Visiting Amsterdam? Survival Dutch for Tourists
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- If you are visiting Amsterdam, here are some useful Dutch phrases while on holiday. Learn Dutch (or at least the basics) with this quick guide to speaking Dutch in The Netherlands.
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Hello - Hallo
Good Morning - Goedemorgen
Good Afternoon - Goedenmiddag
Good Evening - Goedenavond
One - een
Two - twee
Please - alsjeblieft
Bye - Doei
Goodbye - Vaarvel
Do you speak English - spreekt u Engels
yes - ja
no - nee
Where is the… - Waar is de...
“Cozy up” - Gezellig
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I really laughed at the part where you talked about why we make words smaller for no reason. It's more that the words sound more sweet :) It does have meaning when for example we talk about young children or small objects.
"do you speak english?" should work also lol
Wow guys, that must have been the fastest 19 minutes ever, really enjoyed it.
I loved this ♥♥ And as a big fan of foreign languages, I am so convinced that speaking in the local language really radiates sympathy and makes the host happy around you! I'm peruvian ans speak also english, french, mandarin, and now some dutch as next year I'll be embarking on a tour with my siblings around 7 countries of Europe.... Can't wait to hit Netherlands!!
Hahaha LOVED this video! I moved to the Netherlands 5 years ago and had to learn Dutch from scratch. The beginning was brutal, learning to pronounce this G! It'd be so cool to watch if you guys were actually to learn some more Dutch :)
Marjorie Rodrigues you dont have to hit that G hard. thats for randstad people.
I keep coming back to check you guys out after seeing you on the Endless Adventure channel. I've now subscribed and can't wait for more travel videos in the future, I really enjoy your style of videos :)
wonderful video!!! I speak three languages (EN, DE, RO, and understand between 6-10). I totally understand the ending part for smaller as I have it in my own language. It's called a diminutive. And usually is used to express something in a cuter way, endearing way. ;-) Thank you to all three of you!!! or Veel dank! ;-)
Well done the three of you. Lots of humor. Lachen!!
The "tje" is called diminutive but has nothing to do with size. It just softens requests and makes things sound more friendly. So like James and the diminutive Jimmie/Jimbo. The dutch seem to use diminutives more than any other language I know. Add it to any nouns you like.
Sten hård: For non Dutch people, if you use diminutives you don't have to worry about "de" or "het", it is always "het".
Actually in dutch it can also relates to size. Like Grietje was explaining in the video, to the big table we would refer to as 'tafel', but for example a side or coffee table we would refer to as 'tafeltje'. We would never refer to a huge table as 'tafeltje' for the purpose of making it sound more friendly. But in the case of the beer in this video, your explanation does apply. 'Bier' instead of 'biertje' probably won't get you a pint, unless you specify it. Therefore it has no pratical use and most people say 'biertje' because it sounds nicer/more relaxed.
Of course you are right I was just trying to make it simple.
In this case you're wong about making it sound more friendly or making it smaller.
When you say "biertje" (the Netherlands) or "pintje" ( in Flanders, the dutch/flemish speaking part of Belgium) you order whatever pilsbeer is the standard pilsbeer that's being served at that bar or pub.
You wouldn't ask for "een bier" in dutch, because then the automatic response would be "which one?"
In this case the diminutive form actually gives it a new meaning.
It's the same for "brood" and "broodje"
Brood means bread
broodje means sandwich, more specifically, a sandwich on a baguette
I was trying to make it simple for people with no background in Nederlands but your 2 examples are, of course, correct.
coming to Amsterdam/Utretch in a couple weeks Enjoying your vlogs!
xaxa loved you too guys!!!! i am just learning dutch and it's really tough at the beginning...
Funny video guys! You should do a part 2 with Grietje.
Travel Gretl is amazing! Great Vlog!
You two look like you FIT there. When I had an 8 hr layover at Schipol airport on my way to Florence, I had the pleasure of people watching and after watching the Dutch people, I decided in my next life I will be Dutch. They are a beautiful people, tall, and elegant. The language--I'll need to work really hard to learn!
Agreed! There is something about the way they are so kind, elegant, and... I dunno, it's just nice, even when they're a bit gruff. Haha.
so, lets start now... Hi = Hey or Hallo.
Gayle Arnold as a visitor, english is fine.
Haha die discussie over het gebruik van tje. GEWELDIG!!
Funny as f... Grietje completely showed you the correct Dutch but ifs and when's . 2 thumbs up! For Grietje.
Just when me and my twin were planning going to Amsterdam
Ahhh It would have been awesome to meet you. We did a meet up and it was great! You two will have a great time here. -Ash
I was taught that to be polite you say "Tot ziens".
"Tot ziens" is the more formal way of saying good bye. "Tot straks" (literally: until soon) means "see you soon"...
'Tot straks' would suggest that you will actually see the person the same day or within a few hours.
From my knowledge, see you soon doesn't mean the same thing in English.
In my humble opinion, 'tot ziens' is just a way to say goodbye, neither polite or rude. It's just that we have a lot of different words to say goodbye.
"Houdoe" is not simply the south of the Netherlands but from the province off Brabant.
So to make it more complicated that some words or traditions are very located in specific provinces.
Good luck in the difficult trip in different languages.
In Limburg it's 'Heya', in Amsterdam it's 'de mazzel'
But Brabants is the most sexy in girls...
I would've liked it if she'd used the Limburgish 'hoje' as well.
But it's not as popular above the rivers, I guess?
Even though we often use it in Brabant as well.
Never use them in a formal setting, though.
Both are informal and friendly, so please don't use them when leaving a business meeting or something like that.
"Die" (pronounced: "dee") and "de" are used for feminine and masculine words, "Dat" and "het" are used for neutral words. We don't really use the genders of words like in French or German, but die/dat ("that") and de/het ("the") are remnants of a time we did use them (also easy rule: all the words that are made smaller with the "-(t)je" addition are always neutral, so go with "dat" or "het")
Also "Houdoe" is not used in all the southern provinces, it's mainly just in Brabant.
One of the few posts actually explaining this properly in this comment section. Cheers
Why is "De WC" a feminine or masculine word? Why is not a neutral word?
xzaz2 why is "de auto" masculine or feminine, or "de tandpasta"? Who knows? I suppose because at some time in the development of our language people decided that they were...
A Google search does wonders
onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/de-het-wc/
Woutah2dmaX Thats the point while there is a ruel it still doesnt make sense.
This was awesome! Wish you could do it everywhere!!
"Hoy" is a tagalog slang word for "Hey!" in the Philippines. Maybe we adopted that word from Dutch. Amazing
So I came across your channel and started watching.
As a belgian, living in Flanders (which is the Dutch or Flemish speaking part) I'm enjoying this struggle of grietje explaining things a bit too much.
So, to somewhat make sense to the -tjes lesson here, I'll try to explain it.
There are many different beers that will get consumed in a bar, but the most commonly ordered are Pils Beers.
Pils is a type of beer, another type of beer would be Trappist (those Westmalle beers you had in Belgium)
There are many different Pils beers being brewed in the Netherlands and Belgium (we're talking about the dutch language here so no need to include other countries. Obviously Pils beers are brewed in many other countries as well)
Some brands of Pils beers would be Jupiler, Primus, Stella Artois, Heineken, ...
Pils beer makes up a large % of the total beer consumption in Belgium and the Netherlands (like easely above 50%)
Most bars will have 1 of those pils beers as their standard beer to sell. They probably have more then 1 Pils bier, but only 1 would be their standard beer
When you would order a beer in Belgium or the Netherlands and say "Twee bieren alsjeblieft" then the bartender/waiter will know you want 2 beers, but not which beers you want.
If you would tell them "2 biertjes alsjeblieft", the bartender/waiter will know you want 2 beers and more specifically, their standard Pils beer.
If you want another beer, you ask for that brand of beer directly.
So that's why you ask for "2 biertjes" and not "2 bieren".
Also, a little tip; I wrote most of the basic words on my hand, when I went to greece.
The word and the phonetical pronounciation. After 3 times, the words had faded and I already knew them by head.
If you want to say goodbye you could also say tot ziens, or if you know when you will see that person again you say "tot" first and then you put a word indicating time behind it, like tomorrow (tot morgen), or this evening (tot vanavond)
Now days gretls doesn't upload any videos in TH-cam.. She is an amazing travel vlogger
Grietje is so right! "Houdoe hè", is the way to go!
Love the wet donkey, Dank je wel!
Groetjes uit Eindhoven, de Gekste!
Dutch sounds like a mixture of German and English with a sore throat. :-)
g2 whahaha - spot on ;)
Only in the northwestern part. L I'm Limburgian (the leggy part between Germany and Belgium) and we speak a dialect that not many people on the planet can understand. Some words are even untranslatable. Limburgs is our first language and Dutch our second.
It's the same language friend
Plus a bit of Klingon.
Hahaha, fun to hear you talk Dutch. Leuk (which means nice in English).
The rule that determines the difference between 'die' and 'dat' is linked to the article of the word, if the propor article is 'het' then 'dat' is used, if the propor article is 'de' then 'die' is used. Notice that all words that have the addition of 'je' or 'tje' to make it smaller are always 'het' even if for the nonmodified word it's 'de'. So it's 'die tafel' but 'dat tafeltje'.
leuke video! Complimenten!
Adding "tje" after a word can serve may functions. It can actually just mean a smaller version of a(ny) standard size. Like a chair (stoel) for a child is " a little chair" (stoeltje) but in most cases it's just a means of showing a certain degree of humility or as a show of frugality. As strange as it may sound, it does stem from our protestant culture, so in order not to seem greedy or overdoing it, "tje" is added to make anything smaller. Most people don't realise this because it's been in use for so long that hardly anyone knows the origin. It's just part of the language.
Ik hou van jou video's veel plezier in Amsterdam
Okay, my turn to collab with Gretl ! Houdoe !! hahahah
Here Be Barr whahahaha - yes please 😁😀😁😀
GRUNNIGS: MOI!
Biertje was in a beer commercial, That's why it's being used. Tje is just to make things small.
Gezellig, basically, is 'I am/have been enjoying this cosy experience a lot and I'm glad I got to experience it (with you (all))' But much like Riemann, there's only an approximation for the word.
Het verkleinwoorde is heel kool
Here we say "a-juus" [a use] when we go (here is Arnhem, near the german border) it's from the french "adieu" .
Diminutive suffix makes the language more subtle and polite in every day speech. Naamval is case best example is he,him and his in Dutch hij, hem and zijn why zijn is a completely different word I don't know.
17:07 "Gezellig" = refers to the nice atmosphere when you have a delightful time with other people, friends, or loved ones.
Houdoe en bedankt!!!
That was fun! I remember years ago I flew KLM and the flight attendant tried to teach me how to say Grolsch... I swear, the only reason that beer exists is as a payback to us foreigners!!! And as a German native, I do understand some, but that G is a killer!!!
love youuuuuu!!!!
❤️😍
I just imitate "Johan van der Smut (Goldmember)" from the Austin Power's Movie, "Goldmember (2002)", for my Dutch accent.
The rule you were missing explained from a learner: het nouns: example: het stoel change to dit stoel ( this ) and dat stoel ( that ), de nouns example de lamp change to deze lamp ( this ) and die lamp ( that )
Lekker is also one you need too know, which means nice or good. How was your food? Lekker! How are you feeling? Lekker! You can use this word in Belgium and in South Africa too.
The TJE is simply used enrich the word. If you order a pack of (Fries) friet we just say frietje, that doesnt necesarilly means its smaller but a additional way of saying friet with a tje..
If something is small you can use tje in all the ways, but tje in general is a Dutch creative use of the many words to make an argument or point at something like a Cat (Kat, Katje, Dog (Hond, Hondje)
We Dutch likely only will understand this, because the mentality in our language is very varied in slangs and use of words that doesn't necessarily means the things we actually mean.
Which is the reason why Dutch people can sound a bit sarcastic if translated in English..
We can use traditional Dutch words with different meanings and people still understand it..
It is nice to greet someone in dutch, even better is to pronounce ones name right. ;)
You're so right. I always feel proud when I can get someones name right. But it does take a few tries usually. -Ash
Interesting ... about 'biertje', it means any, depending on context. Are you leaving, or suggesting it's your last.
The ‘tje’ ending reminds me so much of ‘cheeky’ in the UK! Trying to explain it to Americans is near impossible, it means both childish and special and rude but also none of those things at the same time? Like a cheeky beer would be one that someone would pour quickly and hand it right over foaming and it might be smaller than usual and you would enjoy it after work but it’s a good thing! As mad as that sounds haha
Dutch comes from Diets. Deutch comes also from Diets. There was a time were Germany and The Netherlands were one country (veeeeery long time ago) You had the High Diets (Spoken in Germany and low diets spoken in the Netherlands (low because, were are near the water level not because we were less)
And a very fun word also : angstschreeuw. This word has 8 consonants behind one another….(It means a cry or yell of fear)
And another easy word: Weer. It's tranlated as weather or again. Depending on the context.
"Het is weer mooi weer" It's nice weather again. (The first weer is the again part, the second is weather, we know this, because of the word "mooi" in front of the second "weer" The adition of mooi makes that we see the word as a noun...so it's meaning is weather. Without such adition its an adverb so it means again...any logic to this?
Beer: noun, singular in Dutch: bier. Beers: noun plural in Dutch: bieren (think of child plural).
English has no "diminutive" form, but needs the adjective small or little. What a cute little cottage. Dutch (and e.g. German and Italian) have a diminutive form. The Dutch diminutive for beer is just a way to say you want the normal Dutch size of 0.2 or 0.25 liter or maximum 0.3. A bigger volume is not referenced with the diminutive anymore. BTW Italian has an augmentative to indicate that what the noun references is a big one. Trumpet has its et ~postfix from the Italian etto postfix diminutive indicator and trombone has the one augmentative to indicate a big version.
Ik ben reeds aan het nederlands leren. Ik vind het leuk en hoop dat ik de mogelijkheden vind het te praten.
People order a 'Biertje' because they look more sophisticated ... a 'Biertje' sound sweeter ... but you get the same size of Beer as when you ordered a Bier ... this way you can order a Beer at your lunch break without coming across as an alcoholic ;)
English, Dutch and German are Germanic languages so some words are similar. And the G and R in Limburg and Brabant are "soft" or "flat", completely different than the northern hard R and G. For the English the northern Dutch is way harder than the southern, I think. Even I can't pronounce the northern G without getting a sore throat lolol
that is was really cool hooten tooten teten tanton stellen lol nice episode
It's worse ! It's 1 word: Hottentottententententoonstellingen
And a duck swimming in the canal in Amsrterdam is called a "drijfseissie"....;-)
the rule in DIE and DAT is the old feminine/male (DIE) and the neutral (DAT) Table has a gender, window doesn't. Clear?
Grietje is from the fairytale Hans en Grietje (or in English: Hansel and Gretel).
It is :D Just walked out, ditched the witch and here I am ;)
LOL. I hope you enjoyed the house of candy. ;-)
Took enough in my pockets to satisfy my sweet tooth the rest of my life ;)
@jurksmovies
Originally it means girl though. Griet means girl (either friendly in dialect, or used a bit derogatively in other area's) and grietje means little girl.
If your grandma lovingly calls you a 'griet', that's a nice way of saying girl/teenage-girl.
But if a random passer-by calls you a 'slome griet' (slow/dumb griet) the word 'griet' is used to emphasize the negative/derogative vibes.
Overall it's a very nice name though, if not used negatively, it just means (little) girl :)
You both have a good knowledge of languages; very nice to hear. Regarding the pronouncing of the letter " G" ; I feel like foreigners over pronounce it. It is not that harsh. For Grietje; die en dat; aanwijzende voornaamwoorden. Die gebruik je bij de manlijke en vrouwelijke zelfstandige naamwoorden. "Dat" gebruik je bij de onzijdige zelfst, naamw.
About biertje: bier is the liquid, in a large vat. Biertje means one glass of beer. Same with ijs (ice) ijs = frozen water. ijsje = ice cream.
I really like to watch this as a dutch girl, and Gretl is right about 'tje' and 'die tafel' and 'dat raam is all grammar, but a lot dutch people don't say it right.
I love collab videos! I watch Travel Gretl "Hallo"
alteredillusions100 Cool 😀😀😀 Hoooi!!
We do to!! It so fun meeting friends we have never met before. -Ash
In most cities in NL they can speak fluent English, I live up North in Groningen and you will be answered in English if we know you're foreign
'tjes' is regarding the relative size of it. But the example of 'biertjes' I would call 'vertrutting' of 'wijventaal' and has nothing to do with the (relative) size. :-)
Dutch may sound like a very foreign language but actually DUTCH, German and English are all part of the same language family along with swedish, norwegian, danish, icelandic and Afrikaans. So learning Dutch wouldn't be so hard if you speak English or German. I speak English and German so i can work out a lot of Dutch when it's written.
-tje and the likes is a way to make a sentence smaller by allowing you to leave out the indicator for size like small or little.
What about Groningen in the north, the best city to cycle in in the Netherlands ?
Every town in the Netherlands is great to be on a bike.
To be honest, Groningen is a boring town to be in..
you should fit right in, Tim
Eric Burbach meh. Its ok.
🙏 Lala 💕
BRABANT!!!
Learn this also in Dutch. : Liesje leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange lindelaan.. say 5x fast.. its how we learn to pronounce the L if u have a small Stutter/ Stotter in your speaking/Praten.
Lol i tried explaining the whole "tje" thing to friends and they were just as lost as you guys. Initially it was used to indicate a smaller or younger version of something. These days "tje" can basically be used for any noun to make it a little less formal i guess. The gutteral "G" is a real killer for non Dutch speakers.
I think I understand it a bit now but I'd feel weird trying to use it myself. Haha.
Gezellige video!
Houdoe is country and is from the province of Brabant in the Netherlands. Country people. She is from the countryside. She looks country.
Nice video! I have to add that the harsh "G" sound is only used in the northern provinces. In Flanders, Belgium we use the soft "G".
Same as in the more southern provinces of the Netherlands, especially in Limburg.
It's still formed further back in the mouth than the English G though.
My mother is called Grietje, but you have to pronounce it with an 'English g' because she is Frisian. Thank you kindly.
Is Gezellig not the same like the german Gesellig?
Yep
@fjellyo32
Probably, but I'm sure that's been derived from Dutch, I think 'Gemütlich' comes close to it as well.
The dutch language is completely unique for an english speaker
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Translating "graag":
"if you please".
As in:
"Ik wil 1 biertje graag"
"I would like one beer, if you please" (the "tje" makes it small but it is generally ignored)
Better explanation for why we make a ton of things diminutive: it relates to the concept of "gezelligheid", a get together can't have a sense of enjoyability when physical and emotional distances are large. Imagine having 3 people in a 300 sqf room sitting around a 10 by 5 foot table. The physical dimension make everything feel distant and impersonal.
But if I tell you that I was sitting around a "tafeltje" (small table) drinking a "biertje" (not actually a small beer, but more of a term of endearment) the way I talk about the situation brings everything and everyone closer together. Which informs the listener about the mood of the event. In the same way "I was out with friends and we drank a 'biertje'" means "I was out with friends and we drank a small amount of beer." while "I was out with friends and we drank 'bier'" is usually understood to mean "I was out with friends and I might have a hangover now."
Welke groene groentes heb je nu bij elkaar gegrabbeld
Funny to see this as a german^^ the word are kinda similiar but easier to pronunce^^
True :D very similar :)
Linguistically speaking English is a lot closer to Dutch, than Dutch is to German. That's why you recognize stuff.
Also Frisian (a language only spoken in the Dutch province of Frysia is officially the easiest language to learn for people with English as their native tongue
yvar dietvorst The English are originally Anglo Saxons, which are German/Danish. So in fact we all originate from the germanic language.
RON KALKHOVEN I know Ron,
It's just that the German language got more of course with language evolution than the Dutch, Frisian and English languages did.
Also English and Dutch have been heavily influenced by French overtime
Friesians were warrior mercenaries in those times. They came with the Saxons.
Goede Middag is Good Mid Day
Cozy is gezellig darling
Houdoe!?.
You can also say, Later, De Mazzel, Doei..
well i love greetje... lol
BTW, you're in Holland too.
-tje is a dimunitive. It's generally used for something smaller, younger, but can also be used to 'cutify' something, or suggest a laid back attitude to something, like the 'biertje' example.
Hahah I like "cutifying" things lol
You'll do fine with Dutch then. Another example: 'schat' (sch- is pronounced like that gutteral G) means Sweetheart. 'Schatje' would be more like 'Sweetie'.
Wow, grietje is so beautiful
'Biertje", makes it more casual.
J.A.H. van de Laak pintje down in BE.
Afternoon is about 4 o'clock
I love languages. Of course, English is highly influenced by Germanic languages. So it's always fun to see which words retain similarity.
Craig Chastain The English roots are Anglo Saxen......in Germany/Denmark....
Dutch and English are both Germanic languages so that's why they got so much similarities :) Especially written Dutch can be easy to understand for English-speakers, especially when you remember that Dutch "v" is pronounced as "f".
There are many Dutch-language intrusions into American English as well.
tihk89 ummm, you have no idea. it looked like chinese to me, now i can read anything after years.
The chair, the window is about items that are male or female in gender.
Houdoe you pronounce as HowDo .... it's an abbreviation of 'Houd oe zelf Goed' what means 'Take care of yourself'
If I look at het couch I'm sure she has a cat. My couch looks the same.
Hoi! American here living in Rotterdam, the country's 2nd largest city, about an hour south of Amsterdam. I've lived here for a couple of years and would say that I speak intermediate Dutch -- enough for most conversations, but I can't eavesdrop the fast, "high-context" ones among friends.
Anyway! A few points:
* There are a lot of words for "goodbye"! It's a peculiarity of the Dutch that they take a long time to say goodbye, and will go through several words to do it. So you might hear, "Dag! Kusjes! Tot ziens! Doeg!" I think it's cute. :) Oh, and I've never heard "houdoe", but I don't spend much time in Limburg or North Brabant provinces.
* The difference between "die" and "dat" (and between "de" and "het") is because Dutch has two linguistic genders -- masculine and neuter. (It used to also have a feminine, but it disappeared over time.) Like the French "le" and "la", you just have to know the gender of a noun to know which one to use -- and there's no logical pattern. (Humorist David Sedaris points out that French has "Mister vagina" and "Lady crack pipe".)
* The "-je" ending, as Grietje said, makes things smaller. But don't use it if you want a regular-size beer! For example, one of my favorite cafes here in Rotterdam (Westerpaviljoen, recommended!) has three sizes for tap beer: A "pul", which is 50cl (about 17 ounces); a "bier", which is 25 cl (about 8.5 ounces); and a "biertje", which is 22cl (maybe 7.5 ounces). In some places the difference is more pronounced. From this we know that Grietje is a moderate drinker. :)
Veel plezier (have fun)!
Tom Geller one little point, there's still tge fenimine gender, but you also uses de for that
Ah, I didn't know that! Thanks!
Actually 'de' used to belong to the feminine gender and 'den' to the masculine. The latter word is abolished but the three genders a still there but rarely expressed. Old books still have 'de', 'den, and 'het'.
Johan Sterk Thanks for the education!
Tom Geller my wife is flemish belgian , and tales forever to say goodbye! Lol. We lived in rotterdam all of 2001, so long ago!
Dutch is a Very complicated language to learn especially grammar wise
If you are a Tourist visiting our lovely country just speak English and you should be Fine
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