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