Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Can you eat Dutch food?"
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| Jessi: Top 25 Dutch Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 8: Can you eat Dutch food? ? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, , you'll master a common question for Dutch learners and then how to answer it like a native you'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then the repetition and new vocabulary will expand your understanding of the question its answers any variations. You also improve pronunciation and fluency by repeating the words and phrases out loud after hearing them. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question Can you eat Dutch food? In Dutch this is |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? |
| The first word in the question Can you eat Dutch food? |
| Jacob: kunt |
| Jessi: meaning can in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) kunt |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed Please repeat. |
| Jacob: kunt |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable, and then giving it once more natural native speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. |
| The next word in the question is Can you eat Dutch food? |
| Jacob: u |
| Jessi: meaning you in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) u |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: u |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question together and repeat. |
| Jacob: kunt u |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Jacob: Nederlands |
| Jessi: meaning Dutch in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) Nederlands. |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: Nederlands |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 3 words of the question together and repeat. |
| Jacob: kunt u Nederlands |
| {pause} |
| And Next |
| Jacob: eten |
| Jessi: meaning food in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) eten |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: eten |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 4 words of the question together and repeat. |
| Jacob: kunt u Nederlands eten |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Jacob: eten |
| Jessi: meaning eat in English. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) eten. |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: eten |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Jacob: kunt u Nederlands eten eten |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Can you eat Dutch food?? |
| Jacob: Ja, het is heerlijk. |
| Jessi: "Yes, it's delicious.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Jacob: (Slow) Ja, het is heerlijk. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| Jacob: Nee, ik hou niet van Nederlands eten. |
| Jessi: Which is like saying No, I don't like Dutch food. in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Jacob: (Slowly) Nee, ik hou niet van Nederlands eten. |
| Jessi: And one more time at normal speed: |
| Jacob: Nee, ik hou niet van Nederlands eten. |
| Jessi: Now Let's break down our original response from the beginning. The first word: |
| Jacob: ja |
| Jessi: meaning yes. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) ja |
| Jessi: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: ja |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And after that |
| Jacob: het |
| meaning it. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) het |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: het |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And next |
| Jacob: is |
| meaning is. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) is |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: is |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: And after that |
| Jacob: heerlijk |
| meaning delicious. |
| Jacob: (Listen to it syllable by syllable) heerlijk |
| A: Again at natural speed repeat. |
| Jacob: heerlijk |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, it's delicious., and then repeat. |
| Jacob: Ja, het is heerlijk. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace delicious with disgusting. |
| Jacob: smerig |
| Jessi: disgusting |
| Jacob: (slow) smerig (regular) smerig |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with disgusting. |
| Jacob: Ja, het is smerig. |
| Jessi: The First Yes replace with No then simply replace delicious. Say No, it's disgusting. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Nee, het is smerig. |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace disgusting with nice. |
| Jacob: lekker |
| Jessi: nice |
| Jacob: (slow) lekker (regular) lekker |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with nice |
| Jacob: Ja, het is lekker. |
| Jessi: In the beginning we have the word for Yes, then simply replace the word for disgusting. Say Yes, it's nice. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Ja, het is lekker. |
| Jessi: To make another phrase, replace nice with so-so. |
| Jacob: gewoon. |
| Jessi: so-so |
| Jacob: (slow) gewoon. (regular) gewoon. |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with so-so |
| Jacob: Ja, het is gewoon.. |
| Jessi: Simply replace the word for nice. Say Yes, it's so-so. |
| {pause} |
| Jacob: Ja, het is gewoon.. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting the Netherlands and a stranger asks if you can eat Dutch food. You want to answer that it is delicious. Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? (five seconds) Ja, het is heerlijk. |
| Jessi: Now, you want to say that it's disgusting Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? (five seconds) Ja, het is smerig. |
| Jessi: Now, you want to say that it's nice. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? (five seconds) Ja, het is lekker. |
| Jessi: You want to say it's so-so. Respond to the question. |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? (five seconds) Ja, het is gewoon.. |
| Jessi: You want to Know stranger can eat Dutch food. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Jacob: Kunt u Nederlands eten eten? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 8 |
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