Diane's Inburgering Dutch, episode 2: naam en adres =================================================== EN: This is episode two of Diane's Inburgering Dutch. Listen to this conversation. NL: Goedemorgen. Wat is uw naam? NL: Mijn naam is Michael. NL: En wat is uw adres? NL: Hoofdstraat tien. NL: Dank u wel. Tot ziens. NL: Tot ziens. EN: It's Monday morning. You walk into the gemeente for the appointment you booked last week. The clerk is meneer de Vries. He needs your name and your address. EN: First, the word for name. Listen, then repeat. NL: Naam. NL: Naam. EN: How do you say, my? Listen and repeat. NL: Mijn. NL: Mijn. EN: Now put it together. My name. NL: Mijn naam. EN: And the connector, is. The same as in English, just spelled differently. Try, my name is. NL: Mijn naam is. EN: Now say, my name is Michael. NL: Mijn naam is Michael. EN: Now the clerk's side. He'll ask, what is your name? The word, what. NL: Wat? NL: Wat? EN: Your, formal version. Listen and repeat. NL: Uw. NL: Uw. EN: Note this is the polite, formal your. You use it with officials, doctors, anyone you'd treat as Sir or Madam. We'll learn the informal version later. EN: So, your name is uw naam. How do you say, what is your name? NL: Wat is uw naam? EN: Now the meneer asks you. Listen. NL: Wat is uw naam? NL: Mijn naam is Michael. EN: Now your address. The word, address. NL: Adres. NL: Adres. EN: How do you say, my address? NL: Mijn adres. EN: Address number ten on a street called Main Street. Hoofd means main. Straat is street. Together, Hoofdstraat. Listen. NL: Hoofdstraat. NL: Hoofdstraat. EN: Say, Hoofdstraat tien. Main Street ten. NL: Hoofdstraat tien. EN: The clerk asks, and what is your address? How does he ask that? NL: En wat is uw adres? EN: And you answer, Hoofdstraat tien. NL: Hoofdstraat tien. EN: Drill both sides. The meneer asks for your name. NL: Wat is uw naam? EN: You answer. NL: Mijn naam is Michael. EN: He asks for your address. NL: En wat is uw adres? EN: You answer. NL: Hoofdstraat tien. EN: The clerk says goodbye. Until we see each other again. The phrase, tot ziens. NL: Tot ziens. NL: Tot ziens. EN: How would you say goodbye back to him? NL: Tot ziens. EN: Note. Tot ziens is more formal than tot maandag from episode one. Tot ziens you can use with anyone. Tot maandag is specifically until Monday. EN: Listen to the conversation again. You should follow all of it now. NL: Goedemorgen. Wat is uw naam? NL: Mijn naam is Michael. NL: En wat is uw adres? NL: Hoofdstraat tien. NL: Dank u wel. Tot ziens. NL: Tot ziens. EN: One more time. The full exchange. You say every line, both yours and meneer de Vries's. He greets you first. NL: Goedemorgen. EN: He asks for your name. NL: Wat is uw naam? EN: You give it. NL: Mijn naam is Michael. EN: He asks for your address. NL: En wat is uw adres? EN: Your answer. NL: Hoofdstraat tien. EN: He thanks you and says goodbye. NL: Dank u wel. Tot ziens. EN: You say goodbye too. NL: Tot ziens. EN: Meneer de Vries pulls up your record on his screen. He notices your paspoort - your passport - is about to expire next month. In episode three you'll come back to renew it. EN: That's the end of episode two. Speak aloud, don't memorize. Move on to episode three tomorrow. NL: Tot morgen.