Learn how to ask for the location of a specific store
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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 previous lessons, we covered how to ask to get something. In this lesson, we'll introduce another useful phrase for asking for the place where you can find what you are looking for. Our phrase is "Where is the closest place?" First, we need a place. |
| Let's use the word apotheek, which means, "pharmacy," or "drug store." |
| Let's break it down by syllable: A-po-theek. Now, Let's hear it once again: A-po-theek. |
| In Dutch, "Where is the closest pharmacy?" is Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde Apotheek? Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Waar is de dichtst-bij-zijn-de a-po-theek? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? |
| The first word, waar, means, "Where." Waar. |
| This is followed by is, which means, "is." |
| Sofar, we have Waar is. |
| Next, we have dichtstbijzijnde, which is, "the closest." |
| Let's hear it once again: Dichtstbijzijnde. |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: |
| Dichtst-bij-zijn-de. |
| Finally, we have apotheek ("pharmacy"). |
| So the whole phrase is Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? ("Where is the closest pharmacy?") |
| To ask for a different place, we can just replace the word apotheek with any other word and the phrase works just fine. |
| Let's imagine you need to withdraw some money from your bank account. |
| In Dutch, "Where is the closest ATM?" is Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde pin-automaat? |
| In this phrase we had to change the place you're looking for, in this case an "ATM" (pin-automaat). |
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. |
| "Where is the closest pharmacy?" - Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? |
| Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? |
| Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde apotheek? |
| "Where is the closest ATM?" - Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde pin-automaat? |
| Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde pin-automaat? |
| Waar is de dichtstbijzijnde pin-automaat? |
| 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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