School me in the art of Dutch

[ararat]

my favourite dutch phrase is "roken is dodelig" (I don't know how it's written exactly). I just love it. dodelig ^^. or "te huur" is funny too, I laughed my ass off when I saw this the first time

 

[Brewmaster]

what's a roken dodelig?

 

[TheeLord!]

my favourite dutch phrase is "roken is dodelig"
(I don't know how it's written exactly).

Roken is dodelijk.
Ademhalen ook.
Een fastfoodstrip eigenlijk ook.

what's a roken dodelig?

roken = "rauchen" in Germen
dodelijk = "dodelig"/"dumm" in German.

(roken is dodelijk => smoking is stupid)

Just sounds extremly funny

"te huur" -> phonetically very close to "die hure" for German speaking ppl.
(die hure -> the bitch, actual meaning of te huur: for hire)

 

[Minigun_Fiend]

gv

 

[MindAstronaut]

Try: Waar is de Smartshop?..

this will come in handy if your looking for some herbs or legal psychedelics.

 

[ararat]

my favourite dutch phrase is "roken is dodelig"
(I don't know how it's written exactly).

Roken is dodelijk.
Ademhalen ook.
Een fastfoodstrip eigenlijk ook.

[quote:xaawtb15] what's a roken dodelig?

roken = "rauchen" in Germen
dodelijk = "dodelig"/"dumm" in German.

(roken is dodelijk => smoking is stupid)

Just sounds extremly funny

"te huur" -> phonetically very close to "die hure" for German speaking ppl.
(die hure -> the bitch, actual meaning of te huur: for hire)[/quote:xaawtb15]
I think dodelijk means "tödlich" or, in english, "deadly". not stupid. or did you see a warning on cigarettes which said that smoking is stupid?

 

[TheeLord!]

I think dodelijk means "tödlich" or, in english, "deadly". not stupid. or did you see a warning on cigarettes which said that smoking is stupid? Razz

Big Uups.
*blush*
Correct, dodelijk means deadly

Almost deadly funny anyway :]

 

[Meduzz]

As you can tell, I'm a beer snob.

come to belgium in stead of holland it's also dutch and the beer is WAY better

 

[petfles]

I think the main word you should remember is : LEKKER
Say it to a girl and you're fine, say it in a bar, in a restaurant, in a smartshop or coffeeshop and shout it on the on the street

Think you will enjoy your time here, people actually like tourists if you go beyond amsterdam. Here is some pratice material:
http://www.kleutergroep.nl/Kikker/Kikker en het vogeltje/stempelkaarten kikker en het vogeltje.pdfhttp://www.kleutergroep.nl/Kikker/Materialen/stempelkaarten vriendjes van Max.pdf
http://www.kleutergroep.nl/Kikker/Kikker index.htm

Hehe, this kikker should be famous Any trips planned by the way?

 

[tryptonaut]

actually "noch besser" is "even better" in english and not "much better"...."much better" is "viel besser" in german

Aah, you love splitting hairs...

You're totally right about the English: "even better" is the correct translation. But "even better" is "noch besser" in German. Which was my point. And I was drunk (which is always a good excuse).

 

[Kwarkfanaat]

You know, a good thing about the Dutch language is (yea there are some good things about it :roll: ), some words are actually spoken in exactly (or almost) the same way as in English. Like the following:

- Drugs
- Sex
- Beer
- Weed ("wheet")
- Film

And so on... life is easy, every now and then 8)

 

[PeterPlanteneter]

You know, a good thing about the Dutch language is (yea there are some good things about it :roll: ), some words are actually spoken in exactly (or almost) the same way as in English. Like the following:

- Drugs
- Sex
- Beer
- Weed ("wheet")
- Film

And so on... life is easy, every now and then 8)

I wouldn't ask for a 'beer' if I were you.. Unless you want a bear coming after you

Though Dutch people speak reasonably English.. So you can make yourself understandable I think..

I had fun with the 'te huur' sign with my German neighbours last summer on Graspop (belgium) wich is also a nice festival to attend, if you're around.

So my dutch line:
Waar is hier ergens een retevet festival in de buurt?
Wahr is heer airguns un ray-teh-fat festival in duh bú-rt?

Mucho fun!

 

[Guest]

Madagascarsteensoepschildpad!

It means madagascarstonesouptortoise :mrgreen:

If you can pronounce it (the dutch word ofcourse) you will get a case of Grolsch on me Brew
(if your still gonna visit this little shithole...)

 

[Brewmaster]

Oh yes, it's still going to be a while though. The last time I was over there was 10 years ago, I was 15 and with my mom and aunt, so I didn't really get to see the sights I was interested in. The wife and I are planning a 3 week tour of europe, probably not until august of next year. We're trying to get our finances in order, this trip is going to be celebrating the fact that I will have finally paid off my student college loans.

No more debt!!! Yeeeeaaaah!!!

 

[PeterPlanteneter]

Yeah! that's a good reason to celebrate. Debts suck!

In August, the 17th, 18th and 19th, there will be a big festival, called Lowlands.. defenitly a must! 8)

Enjoy the trip! (maybe a little early, but otherwise I'll forget it :wink: )

 

[Guest]

Lowlands isn't always a must and it depends on what music you like

 

[Brewmaster]

I like all music, for the most part. Although, I'm not really into your goa/ psy trance parties. I'll likely hit up a few while I'm over there, anyways; we don't have that kind of scene around my neck of the woods.