Teach me Dutch!

[aFinn]

Ah yes, time to teach some Dutch language for me :D

And it wouldn't hurt to learn a few words of Norwegean either :uhh:
I know a few words in Swedish :uhh:


So, how do you say: Which way to the Shania concert? :huh:

:p

[Ammoguy]

:shocked: :shocked: :D :D :up:

But just take this one advice of Dutch language beforehand: If You ever learn any words, remember to ask how to spell them too!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :p :p I´ve been sitting right next to some Dutchies in Wageningen, reading the same sentence they were reading loudly, and I never knew they had the same sentence!! :shocked: :eek: :p :p :D :D It´s just something out of this planet, how they spell!! :D ..not to offense anyone, of course.. :)

[Twain Fan 97]

I know one Dutch word! .... Amsterdam! :D .... :uhh: *thinking* :uhh: Well okay so its actually the name of their Capital City. :p But its still qualifies doesn't it? :uhh: :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by Twain Fan 97
I know one Dutch word! .... Amsterdam! :D .... :uhh: *thinking* :uhh: Well okay so its actually the name of their Capital City. :p But its still qualifies doesn't it? :uhh: :p PFFFFFFFFFFFT Thats not Dutch, thats like in the Neatherlands. :p Ya know where peter pan lives. What are brains gonna do, when you don't have it up here * Points to head*

[aFinn]

Originally posted by Ammoguy
But just take this one advice of Dutch language beforehand: If You ever learn any words, remember to ask how to spell them too!! :eek: I know about that :funny: I need some spelling advice too :p


Originally posted by Twain Fan 97
I know one Dutch word! .... Amsterdam! :D .... :uhh: *thinking* :uhh: Well okay so its actually the name of their Capital City. :p But its still qualifies doesn't it? :uhh: :p :uhh: Umm... I don't know if that qualifies :uhh: :p

It might though :uhh: :funny:

[canoilers]

Originally posted by aFinn
I know about that :funny: I need some spelling advice too :p


:uhh: Umm... I don't know if that qualifies :uhh: :p

It might though :uhh: :funny: Do as I do and just make it up as you go along. And you thought I knew enlash.

it might to people who are not dutch. :p

[aFinn]

But do people understand me if I just make it up? :huh: :really: :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by aFinn
But do people understand me if I just make it up? :huh: :really: :p Well luck does have its part to play too. :p

[Twain Fan 97]

**thinking**
If you're going to make it up as you go......you might wanna consider bringing along an I'm Innocent sign! :p :funny: I think you're gonna need it. :uhh: :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by Twain Fan 97
**thinking**
If you're going to make it up as you go......you might wanna consider bringing along an I'm Innocent sign! :p :funny: I think you're gonna need it. :uhh: :p Nah I have a finger and I can point,, Blame uhm that person. :p

[Twain Fan 97]

Originally posted by canoilers
Nah I have a finger and I can point,, Blame uhm that person. :p


Who? :uhh: What? :uhh: :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by Twain Fan 97



Who? :uhh: What? :uhh: :p No no not you * hides pointing finger behind other hand* I'm talking about that other guy. :p

[aFinn]

Originally posted by Twain Fan 97
**thinking**
If you're going to make it up as you go......you might wanna consider bringing along an I'm Innocent sign! :p :funny: I think you're gonna need it. :uhh: :p Ah, so sometimes thinking is actually good! :shocked: Wow! How cool!
What a great idea! :up:

So, How do I say I'm innocent in Dutch? :huh:

[shania-little]

THE TEACHER IS ONLINE NOW!!! :p

Hi - Hoi
Bye - Doei
How are you? - Hoe gaat het?
I - ik
You - jij
Which way to the Shania Concert? - Hoe kom ik bij het Shania Twain concert?


Wanna know more?! :p Ask it! :)

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Ammoguy
:shocked: :shocked: :D :D :up:

But just take this one advice of Dutch language beforehand: If You ever learn any words, remember to ask how to spell them too!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :p :p I´ve been sitting right next to some Dutchies in Wageningen, reading the same sentence they were reading loudly, and I never knew they had the same sentence!! :shocked: :eek: :p :p :D :D It´s just something out of this planet, how they spell!! :D ..not to offense anyone, of course.. :)

LOL :p we think the same of the english people :p ;) the words sounds very different then we spell it ;) ----weird people :p-----;)

[canoilers]

Originally posted by aFinn
Ah, so sometimes thinking is actually good! :shocked: Wow! How cool!
What a great idea! :up:

So, How do I say I'm innocent in Dutch? :huh: Thinking oh my god you must be deperate. :shocked: OMG glad I'm not you. :P

[canoilers]

Originally posted by shania-little
THE TEACHER IS ONLINE NOW!!! :p

Hi - Hoi
Bye - Doei
How are you? - Hoe gaat het?
I - ik
You - jij
Which way to the Shania Concert? - Hoe kom ik bij het Shania Twain concert?


Wanna know more?! :p Ask it! :) MERCI!!!!:D

[Twain Fan 97]

Originally posted by shania-little
THE TEACHER IS ONLINE NOW!!! :p

Hi - Hoi
Bye - Doei
How are you? - Hoe gaat het?
I - ik
You - jij
Which way to the Shania Concert? - Hoe kom ik bij het Shania Twain concert?


Wanna know more?! :p Ask it! :)

Yaaaaaaay! A real teacher! :D Thanks for the first lesson Essie! :up: :]
But I still say Marika's is gonna need one phrase. :uhh: :p
How do you say... "I'm Innocent" in Dutch? :D

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Twain Fan 97


Yaaaaaaay! A real teacher! :D Thanks for the first lesson Essie! :up: :]
But I still say Marika's is gonna need one phrase. :uhh: :p
How do you say... "I'm Innocent" in Dutch? :D

LOL :

I - ik
am - ben
innocent - onschuldig

Ik ben onschuldig! :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by shania-little


LOL :

I - ik
am - ben
innocent - onschuldig

Ik ben onschuldig! :p In english that sounds like something that could get you banned from the forums. :p

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
THE TEACHER IS ONLINE NOW!!! :p

Hi - Hoi
Bye - Doei
How are you? - Hoe gaat het?
I - ik
You - jij
Which way to the Shania Concert? - Hoe kom ik bij het Shania Twain concert?


Wanna know more?! :p Ask it! :) Thank heavens! :D

Thank you! (How do you say thanks in Dutch, I forgot :uhh: )

What is left/right?
On doors: push/pull :p
Telephone?
Telephone number?
Cute guy? :p

More later :D

Originally posted by canoilers
Thinking oh my god you must be deperate. :shocked: OMG glad I'm not you. :P Nono, Ted did the thinking, not me :shocked: :eek:


Originally posted by shania-little
I - ik
am - ben
innocent - onschuldig

Ik ben onschuldig! :p Ik ben onschuldig, gotcha! :up: :p

[aFinn]

Train station?
Departures and arrivals (at the airport)
Passport control?
Tickets?
Where does the train to Rotterdam leave, please?
Taxi?
Bus?

(Is there a subway in Rotterdam?)

[shania-little]

left/right = links / rechts
push/pull = duwen/ trekken
telephone = telefoon
telephone number = telefoon nummer
cute guy = lieve jongen

train station = trein station
departures = vertrek
arrivals = aankomsten
tickets = tickets or kaartjes
Where does the train to Rotterdam leave please? = Kunt U me zeggen waar de trein naar Rotterdam vertrekt?
taxi = taxi
bus = bus

p.s: I forgot something important!, in the netherlands you say to people who are older instand of jij *you*, U *you* ( in germany they have the same with sie und du) they call it the civility way.
So if people are younger you = jij
if people are older you = U

[shania-little]

I don't think there is a subway to Rotterdam, we almost don't have subways..
but there is a trainway or a big highway :) that's for sure

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
I don't think there is a subway to Rotterdam, we almost don't have subways..
but there is a trainway or a big highway :) that's for sure Nono, I meant INside Rotterdam city.

But I guess there aren't much subways, as most of the country is below sealevel, so if you dig up subway tunnels, they'd be filled with water soon :p

[canoilers]

Originally posted by aFinn
Nono, I meant INside Rotterdam city.

But I guess there aren't much subways, as most of the country is below sealevel, so if you dig up subway tunnels, they'd be filled with water soon :p I guess that would really make them SUBways, as in submarines.

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
left/right = links / rechts
push/pull = duwen/ trekken
telephone = telefoon
telephone number = telefoon nummer
cute guy = lieve jongen

train station = trein station
departures = vertrek
arrivals = aankomsten
tickets = tickets or kaartjes
Where does the train to Rotterdam leave please? = Kunt U me zeggen waar de trein naar Rotterdam vertrekt?
taxi = taxi
bus = bus

p.s: I forgot something important!, in the netherlands you say to people who are older instand of jij *you*, U *you* ( in germany they have the same with sie und du) they call it the civility way.
So if people are younger you = jij
if people are older you = U Okay, at first I thought you got confused and said the words auf Deutch :p :funny: :p

Thanks so much!! I'll be asking more as I think about them :D
You can also tell me stuff if you can think of something :D

Yeah, many languages have the civility way of saying, thanks for telling me of the Dutch way!



So, how would you say:
I am
you are
he/she is
We are
you are
They are

I have
you have
he has
etc..

I go
you go
he goes..


Does anybody have a cd-rom teaching Dutch for the English-speaking or Finnish speaking? :p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
Nono, I meant INside Rotterdam city.

But I guess there aren't much subways, as most of the country is below sealevel, so if you dig up subway tunnels, they'd be filled with water soon :p

Aha i understand ;) :p
Inside Rotterdam city there is no subway, but there ARE trams!!!

[aFinn]

Originally posted by canoilers
I guess that would really make them SUBways, as in submarines. :funny: :funny: :funny:

NOT my fave way of travelling :uhh: :nervous:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
Aha i understand ;) :p
Inside Rotterdam city there is no subway, but there ARE trams!!! Good, trams are nicer than submarines :p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
Okay, at first I thought you got confused and said the words auf Deutch :p :funny: :

So, how would you say:
I am
you are
he/she is
We are
you are
They are

I have
you have
he has
etc..

I go
you go
he goes..


Does anybody have a cd-rom teaching Dutch for the English-speaking or Finnish speaking? :p

LOL :p deutsch & dutch resemble a lot to eachother! :p
I don't know if there's a CD-rom but maybe there is a website about it!? I will check it out :p
In the stores you do have from that little dictionaries :p

But: here ya go :
I forgot something very important:
-yes = ja
-no = nee

to be = zijn
I am = ik ben
you are= jij bent
he/she is hij/zij is
We are wij zijn
you are U bent
They are zij zijn

have = hebben
I have ik heb
you have jij hebt
he has hij heeft
We have wij hebben
you have U hebt
they have zij hebben

to go = gaan
I go ik ga
you go jij gaat
he goes.. hij gaat
we go wij gaan
you go U gaat
they have zij gaan

[aFinn]

zij zijn :really:
No wonder you are confused :p

Okay, so is there a rule how to make the verbs everytime?
How many verbs are irregular?

[Big Swede]

Originally posted by shania-little


LOL :

I - ik
am - ben
innocent - onschuldig

Ik ben onschuldig! :p

Funny, that sentence is very easy to understand for a Swedish speaking! But I guess I would have big trouble to understand it if a Dutch said it to me! LOL :p

[Annette]

Originally posted by aFinn
zij zijn :really:
No wonder you are confused :p



:uhh: I think you are the confused one... Never heard the Dutch girls saying they were confused:p

*Leaves thread again so I won't hijack it again.* No need to learn Dutch I'm not going to Holland...:p and in Olso Thea will be speaking Norwegian for me:up::p

[aFinn]

Originally posted by Annette
:uhh: I think you are the confused one... Never heard the Dutch girls saying they were confused:p

*Leaves thread again so I won't hijack it again.* No need to learn Dutch I'm not going to Holland...:p and in Olso Thea will be speaking Norwegian for me:up::p Where have you been :shocked: They always say they are confused :uhh:


Hmm... so should I take another strategy, I ask everybody to translate for me? :p :p

[aFinn]

So, how's your french Annette? :huh: :p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
zij zijn :really:
No wonder you are confused :p

Okay, so is there a rule how to make the verbs everytime?
How many verbs are irregular?

as you maybe know: dutch is with grammatic one of the most hard to understanding languages......it's FULL of irregular verbs and things!!! ;)

There are some 'rules' but there are SOOO many exceptions on it...that it's almost unnecesairy to know the rule :(

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
zij zijn :really:
No wonder you are confused :p

Okay, so is there a rule how to make the verbs everytime?
How many verbs are irregular?

lol! :p instead of 'zij' you can also say 'ze' ;)
that means te same :)

[Annette]

Originally posted by aFinn
Where have you been :shocked: They always say they are confused :uhh:


Hmm... so should I take another strategy, I ask everybody to translate for me? :p :p

Hmm, at home studying?:uhh: They do?:shocked:

Yeah... that's a very good strategy:]:up: Thea will translate in Olso and you in Stockholm when Per is't around...yep we are gonna have fun:D:p

Originally posted by aFinn
So, how's your french Annette? :huh: :p

:uhh: Not really existing...yet:p

[ka-ching]

:huh::uhh: Okaay :shocked: LOL!!
I'm confused ( :p ) Ik ben in de war

[cheryl15nl]

Most people here can speak English.
Maybe that this is a good link http://www.sr.net/srnet/InfoSurinam/dutch.html

[shania-little]

Originally posted by cheryl15nl
Most people here can speak English.
Maybe that this is a good link http://www.sr.net/srnet/InfoSurinam/dutch.html

very good one cheryl!! :up:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
In the stores you do have from that little dictionaries :p
But I have my little dictionaries right here :] :p :D


Originally posted by shania-little

as you maybe know: dutch is with grammatic one of the most hard to understanding languages......it's FULL of irregular verbs and things!!! ;)

There are some 'rules' but there are SOOO many exceptions on it...that it's almost unnecesairy to know the rule :( Yikes! :nervous:



Originally posted by shania-little
lol! :p instead of 'zij' you can also say 'ze' ;)
that means te same :) ze zijn? is there really a difference to zij zijn? :really: :p


Originally posted by Annette
Yeah... that's a very good strategy:]:up: Thea will translate in Olso and you in Stockholm when Per is't around...yep we are gonna have fun:D:p Me translate in Swedish? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Per must never leave our sight! :funny:


Originally posted by cheryl15nl
Most people here can speak English.
Maybe that this is a good link http://www.sr.net/srnet/InfoSurinam/dutch.html Thanks Cheryl! I will need to check it out! :up:

[cheryl15nl]

You're welcome!!

[Annette]

Originally posted by aFinn



Me translate in Swedish? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Per must never leave our sight! :funny:


Told ya we are gonna have fun:p you are already laughing:p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
But I have my little dictionaries right here :] :p :D



ze zijn? is there really a difference to zij zijn? :really: :p



yes!! :p there is REALLY a difference!!!!!! LOL!!

Zij = they
zijn= are

LOL! :)

[Big Swede]

Originally posted by aFinn

Me translate in Swedish? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Per must never leave our sight! :funny:


Hey! When we talked on the phone a couple of weeks ago and you read something in Swedish on the Nordic Airline page it didn´t sound bad at all! :up: :D :D

But you have to translate in Finland for me because my Finnish is a bit rusty! :p :p I will go over to my mothers apartment right now (it´s her birthday) to practice some Finnish words by reading all tags she had put up.. :p :]

[Shania MAC]

Great that you want to learn Dutch!
It's not a easy language to learn,
as you already see!

Marja

[Marieke_Kurvers]

Originally posted by aFinn
Ah yes, time to teach some Dutch language for me :D

And it wouldn't hurt to learn a few words of Norwegean either :uhh:
I know a few words in Swedish :uhh:


So, how do you say: Which way to the Shania concert? :huh:

:p

Hey A-Finn?

Waarom wil jij graag Nederlands leren?:p
(Why would you like to learn Dutch?)

:love:

Marieke

PS: good translations Es!:great:

[ka-ching]

Because shes gonna see Shania in Holland :p The concert :]
Yeaaaaaaaaaah! :D

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Marieke_Kurvers


Hey A-Finn?

Waarom wil jij graag Nederlands leren?:p
(Why would you like to learn Dutch?)

:love:

Marieke

PS: good translations Es!:great:

Because she;s going to 2 dutch concerts!!! :D:D:D

We love to see her come over to our little country!! :D:D

[danielfred1235]

What does the word watervliet mean? B/c there's a city named Watervliet a couple minutes away from here. :D

[cheryl15nl]

Originally posted by danielfred1235
What does the word watervliet mean? B/c there's a city named Watervliet a couple minutes away from here. :D

I have no idea wat watervliet means but I've looked it up in my dictionary and I can't find watervliet in it but I could find vliet.
Water = water
Vliet = brook, rivulet, rill, runlet. I don't know what those words mean.

[ka-ching]

:p:pDutch :rolleyes:

[shania-little]

lol!!
It makes me think of the history..

a LONG LONG time ago......New- York was called New-Amsterdam, and it belonged to the Netherlands.
But..then they could treat New-Amsterdam for Surinam, and the (stupid) dutch government did that!!! :shocked: Now you can see what a STUPID move it was!!!!
LOL
If New-York(New-Amsterdam) was still from the dutch government, they would be VERY rich and famous :p ;) (our little tiny country)
but...still there's a bit of remembrance from the dutch period there..
like: Brooklyn = Breukelen
Harlem = Haarlem
( I can't remember more now :p)

Well..nah :p it's quite funny

[danielfred1235]

Originally posted by cheryl15nl
I have no idea wat watervliet means but I've looked it up in my dictionary and I can't find watervliet in it but I could find vliet.
Water = water
Vliet = brook, rivulet, rill, runlet. I don't know what those words mean. So I guess it just means like a stream of water, then. :) I suppose that city is a remnant of Dutch colonization. :D We also have a city called Colonie around here too. :) (Dunno if that's Dutch, but it kinda sounds like it might be...)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little
lol!!
It makes me think of the history..

a LONG LONG time ago......New- York was called New-Amsterdam, and it belonged to the Netherlands.
But..then they could treat New-Amsterdam for Surinam, and the (stupid) dutch government did that!!! :shocked: Now you can see what a STUPID move it was!!!!
LOL
If New-York(New-Amsterdam) was still from the dutch government, they would be VERY rich and famous :p ;) (our little tiny country)
but...still there's a bit of remembrance from the dutch period there..
like: Brooklyn = Breukelen
Harlem = Haarlem
( I can't remember more now :p)

Well..nah :p it's quite funny

:funny::funny: Yeah thats all true :D Still some other cities like Holland in Michigan :p:p Very funny jejee!!!

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:funny::funny: Yeah thats all true :D Still some other cities like Holland in Michigan :p:p Very funny jejee!!!

jajaja!! :p :p :funny:

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


jajaja!! :p :p :funny:

:supwink: Jajajaaaaaaa!

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:supwink: Jajajaaaaaaa!

we're just nuts :p

[ka-ching]

Shanianuts:p:p

[shania-little]

LOLLL

[ka-ching]

weirdy :p

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
Because she;s going to 2 dutch concerts!!! :D:D:D

We love to see her come over to our little country!! :D:D Yeeeeeeeeeep!!

I haven't had time to study more yet, but soon I will :D

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
Yeeeeeeeeeep!!

I haven't had time to study more yet, but soon I will :D

you can take a break ;) cours will start as soon as you want to :p ;)

[aFinn]

Ah, time for me to start really learning these! :shocked: There's not much time! :eek: :D

[Dig-it]

Ahh I wish I had seen this one early on. I am already pestering
my Dutch and Spanish speaking friends from here.;)
This is a fun way to learn..!!!

[aFinn]

Yep, we got many Dutch and Spanish here, so easy and fun to learn! :D

Oh, what is coffee in Dutch, I think I need to know cause I'll be needing a lot of coffee cause we're gonna party hard for the Shania concerts :funny:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
Ah, time for me to start really learning these! :shocked: There's not much time! :eek: :D

LOL you are right ;)

je hebt gelijk ;)

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
je hebt gelijk ;) What does that mean? :D It's close? or soon?

Ik ben verward :p

[ka-ching]

It means you are right :p LMAO!!

coffee = koffie :funny::bounce:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by ka-ching
It means you are right :p LMAO!!

coffee = koffie :funny::bounce: je hebt gelijk = you are right! :D

Ok, got it now! :p

koffie? Is it pronounced similarly to english word coffee?

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by aFinn
je hebt gelijk = you are right! :D

Ok, got it now! :p

koffie? Is it pronounced similarly to english word coffee?

No:p The first part yes but last is different :funny:

ie = like neat the ea in that word :bounce:

[aFinn]

koffiiiiiiii?

[ka-ching]

Yeppperzzz U got it :funny::funny::funny:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by ka-ching
Yeppperzzz U got it :funny::funny::funny: Good! I'll be needing it! :funny:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
Good! I'll be needing it! :funny:

Dutchies are very headstrong :p we don't speak any other language :p :funny:
Nah I 'm just joking. They often say that Dutch people are very good in other languages, all kind of..!! Here where I live we are very specialised in German ! ;) LOL ;)

Well...Almost everyone over here understands English :) and your english is :up: :)

[ka-ching]

Esecially around Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam I heard that local Dutchys have to speak English there to order something sometimes...

[shania-little]

wow :p it's getting even hard for us in our own country ;) :p

[Thea]

Originally posted by aFinn

And it wouldn't hurt to learn a few words of Norwegean either :uhh:
[
So, how do you say: Which way to the Shania concert? :huh:

:p

havent read the entire thread, so dunno if anyone was taught you norwegian yet lol.

Which way to the Shania concert? - Hvordan kommer jeg til Shania-konserten? Thats more how do i get to the shania-konsert, its difficult to translate it otherwise.

Shania is the best - Shania er best
Hi - hei
(Good) bye - ha det (bra)
Chocolate - Sjokolade
good morning - god morgen
I - jeg
you - du
chocolate is important to survive - sjokolade er viktig for å overleve.
Chevy is the best car ever - Chevy er den beste bilen noensinne
How would i survive without the Shania forums? - hvordan skulle jeg overlevd uten Shania forummet?
just a month left till the paris-concert!!-bare en måned igjen til paris-konserten!!

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
Dutchies are very headstrong :p we don't speak any other language :p :funny:
Nah I 'm just joking. They often say that Dutch people are very good in other languages, all kind of..!! Here where I live we are very specialised in German ! ;) LOL ;)

Well...Almost everyone over here understands English :) and your english is :up: :) German, quite understandably! :p

Thanks! :D


Originally posted by ka-ching
Esecially around Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam I heard that local Dutchys have to speak English there to order something sometimes... Whatta? Cannot speak their own language at their own country? :shocked:




Originally posted by Thea
havent read the entire thread, so dunno if anyone was taught you norwegian yet lol.

Which way to the Shania concert? - Hvordan kommer jeg til Shania-konserten? Thats more how do i get to the shania-konsert, its difficult to translate it otherwise.

Shania is the best - Shania er best
Hi - hei
(Good) bye - ha det (bra)
Chocolate - Sjokolade
good morning - god morgen
I - jeg
you - du
chocolate is important to survive - sjokolade er viktig for å overleve.
Chevy is the best car ever - Chevy er den beste bilen noensinne
How would i survive without the Shania forums? - hvordan skulle jeg overlevd uten Shania forummet?
just a month left till the paris-concert!!-bare en måned igjen til paris-konserten!! Nope, not norwegean teacher yet! But now you are here! :D

Funnily, I kind of understand what you are writing, especially when I see the translation, but I bet I won't understand anything when you speak norwegean :shocked: :p

chocolate is important to survive - sjokolade er viktig for å overleve. You just know the best sentences to teach!!! :D :up: :funny:

[Dig-it]

I can help a little with some Dutch words. Leena or Essie can tell you if I mess them up?

Good Day=Goedemorgen
Good Night=Goedenacht
Hi=Hi
Good bye=Dag
See you soon=Gauw tot ziens
Please=Alstubliett
May I.? =Mag lk
yes=Ja
No= Nee
I don't know=lk weet het niet
With pleasure= Met plezier
Good luck= Veel geluk
Take care= Doe voorzichtig
Have a nice day= Een goede dag verder
I don't think I messed up the Dutch?
but I don't think I did to bad.
;)

Oh jezz I know how to say Danke schön I just have not
seen it spelled. This is a very very good thread..!!!:)

[Big Swede]

Originally posted by Thea


havent read the entire thread, so dunno if anyone was taught you norwegian yet lol.

Which way to the Shania concert? - Hvordan kommer jeg til Shania-konserten? Thats more how do i get to the shania-konsert, its difficult to translate it otherwise.

Shania is the best - Shania er best
Hi - hei
(Good) bye - ha det (bra)
Chocolate - Sjokolade
good morning - god morgen
I - jeg
you - du
chocolate is important to survive - sjokolade er viktig for å overleve.
Chevy is the best car ever - Chevy er den beste bilen noensinne
How would i survive without the Shania forums? - hvordan skulle jeg overlevd uten Shania forummet?
just a month left till the paris-concert!!-bare en måned igjen til paris-konserten!!

:funny: Chevy är den bästa bilen någonsin. :funny: :p :p

And if anyone wonder about Swedish, just change a few letters here and there in Theas translation and thats Swedish. :p Just look at the sentence I wrote about the Chevy thing! :D

[aFinn]

I think Dutch and Norwegean are similar in one way, written rather easily understood, but heard? Uh-oh, I dunno! :funny:

[Thea]

yeah, and if you talk to a norwegian from the western part of norway (sorry silje:p ), sogn og fjordane (luckily you're not from there, Silje, so you wont get mad:p ), or a swede from Skåne.... uh-oh.... IMPOSSIBLE to understand, even for us! :funny:
The languages are almost the same, but VERY differently spoken. Like, when i called the airline the other day, i spoke to someone from denmark, and she did NOT come from Århus!! :funny: I first thought she spoke Japaneese! She didnt understand me very well either, im so glad for the invention of the word HÆ? ! :D

[aFinn]

Hahahahahah!!!!!! NOBODY understands anyone from Skåne :funny: :funny:

[Annette]

Originally posted by Thea
Like, when i called the airline the other day, i spoke to someone from denmark, and she did NOT come from Århus!! :funny: I first thought she spoke Japaneese! She didnt understand me very well either, im so glad for the invention of the word HÆ? ! :D

Omg!!:funny::funny: LMAO!!!! She probably spoke like they do in Copenhagen....you know the way Danish is supposed to sound like!!! That just proves that we are just esier to understand in my part of Denmark:p

She understood hæ?:huh:

[Big Swede]

Originally posted by Thea
yeah, and if you talk to a norwegian from the western part of norway (sorry silje:p ), sogn og fjordane (luckily you're not from there, Silje, so you wont get mad:p ), or a swede from Skåne.... uh-oh.... IMPOSSIBLE to understand, even for us! :funny:
The languages are almost the same, but VERY differently spoken. Like, when i called the airline the other day, i spoke to someone from denmark, and she did NOT come from Århus!! :funny: I first thought she spoke Japaneese! She didnt understand me very well either, im so glad for the invention of the word HÆ? ! :D

Yep, Siljes Norwegian is a little (much:p ) harder to read than yours. If you take a Swede from Skåne so does he at least write and spell the same as other Swedes, that´s a little strange that you have different words and spellings in different parts of the same country! :huh:


Originally posted by aFinn
Hahahahahah!!!!!! NOBODY understands anyone from Skåne :funny: :funny:

I hope that they do! :p :p But you never know! ;) :p

[aFinn]

Originally posted by BIG SWEDE
that´s a little strange that you have different words and spellings in different parts of the same country! :huh: I think it's cause they have like 2 or 3 different norwegean languages there? :huh:




Originally posted by BIG SWEDE
I hope that they do! :p :p But you never know! ;) :p Exactly, you never know :funny: :p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by aFinn
I think Dutch and Norwegean are similar in one way, written rather easily understood, but heard? Uh-oh, I dunno! :funny:

well./..its just from were you come....for us it's heard like you write it.
And for us English is a weird language, same as french...you write it soooo different then you say it (seen from our view of words)

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by shania-little


well./..its just from were you come....for us it's heard like you write it.
And for us English is a weird language, same as french...you write it soooo different then you say it (seen from our view of words)

Hi Essie. English in tech talk is even harder to learn. Example:
We can define the familes Triconodontidae, Amphilestidae, and Dinnetheriidae on the basis of apomorphies, but not so for, Morganucodontidae. The distinct morphology of the haramiyid teeth suggest that thay are phylogenetically distinct from all other mammals.
And all I just said was the difference of mammal teeth.;)
English is weird alright..!!!!:)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by aFinn


Whatta? Cannot speak their own language at their own country? :shocked:



I dont know :funny::funny: It's very weird!! I heard it on tv a while ago :p

Originally posted by Dig-it
I can help a little with some Dutch words. Leena or Essie can tell you if I mess them up?

Good Day=Goedemorgen
Good Night=Goedenacht
Hi=Hi
Good bye=Dag
See you soon=Gauw tot ziens
Please=Alstubliett
May I.? =Mag lk
yes=Ja
No= Nee
I don't know=lk weet het niet
With pleasure= Met plezier
Good luck= Veel geluk
Take care= Doe voorzichtig
Have a nice day= Een goede dag verder
I don't think I messed up the Dutch?
but I don't think I did to bad.
;)

Oh jezz I know how to say Danke schön I just have not
seen it spelled. This is a very very good thread..!!!:)

Hi=Hallo
See you soon = Tot gauw, or Tot ziens :p
Please = Astublieft (very polite) Asjeblieft ( less polite) Im not sure about the spelling of asjeblieft :funny::uhh:

It's okay jajja!! :up:

Originally posted by shania-little


well./..its just from were you come....for us it's heard like you write it.
And for us English is a weird language, same as french...you write it soooo different then you say it (seen from our view of words)

Yeah it is!! :funny: But somehow we learn it very soon :funny: These days toddlers already learn English at school :uhh::uhh::funny:

[Big Swede]

Originally posted by aFinn
I think it's cause they have like 2 or 3 different norwegean languages there? :huh:

Yep, Nynorsk and Bokmål but why make it so complicated in the same little country! :huh:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by shania-little
well./..its just from were you come....for us it's heard like you write it.
And for us English is a weird language, same as french...you write it soooo different then you say it (seen from our view of words) Actually, Finnish is heard like it is written also!!!




Originally posted by Dig-it

English is weird alright..!!!!:) :shocked: You can say that again!


Originally posted by BIG SWEDE
Yep, Nynorsk and Bokmål but why make it so complicated in the same little country! :huh: :dunno: They aren't confused enough, so they take all possible measures to ensure that? :huh: :p
Don't they know that all they need to do is be a Shania fan and you're guarantied to be confused! :p

[Sun]

Originally posted by aFinn

Nope, not norwegean teacher yet! But now you are here! :D

Funnily, I kind of understand what you are writing, especially when I see the translation, but I bet I won't understand anything when you speak norwegean :shocked: :p

You just know the best sentences to teach!!! :D :up: :funny:

Mhm...saw all the dutch...assumed no one was interested...:uhh: :p

Originally posted by Thea
yeah, and if you talk to a norwegian from the western part of norway (sorry silje:p ), sogn og fjordane (luckily you're not from there, Silje, so you wont get mad:p ), or a swede from Skåne.... uh-oh.... IMPOSSIBLE to understand, even for us! :funny:
The languages are almost the same, but VERY differently spoken. Like, when i called the airline the other day, i spoke to someone from denmark, and she did NOT come from Århus!! :funny: I first thought she spoke Japaneese! She didnt understand me very well either, im so glad for the invention of the word HÆ? ! :D

What? Impossible to understand?? It`s not! Østlansk is the one that is hard to understand. You all speak so extremely FAST!! ( :p )

Danish is a bit weird I know...:rolleyes: :p We listened to H.C. Andersen`s "Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren" in my Norwegian class...and Oh my gosh how annoying!!! :shocked: Not that it was hard to understand or that danish is ugly (cause it`s not...I love both danish and swedish :D )...but the word "gjedebukkebeens-Overogundergeneralkrigskommandeersergeanten" like a hundred times in one story...somebody kill...ehmm...take away my suklaa...:shocked: :p

Originally posted by aFinn
Hahahahahah!!!!!! NOBODY understands anyone from Skåne :funny: :funny:

:uhh: So I guess I`m nobody...:dunno:

Originally posted by BIG SWEDE


Yep, Siljes Norwegian is a little (much:p ) harder to read than yours. If you take a Swede from Skåne so does he at least write and spell the same as other Swedes, that´s a little strange that you have different words and spellings in different parts of the same country! :huh:

I hope that they do! :p :p But you never know! ;) :p

Hey! I understand people from Skåne perfectly Well, perhaps not as good as if I should be from Skåne myself...but I understand it...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by aFinn
I think it's cause they have like 2 or 3 different norwegean languages there? :huh:


Really???:shocked: I didn`t know that!! :uhh:
There`s Norwegian and then there`s samisk...right?

Originally posted by BIG SWEDE


Yep, Nynorsk and Bokmål but why make it so complicated in the same little country! :huh:

Those are not two different languages...it`s just two ways of speaking and writing...it`s the same thing...Exept we nynorsk people have some words people like Thea doesn`t understand...:p Like boss? :uhh: :p :p

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


I dont know :funny::funny: It's very weird!! I heard it on tv a while ago :p



Hi=Hallo
See you soon = Tot gauw, or Tot ziens :p
Please = Astublieft (very polite) Asjeblieft ( less polite) Im not sure about the spelling of asjeblieft :funny::uhh:

It's okay jajja!! :up:



Yeah it is!! :funny: But somehow we learn it very soon :funny: These days toddlers already learn English at school :uhh::uhh::funny:

Dank je u zeer .. Leena. The few words I am geting on the internet just don't seem to be quite right????
Jeezz I hope that if I tell someone to "have a nice day"
It does not come out as "Glad you had no pay" LOL:)
Thanks for your help...;) ja ja ja..!!!! still learning...

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Dank je u zeer .. Leena. The few words I am geting on the internet just don't seem to be quite right????
Jeezz I hope that if I tell someone to "have a nice day"
It does not come out as "Glad you had no pay" LOL:)
Thanks for your help...;) ja ja ja..!!!! still learning...

Graag gedaan, De nada, You're welcome :p

No internet sucks also cuz the Dutch grammar is different from the English one :p

Im curious how u pronounce it all in Dutch LMAO! :funny::funny:

[aFinn]

Originally posted by Sun
Mhm...saw all the dutch...assumed no one was interested...:uhh: :p Whatta? I said Dutch and norwegean! :D

Originally posted by Sun
gjedebukkebeens-Overogundergeneralkrigskommandeersergeanten :swoosh:


Originally posted by Sun
Hey! I understand people from Skåne perfectly Well, perhaps not as good as if I should be from Skåne myself...but I understand it...:rolleyes: Umm.... how is that possible? :really:



Originally posted by Sun
Really???:shocked: I didn`t know that!! :uhh:
There`s Norwegian and then there`s samisk...right?

Those are not two different languages...it`s just two ways of speaking and writing...it`s the same thing...Exept we nynorsk people have some words people like Thea doesn`t understand...:p Like boss? :uhh: :p :p Yeah, I meant what Per said :p

Two ways of speaking and writing is not the same thing!! :shocked:

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Graag gedaan, De nada, You're welcome :p

No internet sucks also cuz the Dutch grammar is different from the English one :p

Im curious how u pronounce it all in Dutch LMAO! :funny::funny:
I am LMAO as well..!!! you're cheating.lol.. Dutch, Spanish and
English...
Dank je, Muchas gracias, Gratias, Thanks...LOL.:)
Yes the net sucks...!!! way to many wrong words.
I bet you I will do not all that bad with prononouncation.:)
at least. Dat denk lk....;) OK I put in some Latin lol in there.

[Sun]

Originally posted by aFinn
Whatta? I said Dutch and norwegean! :D

:swoosh:

Umm.... how is that possible? :really:

Yeah, I meant what Per said :p

Two ways of speaking and writing is not the same thing!! :shocked:

Sorry then...I saw a bunch of dutch and forgot about it...:p

Haha...:funny: :funny: That was my thought too...:p

I don`t know...but I don`t think it`s my fault...:uhh:

Yes it is the same thing...kind of hard to explain...but bokmål and nynorsk are not two different LANGUAGES!!!:zzz: It`s just different...språkforme...if you understand that...:p The two languages is norsk and samisk. Let`s take the word chocolate:
Norwegian -> sjokolade
Samisk -> šuhkoláde
or the word nut (like in NUTchocolate :p ):
N -> nøtt
S -> niehtti

see? :rolleyes:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Im curious how u pronounce it all in Dutch LMAO! :funny::funny:

:Funny::funny::funny:

ME 2!!!

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by Sun


Sorry then...I saw a bunch of dutch and forgot about it...:p

Haha...:funny: :funny: That was my thought too...:p

I don`t know...but I don`t think it`s my fault...:uhh:

Yes it is the same thing...kind of hard to explain...but bokmål and nynorsk are not two different LANGUAGES!!!:zzz: It`s just different...språkforme...if you understand that...:p The two languages is norsk and samisk. Let`s take the word chocolate:
Norwegian -> sjokolade
Samisk -> šuhkoláde
or the word nut (like in NUTchocolate :p ):
N -> nøtt
S -> niehtti

see? :rolleyes:

Hi Sun..!! I love to try to see if I can make out words in diffrent languages. is sprakforme just verbal diffrence? and is norsk, Norseland? I don't know Samisk at all though.? Is one North and the other South??? OK I am taking a bite of a big sandwich of languages here, but I am very interested.:) Thanks Sun.. John;)

[aFinn]

Originally posted by Sun
Sorry then...I saw a bunch of dutch and forgot about it...:p

I don`t know...but I don`t think it`s my fault...:uhh:

Yes it is the same thing...kind of hard to explain...but bokmål and nynorsk are not two different LANGUAGES!!!:zzz: It`s just different...språkforme...if you understand that...:p The two languages is norsk and samisk. Let`s take the word chocolate:
Norwegian -> sjokolade
Samisk -> šuhkoláde
or the word nut (like in NUTchocolate :p ):
N -> nøtt
S -> niehtti

see? :rolleyes: Forgot? You have a bad memory too? :eek: :eek:

Umm, you're innocent? :huh:

No, it's not the same thing! Same language, but not the same thing!!!!!
Why would you use 2 different versions of norwegean? Why aren't everyone using the same? :really:

*ignores the nut reference* :p

[Sun]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Hi Sun..!! I love to try to see if I can make out words in diffrent languages. is sprakforme just verbal diffrence? and is norsk, Norseland? I don't know Samisk at all though.? Is one North and the other South??? OK I am taking a bite of a big sandwich of languages here, but I am very interested.:) Thanks Sun.. John;)

Ehm...not sure if I understand John...:uhh: :p Språkform...it`s...ok..I can give you an example. In Norway you can talk/write (perhaps mainly write...cause people tend to talk the way the like...) in two different ways -> Nynorsk or bokmål. Bokmål has always been the way people in the "big" cities talk. On the countryside...where I live we talk or write nynorsk. Here`s an example:
"How" :
Bokmål -> hvordan
Nynorsk -> korleis
"I" :
B -> jeg
N -> eg

But it`s the same language...if you understand anything of what I`m writing...Samar are people living in the north...kind of like indians or native Americans, if you know what I mean...They have their own language -> samisk. Ok...is norsk norseland?? Not sure if I understand...norsk-norwegian? Norway-Norge?? (also...Norge is Noreg in nynorsk) :p This is easy to understand don`t you think so John?? :D :devil: :p

(btw. did you get my mail...or did I write the wrong adress?)

Originally posted by aFinn
Forgot? You have a bad memory too? :eek: :eek:

Umm, you're innocent? :huh:

No, it's not the same thing! Same language, but not the same thing!!!!!
Why would you use 2 different versions of norwegean? Why aren't everyone using the same? :really:

*ignores the nut reference* :p

Bad memory?? Are you...? ehmm, what were we talking about??
:uhh: :p :p

Yes...that`s what I said...or wasn`t it...??:uhh: I don`t quite remember...:dunno: But that doesn`t mean I`m not innocent! :p

It`s aaalmost the same thing...:zzz: :p I really can`t answer your question Marika...I had nothing to do with that! :p :]

(why would anyone ignore a nut reference???):uhh:

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it

I am LMAO as well..!!! you're cheating.lol.. Dutch, Spanish and
English...
Dank je, Muchas gracias, Gratias, Thanks...LOL.:)
Yes the net sucks...!!! way to many wrong words.
I bet you I will do not all that bad with prononouncation.:)
at least. Dat denk lk....;) OK I put in some Latin lol in there.

:funny::funny:

Well have u ever heard a Dutchy talkin'?

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:funny::funny:

Well have u ever heard a Dutchy talkin'?

:funny::funny::funny: I have ;)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


:funny::funny::funny: I have ;)

:eek::eek: Yeaaah??? :confused: Well that achterhoeks aint really Dutch :supwink:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:eek::eek: Yeaaah??? :confused: Well that achterhoeks aint really Dutch :supwink:

so you wanna say that the language that you speak is dutch?! :p ;) :funny:

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


so you wanna say that the language that you speak is dutch?! :p ;) :funny:

WHAHAHA no it's far from Dutch :funny: I think people whoa re trying to learn Dutch should know that most Dutchys dont even speak really dutch. But Grunnings, Frisian, Drenths, Achterhoeks etc .. :p

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by Sun


Ehm...not sure if I understand John...:uhh: :p Språkform...it`s...ok..I can give you an example. In Norway you can talk/write (perhaps mainly write...cause people tend to talk the way the like...) in two different ways -> Nynorsk or bokmål. Bokmål has always been the way people in the "big" cities talk. On the countryside...where I live we talk or write nynorsk. Here`s an example:
"How" :
Bokmål -> hvordan
Nynorsk -> korleis
"I" :
B -> jeg
N -> eg

But it`s the same language...if you understand anything of what I`m writing...Samar are people living in the north...kind of like indians or native Americans, if you know what I mean...They have their own language -> samisk. Ok...is norsk norseland?? Not sure if I understand...norsk-norwegian? Norway-Norge?? (also...Norge is Noreg in nynorsk) :p This is easy to understand don`t you think so John?? :D :devil: :p

(btw. did you get my mail...or did I write the wrong adress?)



Bad memory?? Are you...? ehmm, what were we talking about??
:uhh: :p :p

Yes...that`s what I said...or wasn`t it...??:uhh: I don`t quite remember...:dunno: But that doesn`t mean I`m not innocent! :p

It`s aaalmost the same thing...:zzz: :p I really can`t answer your question Marika...I had nothing to do with that! :p :]

(why would anyone ignore a nut reference???):uhh:

Hi Sun..!!:) Yes I did recive your email Thank You..!!!
Is this easy to understand......Umm?...I'm working on it;) I was asking about the diffrence in the North and South as that is
something that is a big diffrence in diffrent parts of the US.
people who live in the West have many diffrent words for things,
but its spelled the same. The same is true of the diffrences
in the North and South. With all the diffrent slang wording it is
sometimes difficult to understand what the people are saying. So I am getting a good idea of the diffrences in speach there, and other Nations seem to as well. An example: In Spain the dialect is diffrent than Mexico, but both are the Spanish language. So I am trying to fill in the diffrences in all the Languages I am teaching myself. I hope this makes some sense to you..???:) Thanks again...!!!! John

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:funny::funny:

Well have u ever heard a Dutchy talkin'?

Yep I have..!!;) When I lived in Wisconsin there were many people who had moved there from the Neatherlands.
So I did hear it quite a bit. But I bet you may have a hard time
understanding them..??? It seems you have many diffrent ways to either spell or speak Dutch.? , Achterhoeks, Frisian, Drenths, Grunnings,..??? So its hard to know just what one is the most used.???? Did I have a clue as to what was said.?? Nope..!!
But I bet I could learn it. It didn't seem that hard.

:) I am as curious as a cat about languages...
I hope I have as many lives as one.:p

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Yep I have..!!;) When I lived in Wisconsin there were many people who had moved there from the Neatherlands.
So I did hear it quite a bit. But I bet you may have a hard time
understanding them..??? It seems you have many diffrent ways to either spell or speak Dutch.? , Achterhoeks, Frisian, Drenths, Grunnings,..??? So its hard to know just what one is the most used.???? Did I have a clue as to what was said.?? Nope..!!
But I bet I could learn it. It didn't seem that hard.

:) I am as curious as a cat about languages...
I hope I have as many lives as one.:p

:eek:Cool!! Yeah but there's also ABN, the general and official way of writing and speaking Dutch:D But when you go to the provence of Drenthe or Friesland where I live you wont understand the people there I think. Cuz most of them dont speak ABN :p :funny::funny:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:eek:Cool!! Yeah but there's also ABN, the general and official way of writing and speaking Dutch:D But when you go to the provence of Drenthe or Friesland where I live you wont understand the people there I think. Cuz most of them dont speak ABN :p :funny::funny:

yeaa it's very weird. Even I can hardly understand those people/
But the people in the west of the netherlands do speak the best understanding way of dutch.
And if I do my best, I can speak 'normal' dutch too :)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


yeaa it's very weird. Even I can hardly understand those people/
But the people in the west of the netherlands do speak the best understanding way of dutch.
And if I do my best, I can speak 'normal' dutch too :)

Yeah I always do my best but.... it's hard jaja!! When I hear myself talkin on tape Im thinking WTF!!?? What an accent! :funny: :rolleyes:

And when I was with you those few days I started talkin like you a bit after a few days :supwink: Whahaha!!!

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Yeah I always do my best but.... it's hard jaja!! When I hear myself talkin on tape Im thinking WTF!!?? What an accent! :funny: :rolleyes:

And when I was with you those few days I started talkin like you a bit after a few days :supwink: Whahaha!!!

:funny: :funny:

LOL!

i had the same when I live for a year nearby Assen.....when I came home all those people said: HUH what are talking weird :p

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


:funny: :funny:

LOL!

i had the same when I live for a year nearby Assen.....when I came home all those people said: HUH what are talking weird :p

Aww yeah! A northern accent :p
A bit Drenths :funny::funny:
I cant imagine how Im gonna talk when we are on our holiday for almost 2 weeks hihi! :supwink:

[Annette]

Originally posted by BIG SWEDE


And if anyone wonder about Swedish, just change a few letters here and there in Theas translation and thats Swedish. :p Just look at the sentence I wrote about the Chevy thing! :D

Same with Danish... just change a few letters in what Thea wrote

Chocolate is important to survive - sjokolade er viktig for å overleve (Norwegian)-Chocolade er vigtigt for at overleve (Danish)


Originally posted by Sun


Danish is a bit weird I know...:rolleyes: :p We listened to H.C. Andersen`s "Hyrdinden og Skorsteensfeieren" in my Norwegian class...and Oh my gosh how annoying!!! :shocked: Not that it was hard to understand or that danish is ugly (cause it`s not...I love both danish and swedish :D )...but the word "gjedebukkebeens-Overogundergeneralkrigskommandeersergeanten" like a hundred times in one story...somebody kill...ehmm...take away my suklaa...:shocked: :p


:uhh: But H.C Andersen stories are written in old fashioned Danish...no one talks like in his stories.

Originally posted by Sun

the word "gjedebukkebeens-Overogundergeneralkrigskommandeersergeanten"


That's not a real word...you can't look it up in any dictionary... It's a word H.C. Andersen made up:p

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:eek:Cool!! Yeah but there's also ABN, the general and official way of writing and speaking Dutch:D But when you go to the provence of Drenthe or Friesland where I live you wont understand the people there I think. Cuz most of them dont speak ABN :p :funny::funny:

ABN..??? OK now I am getting a little confused.:uhh: What one is that you have seen me trying to learn???
ABN? Or something else?:shocked:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it


ABN..??? OK now I am getting a little confused.:uhh: What one is that you have seen me trying to learn???
ABN? Or something else?:shocked:

ABN means: Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands , and that's the general official way to speak Dutch :) ;) that's the one we're trying to learn you! ;) The others are just dialects. With this one every will understand you!!

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


ABN means: Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands , and that's the general official way to speak Dutch :) ;) that's the one we're trying to learn you! ;) The others are just dialects. With this one every will understand you!!

Well maybe everyone will understand you but when they start talkin to you, you might not understand them :funny::funny: LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dig-it]

OK... As I am very serious about learning this... Do you think any "Learn Dutch" CDs or tapes will be in ABN.? Or just more confusing? (Spanish also) :uhh: Grates agere, Bedankt, Thank you, Muchas Gracias, Danke schön, Kiitos..!!!!;) Alot to learn here :)

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it
OK... As I am very serious about learning this... Do you think any "Learn Dutch" CDs or tapes will be in ABN.? Or just more confusing? (Spanish also) :uhh: Grates agere, Bedankt, Thank you, Muchas Gracias, Danke schön, Kiitos..!!!!;) Alot to learn here :)

they are all in ABN i bet! :) that's the way the language has to be spokne :)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


they are all in ABN i bet! :) that's the way the language has to be spokne :)

Yep!! True :] Perfect Dutch :funny: I wish I could talk like that!!! :p

[Dig-it]

Well a learn Dutch CD or tape it is. If an American accent won't
mess it up too much.?:) I just have to try to figure out the other ones?:p Thanks....

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it
Well a learn Dutch CD or tape it is. If an American accent won't
mess it up too much.?:) I just have to try to figure out the other ones?:p Thanks....

I've heards some american people talking dutch, and it sounds pretty good:) only that typical american accent is in it :) but that's just sweet :)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


I've heards some american people talking dutch, and it sounds pretty good:) only that typical american accent is in it :) but that's just sweet :)

Yeah, well recently I heard an English woman speaking Dutch:p She lived in Holland for years but she still had the accent!!! :shocked::shocked:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Yeah, well recently I heard an English woman speaking Dutch:p She lived in Holland for years but she still had the accent!!! :shocked::shocked:

:D:D it sounds sweet....wanna hear shania : 'Are you ready Holland?!!!!!!!!" or would she say: Rotterdam :p lol, orrrr...Antwerpen :p

[Dig-it]

OK this is the Dutch from the internet........

In welke taal hebben mensen neuzen die lopen en voeten
die ruiken, een alarm dat afgaat als het aangaat?

Grappige taal...!!!:shocked:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it
OK this is the Dutch from the internet........

In welke taal hebben mensen neuzen die lopen en voeten
die ruiken, een alarm dat afgaat als het aangaat?

Grappige taal...!!!:shocked:

WHAHAHA WHAT A SENTENCE!!!!!

it is dutch, yes, but what a stupid sentence ;)

Ik zal er eens een normale zin neerzetten , misschien kan je dit vertalen :p

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little


:D:D it sounds sweet....wanna hear shania : 'Are you ready Holland?!!!!!!!!" or would she say: Rotterdam :p lol, orrrr...Antwerpen :p

Or Ahoy? :uhh::funny:
Are you ready AHOY sounds the best I think :p
Rotterdam, Holland, The Netherlands its all :down::p

Originally posted by Dig-it
OK this is the Dutch from the internet........

In welke taal hebben mensen neuzen die lopen en voeten
die ruiken, een alarm dat afgaat als het aangaat?

Grappige taal...!!!:shocked:

neuzen die lopen = walking nose = when blew drips of your nose
voeten die reuken = feet that smell = smelly feet :p
een alarm dat afgaat???? :uhh: The alarm .... :confused:


Originally posted by shania-little


WHAHAHA WHAT A SENTENCE!!!!!

it is dutch, yes, but what a stupid sentence ;)

Ik zal er eens een normale zin neerzetten , misschien kan je dit vertalen :p

Weird translations I would say :p Dutch is weird!!! :uhh::p:funny:

Oja?? Maare waar is die dan?? :confused:

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Or Ahoy? :uhh::funny:
Are you ready AHOY sounds the best I think :p
Rotterdam, Holland, The Netherlands its all :down::p



neuzen die lopen = walking nose = when blew drips of your nose
voeten die reuken = feet that smell = smelly feet :p
een alarm dat afgaat???? :uhh: The alarm .... :confused:




Weird translations I would say :p Dutch is weird!!! :uhh::p:funny:

Oja?? Maare waar is die dan?? :confused:

that was that sentence :p hihi

[ka-ching]

Ohhh right :funny::funny:

Rare Essie! :funny:

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Or Ahoy? :uhh::funny:
Are you ready AHOY sounds the best I think :p
Rotterdam, Holland, The Netherlands its all :down::p



neuzen die lopen = walking nose = when blew drips of your nose
voeten die reuken = feet that smell = smelly feet :p
een alarm dat afgaat???? :uhh: The alarm .... :confused:




Weird translations I would say :p Dutch is weird!!! :uhh::p:funny:

Oja?? Maare waar is die dan?? :confused:

Well I did say the net has some odd ideas about Dutch..???

It is supposed to be, as they say: "In what language do people
have noses that run and feet that smell, an alarm that goes off by going on".:uhh:
Grappige taal= Funny language...?

Oh Leena. Tige tank! or Tankewol.;)

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching
Ohhh right :funny::funny:

Rare Essie! :funny:


:p I know

[Dig-it]

Well thats what I am getting form the net about Dutch.
here is another one word for word. Is it ANB.?

Waar er geen ei in een eierplant zit noch ham in een
hamburger en een boksring vierkant is?

Grappige taal
:p their suposed to be jokes.?

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it
Well thats what I am getting form the net about Dutch.
here is another one word for word. Is it ANB.?

Waar er geen ei in een eierplant zit noch ham in een
hamburger en een boksring vierkant is?

Grappige taal
:p their suposed to be jokes.?

Well if I have to be honest,

Even I almost don't understand what those sentences mean! It are sooo difficult word-games!

The word for word in dutch = woord (quite easy:])

i'll search for you a bit of an easier site to learn dutch....this is way to difficult imo :s ;)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Oh Leena. Tige tank! or Tankewol.;)

:funny::eek: Frisian!! OMG!! I cant write that :p But you can I guess :p


Originally posted by shania-little

:p I know

:pWhahaa! Smart :up:

Originally posted by Dig-it
Well thats what I am getting form the net about Dutch.
here is another one word for word. Is it ANB.?

Waar er geen ei in een eierplant zit noch ham in een
hamburger en een boksring vierkant is?

Grappige taal
:p their suposed to be jokes.?

ABN :p

Originally posted by shania-little


Well if I have to be honest,

Even I almost don't understand what those sentences mean! It are sooo difficult word-games!

The word for word in dutch = woord (quite easy:])

i'll search for you a bit of an easier site to learn dutch....this is way to difficult imo :s ;)

Yes we dont understand the jokes either :uhh::p

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by shania-little


Well if I have to be honest,

Even I almost don't understand what those sentences mean! It are sooo difficult word-games!

The word for word in dutch = woord (quite easy:])

i'll search for you a bit of an easier site to learn dutch....this is way to difficult imo :s ;)

Yeppers.! I thought the word games were a weird way to
teach Dutch.!:shocked: but I wanted to see what you thought?

The sentence is supposed to say: "Where there is no egg in
an eggplant nor ham in a hamburger and is a boxing ring
square."
And if you can find a better site that would by VERY cool.:)
Bedankt Essie;)

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


:funny::eek: Frisian!! OMG!! I cant write that :p But you can I guess :p




:pWhahaa! Smart :up:



ABN :p



Yes we dont understand the jokes either :uhh::p

Goeie Leena, Hoe giet it mei jo? Yep, the jokes are an odd
way to teach Dutch? :uhh: Thats why I wanted to see if it
was ABN.? The sites I find are not that good so far.
But I am still looking.:)
Tige tank! (Goed Frisian ja ?);)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Goeie Leena, Hoe giet it mei jo? Yep, the jokes are an odd
way to teach Dutch? :uhh: Thats why I wanted to see if it
was ABN.? The sites I find are not that good so far.
But I am still looking.:)
Tige tank! (Goed Frisian ja ?);)

Ahhh my you know more than I do!!! Whahaha There aint no way I can write it :p Where did you find that Frisian stuff?? :confused:
Ahhhaaajajaja!!!

You know I dont even speak good Frisian I mingle Dutch with Frisian and english :funny::funny:

Good Frisian = goed Fries :p

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Ahhh my you know more than I do!!! Whahaha There aint no way I can write it :p Where did you find that Frisian stuff?? :confused:
Ahhhaaajajaja!!!

You know I dont even speak good Frisian I mingle Dutch with Frisian and english :funny::funny:

Good Frisian = goed Fries :p

Huh? I thought many people would mix the two so I looked
for Frisian also. I looked at 100s of sites so far for both,
so as soon as I find the Frisian one I will post it for you.
Oh that site would say: Goed Frysk= Good Frisian?
Tankewol Leena;)

[shania-little]

I can't speak or read frysian at ALL!! if I hear it I can't understand it at all! LOL

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Huh? I thought many people would mix the two so I looked
for Frisian also. I looked at 100s of sites so far for both,
so as soon as I find the Frisian one I will post it for you.
Oh that site would say: Goed Frysk= Good Frisian?
Tankewol Leena;)

No Only I mix Frisian with Dutch when Im supposed to talk Frisian. When Im supposed to talk Dutch I talk Dutch :funny::funny: Okayzz

:eek: You are right It's Goed Frysk and not like I said Fries is Dutch :p :uhh:
LMAO!!!! You're welcome, graag gedien or something :p Whahaha

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by shania-little
I can't speak or read frysian at ALL!! if I hear it I can't understand it at all! LOL

Yeah :funny::funny::funny: I wish I could swear in Frisian :funny: But I cant!! John do u know it? :funny::funny::funny:

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


No Only I mix Frisian with Dutch when Im supposed to talk Frisian. When Im supposed to talk Dutch I talk Dutch :funny::funny: Okayzz

:eek: You are right It's Goed Frysk and not like I said Fries is Dutch :p :uhh:
LMAO!!!! You're welcome, graag gedien or something :p Whahaha

Okayzz now I am getting the idea.;) I was getting mixed up
with the, put the two togather thing.:shocked:
Oh the Frysk Your welcome is: Is wol klear.:)
Thanks, Bedankt, for all the help.:great:

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Yeah :funny::funny::funny: I wish I could swear in Frisian :funny: But I cant!! John do u know it? :funny::funny::funny:

LMAO....:p :p :p Oh man..!! I have not seen a cus you
out in Frysk site. LOL But if I figure it out I will send
that email.... I don't want to swear at someone here.
You two crack me up....:)

[ka-ching]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Okayzz now I am getting the idea.;) I was getting mixed up
with the, put the two togather thing.:shocked:
Oh the Frysk Your welcome is: Is wol klear.:)
Thanks, Bedankt, for all the help.:great:

Ah okay :p
Never heard of that Frysk :confused::uhh: But then again I dont speak it by the rules :funny:

De nada :supwink:

[Dig-it]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Ah okay :p
Never heard of that Frysk :confused::uhh: But then again I dont speak it by the rules :funny:

De nada :supwink:

Can you explain what the rules are?
As in ABN is offical, and Frysk has its own rules.?:uhh:
Thanks.:)

[shania-little]

Originally posted by Dig-it


Can you explain what the rules are?
As in ABN is offical, and Frysk has its own rules.?:uhh:
Thanks.:)

well ABN is the official dutch language, and all the other spoken dialects are just dialects, EXCEPT frysian, because that's an official language now...you can even study it if you want! :shocked: :p

[ka-ching]

Thats right :funny::funny::funny:
BUT no one wants to study it, only the farmers do :p

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching
Thats right :funny::funny::funny:
BUT no one wants to study it, only the farmers do :p
that's the second point :funny:

[ka-ching]

And I'm not a farmerrrr :p:angel:
My dad is from Hilversum :]

[shania-little]

Originally posted by ka-ching
And I'm not a farmerrrr :p:angel:
My dad is from Hilversum :]

hmzz I am..:rolleyes: my dad is from 'here' :uhh: :swoosh:

[ka-ching]

Wooohooo!! :funny::funny:
But you dont look liek you're from "there" :confused: :p