Diane's Inburgering Dutch, episode 4: bij de IND ================================================ EN: This is episode four of Diane's Inburgering Dutch. Listen to this conversation. NL: Goedemorgen. Bent u Nederlander? NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. NL: En woont u in Nederland? NL: Ja, ik woon in Amsterdam. NL: Sinds wanneer? NL: Sinds twee jaar. NL: Welkom in Nederland. NL: Dank u wel. EN: Today's scene. You're at the NL: IND EN: - the Immigration and Naturalisation Service. Different building from the gemeente, different staff. You need to confirm your residency status. The clerk asks you to identify yourself. EN: She'll ask if you're Dutch. The phrase, are you. Listen and repeat. NL: Bent u? NL: Bent u? EN: And the word for a Dutch person, Nederlander. NL: Nederlander. NL: Nederlander. EN: How does she ask, are you Dutch? NL: Bent u Nederlander? EN: You answer no, you're American. The phrase, I am. Listen and repeat. NL: Ik ben. NL: Ik ben. EN: The word for an American. NL: Amerikaan. NL: Amerikaan. EN: How do you say, I am American? NL: Ik ben Amerikaan. EN: Now with no first. No, I am American. NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. EN: She'll ask if you live in the Netherlands. The verb, to live - meaning to reside, not to be alive. Listen. NL: Ik woon. NL: Ik woon. EN: The little word, in. Same as English. NL: In. NL: In. EN: Say, I live in Amsterdam. NL: Ik woon in Amsterdam. EN: She'll ask, and do you live in the Netherlands? NL: En woont u in Nederland? NL: En woont u in Nederland? EN: Note. When she says it to you formally, woon becomes woont - just like spreek became spreekt. The polite-you form puts a t on the end. EN: How does she ask, and do you live in the Netherlands? NL: En woont u in Nederland? EN: Answer, yes, I live in Amsterdam. NL: Ja, ik woon in Amsterdam. EN: Now she asks how long. The word, since. NL: Sinds. NL: Sinds. EN: How does she ask, since when? NL: Sinds wanneer? EN: The word, year. NL: Jaar. NL: Jaar. EN: How do you say, since two years? NL: Sinds twee jaar. EN: Drill both sides. She asks if you're Dutch. NL: Bent u Nederlander? EN: Your answer. NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. EN: She asks if you live in the Netherlands. NL: En woont u in Nederland? EN: Your answer. NL: Ja, ik woon in Amsterdam. EN: She asks since when. NL: Sinds wanneer? EN: You answer. NL: Sinds twee jaar. EN: She welcomes you. The word, welcome. NL: Welkom. NL: Welkom. EN: Welcome in the Netherlands. NL: Welkom in Nederland. EN: You thank her. NL: Dank u wel. EN: Listen to the conversation again. NL: Goedemorgen. Bent u Nederlander? NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. NL: En woont u in Nederland? NL: Ja, ik woon in Amsterdam. NL: Sinds wanneer? NL: Sinds twee jaar. NL: Welkom in Nederland. NL: Dank u wel. EN: Full role-play. You say both sides. She greets and asks if you're Dutch. NL: Goedemorgen. Bent u Nederlander? EN: Your answer. NL: Nee, ik ben Amerikaan. EN: She asks if you live in the Netherlands. NL: En woont u in Nederland? EN: Your answer. NL: Ja, ik woon in Amsterdam. EN: She asks since when. NL: Sinds wanneer? EN: Your answer. NL: Sinds twee jaar. EN: She welcomes you. NL: Welkom in Nederland. EN: You thank her. NL: Dank u wel. EN: The IND clerk hands you a form to fill in - your address, your employer, your details. In episode five, you'll learn how to handle the form-filling, the questions you'll be asked, and the small word for please when you're handing things back. EN: End of episode four. Speak aloud, move on tomorrow. NL: Tot morgen.