DUMB American Trying to Learn BASIC Dutch!

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[00:00:02]Today I'm going to be reacting to a video called Learn Dutch Easy and Fast, episode 1, Master the Basics for Beginners. This is from a channel called Dutch Guide. So check it out. I hardly doubt this says easy and fast, which I are two things that I don't really relate with learning a new language and specifically Dutch, which I think is a really hard language, but I don't know.

[00:00:24]We'll see. So let's see it out and comment, like, and subscribe. Hey there.

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[00:00:59]In today's episode, we're focusing on Dutch basics. We'll cover greetings and introductions, explore basic conversations, understand formality in Dutch, talk about emotions and feelings, dive into common expressions, and end with the Dutch alphabet and pronunciation.

[00:01:15]>> This looks hard already.

[00:01:16]>> And remember, as we go, try to repeat what's said. It's the best way to learn.

[00:01:22]Oh, and stick around till the end. We've prepared a little test with some questions to test out what you've picked up.

[00:01:27]>> Oh my god, I'm so scared.

[00:01:29]>> Ready? Grab a drink, get comfy, and let's jump into Dutch basics.

[00:01:35]>> Greetings and introductions. We're starting off with the heart of any language. Greetings.

[00:01:43]>> A formal way of greeting would be, >> oh, >> hello.

[00:01:47]>> Yes.

[00:01:50]>> Hello. An informal way of greeting would be hoy.

[00:01:55]>> Hoy. Okay, this one's easy. Hello. And >> okay, don't already. This looks hard.

[00:02:04]Okay, let's start.

[00:02:05]>> Hudora Hudorggan.

[00:02:18]It's I I get, you know, I can it's it's hard because I get the the good good afternoon, good day, you know, good morning, and good night. You know, I understand the words, but I don't understand how to pronounce them.

[00:02:41]Oh, it's Oh, when you're going to bed.

[00:02:42]Yeah, like good night. Good.

[00:02:45]>> When meeting someone who?

[00:02:52]That's what's your name. Okay. My name is Mark. And you?

[00:02:56]Oh, yeah.

[00:02:57]>> Instead of you could also sayam.

[00:03:04]>> It's what's your name? I get I get it enough. I get the pronunciation is bad.

[00:03:08]Mark and Yay.

[00:03:11]>> Ak Mark. No, hold on.

[00:03:15]>> Ak Mark and Yay.

[00:03:18]>> Ak Mark aka Mark.

[00:03:23]>> My name is Eva. Anam.

[00:03:26]>> My name is Eva. Anam. And what's anam?

[00:03:30]It's nice. No, it's Oh, nice to meet you. Anaman.

[00:03:35]Nice to meet you. Instead of my name is Ava, you could also say which is I am Eva, right?

[00:03:46]>> I think no. Hold on.

[00:03:59]Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too, Eva.

[00:04:02]>> Barbonia.

[00:04:04]>> Barbonia. It's where do you live?

[00:04:10]>> In Amsterdam, >> Amsterdam.

[00:04:17]It's so funny. It's almost like a derange English because I get what it's saying. I understand it easy enough.

[00:04:23]Again, it's a pronunciation which is the problem.

[00:04:25]>> Barbaricia.

[00:04:27]>> Barb. Barbaria. No, [clears throat] that was that one's poor.

[00:04:32]>> Barbaricia.

[00:04:34]Barbers.

[00:04:36]Where do you work?

[00:04:39]Which one?

[00:04:44]>> Bank. I work in a bank. Yeah.

[00:04:48]>> Basic conversations.

[00:04:50]>> I forgot the thing that came earlier.

[00:04:56]>> How are you? Oh, hoot.

[00:05:09]Oh yeah, that's on you.

[00:05:16]Good. I'm also good. Thank you.

[00:05:25]>> No, I think I got I I think I can do it better.

[00:05:31]I don't know if that was better. Where are you from?

[00:05:36]>> Netherland Netherland.

[00:05:43]>> I'm from the Netherlands. And you?

[00:05:54]Dutch, like many languages, differentiates between formal and informal speech.

[00:06:01]Is used when you are respectful or trying to be more formal.

[00:06:07]Yay or ya is informal.

[00:06:09]>> Yay or yay or ya. So remember when to say donia or donal.

[00:06:17]>> Or donkey or donal.

[00:06:19]>> Okay.

[00:06:21]>> Donia or donal.

[00:06:23]>> Dia or dona.

[00:06:26]>> Or donkey or donal.

[00:06:28]>> Dunal.

[00:06:30]>> Understanding how to express emotions and feelings is crucial.

[00:06:38]>> Oh, like bless. I'm blissful.

[00:06:42]I am happy.

[00:06:48]>> I am sad. And this is almost I've been, right? I've been sad.

[00:06:56]>> I am tired. This one sounds funny.

[00:07:06]>> I am mad.

[00:07:15]No, [laughter] that that doesn't sound right.

[00:07:23]>> I am disappointed.

[00:07:26]>> Let's dive into some common Dutch expressions.

[00:07:32]>> Yeah.

[00:07:33]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yes.

[00:07:39]Nay nay. It's almost like a horse that nays. Niftle.

[00:07:50]Oh, that's please. Allel sorry.

[00:07:57]>> Oh, sorry. It's the same. Zory with that almost Midwestern accent.

[00:08:02]Tori. Tori.

[00:08:04]>> Excuseier.

[00:08:06]Excusier. Oh, it's that's excuse me. Oh my god, it sounds it's the same. Excuse me. Excuseier. Excuseier.

[00:08:13]>> Pardon.

[00:08:14]>> Pardon. Okay. Almost the same. Pardon.

[00:08:17]Pardon. Pardon. Pardon.

[00:08:21]>> Dutch alphabet and pronunciation.

[00:08:24]>> They have a They have the same.

[00:08:25]>> The Dutch alphabet is intriguing. It looks like the English one, but some letters sound different.

[00:08:31]>> Oh, >> the Y and yes sounds like the Dutch.

[00:08:35]Yay.

[00:08:36]>> When it comes to the Dutch A, its pronunciation can sometimes >> Y in J sounds like the Dutch J. What?

[00:08:45]Yeah. Y >> resemble the A in the English word late.

[00:08:50]Moreover, there's a special >> the Dutch e sometimes resembles the English a late late. Oh, like a like a a oh a >> for the Dutch >> a unique throaty sound.

[00:09:06]>> It's a challenge for many newcomers, but don't worry, we'll dive deeper and practice more in the upcoming episodes.

[00:09:13]>> Now, repeat after me.

[00:09:17]>> Ah.

[00:09:19]>> Ah.

[00:09:21]Bay.

[00:09:23]>> B [clears throat] say >> everything sort of e >> day >> day. Oh, that's day >> a >> A f >> F. Oh, F. F. It's the same.

[00:09:44]>> K. [snorts] >> Huh? Huh? Huh?

[00:09:52]>> E.

[00:09:58]>> Yay.

[00:09:59]>> Yay. Yay.

[00:10:01]>> Ga >> car.

[00:10:06]>> L >> L >> M >> M. This was the easy one.

[00:10:14]N >> O >> O >> pay >> pay. Oh, like pay. Pay >> cir as an R. Well, error. S >> S >> T >> T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T >> U >> U.

[00:10:48]>> Oh, it's uh >> fe.

[00:10:52]Almost with an F. They Okay, I'm going to go back. F.

[00:10:58]>> F.

[00:10:59]>> F. It's F, right? With an F. F.

[00:11:02]>> They >> Oh, so the V is the F. V. And the W is B. B.

[00:11:11]That's so hard.

[00:11:12]>> X.

[00:11:13]>> X.

[00:11:17]>> I >> I Z >> set.

[00:11:25]>> All right. You've absorbed a lot today.

[00:11:28]Think you've got it all?

[00:11:30]>> No. [laughter] >> Let's put that newound knowledge to the test and see how much you remember.

[00:11:34]>> Ready?

[00:11:35]>> One. How do you say good afternoon in Dutch? Two.

[00:11:39]>> Oh my god, there are so many things here.

[00:11:41]>> How do you ask someone's name in Dutch?

[00:11:44]>> Okay, how do you say good afternoon? I It was good good something. It was like good good. It's not good. Good. Good morning. It's not good Morgan. It's good good something. I can't remember what it is, but it's good good something. Good.

[00:11:59]Good morning. Good morning. Good Morgan, but it's not good Morgan because it's obviously morning. It's morning. It's Morgan. It's morning. How do you ask someone's names in D? Someone's name in Dutch. It was No. Uh I I swear to God if I see it written, I know what it is, but I can't remember.

[00:12:19]How do you ask someone in someone's name in Dutch? Yeah, it was sort of ikya. I know the wordsya are are involved in this. Which word is the informal way to say thank you in Dutch?

[00:12:31]Oh, that was the that was the other. It was it was something Doo.

[00:12:37]That one. That one. Again, I know it's different. I know it's really easy one, but I'm blanking out. True or false? The J in jump sounds like the Dutch J. Jump.

[00:12:48]No, it doesn't sound the same. How do you express that you're happy in Dutch?

[00:12:52]It was something like that. I know it wasn't that like that specifically. It was sort of three. Which word is the informal way to say thank you in Dutch?

[00:13:07]>> I failed.

[00:13:08]>> True or [laughter] false? The J in jump sounds like the Dutch J.

[00:13:12]>> Five. How do you express that you're happy in Dutch?

[00:13:17]>> Yeah, I I failed.

[00:13:18]>> All right, folks. That wraps up today's introduction to the basics of Dutch.

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[00:13:37]Thank you. I'll see you next time. Well, I think it was it was easy enough. I I'll give it that. It was really easy easy enough to follow. I think, you know, I I do very badly at this and I do I did very poorly, which I am aware, but I think if I give me give me one, you know, probably I should watch this a couple of times. I think if I watched this two or three times, I would I would actually get somewhere, you know? It's just the first time. It's just really hard. I It's not really Again, this makes it look easy, which again, props to the video because and the lessons and all of that because of course, I'm not going to be saying, "Oh, I already speak Dutch after watching, you know, if I watch this video three times." No, of course not. However, I'll do give them that it's really easy. I think it was follow it was easily followed. And I mean again, I could watch it a couple time a couple of times and I can maybe get there. I could get somewhere again.

[00:14:28]Am I going to be expert an expert in Dutch? No, of course not. But it just makes it look quite easy. I think sometimes specifically learning a new language that sounds so different, I think. And I I found I find I think Dutch a little bit intimidating because everything looks so different that I'm just quite intimidated by the whole thing. But I think videos like this just makes it look a little bit easier. So it's not as oh I'm I'm not that intimidated. It makes me, which is good because it makes me think, oh, I can maybe I think I can probably, you know, get there some sometime, you know, if I actually put some effort into this, which of course, you know, you can argue if of course you put some effort, of course, you're going to be speaking another language that I think this makes it look quite, I don't know, doable and and and yeah, it's just doable. Easy.

[00:15:13]Well, no, of course learning a new language is not easy, but I just I just think it makes it quite, you know, less intimidating. So it just makes me think, oh, I wouldn't put it off and I think I would actually try to improve in this because I think it's something achievable. I think for a lot of people, at least to me, again, just speaking for myself.

[00:15:31]>> As for the test, you know, the test was really hard. I I know >> I am going to go back just because I can't do I can't do that. I mean, I'm going to I'm going to cheat a little bit.

[00:15:41]>> Let's go. Let's go here to the to the How It was good. Good morning, right?

[00:15:45]So, good morning. It was good afternoon.

[00:15:47]Okay, I'll I'll I'll do it. I'll do it again.

[00:15:53]>> It was mid-after afternoon. I get it.

[00:15:55]It's sort of Well, it's not I get the it's mid. It just means midday and that's what it's the afternoon. I mean, I get I get the logic behind the actual, you know, the actual language. What's hard is the pronunciation, but if I see it written, I kind of know what's what I kind of know what's up, you know. I I get I'm not I'm not that dumb. How do you ask someone's name in Dutch? You know the how do you ask someone names in someone's name is it was something like that right? Yeah.

[00:16:26]>> My name is Ava.

[00:16:29]I I I think it was something it was something like that. And yes because I get I I get I get what it means. Right.

[00:16:37]The other was okay. Let's >> I'm going to attempt to do it again.

[00:16:45]Oh, yeah. Okay. I'm I'm doing some something else. It's Oh, I I Okay, I already lost it, but it was something like this. And the thank you. Okay. Yeah, the thank you was really I know it was kind of kind of an easy one, I think. Easy. Easy enough. It was quite It was just a simple a simple word. Let's see if I can find it. It was around.

[00:17:14]>> So remember when or donkey?

[00:17:16]>> Donkey.

[00:17:17]>> Donkey ball. It's donkey. Donkey is the formal one. So Oh no, it's it's it's Yeah, donkey. Donkey bell is the is the formal one and dunkey is the is the formal one. Informal one. I think I think that was it. And what are the others? The other is the J. No, that doesn't sound I think I'm pretty sure they got that right. And how do you express that you're happy? Oh, the one with the happy one. I get it was I am I am uh I got it. I'm I'm going to get there.

[00:17:51]I I am happy. So yeah, this was very very useful. I think I'm going to have to go again. I have to watch it a couple of times, but after a couple times, I think I will be a little bit better. And of course, I'm not going to be an expert, but at least I'm going to understand a few more words that I didn't really understand or knew before this video. So, you know, a thumbs up, you know, great 10 out of 10. You know, I just have to watch it a couple of times to see if I eventually get there.

[00:18:17]But again, makes it look easy. So, again, maybe it's a little bit deceiving on their [laughter] part. Make you believe that you can actually speak Dutch at some at some point, but again, it's not deceiving. If you really put some effort, I think you can really get there. And that was it for today and I'll see you next time.