This is episode five of Diane's Inburgering Dutch. Listen to this conversation.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
Ja, graag.
En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
Hier?
Ja, daar.
Goed. Dank u wel.
Same scene as episode four - you're still at the IND. The clerk hands you a
formulier — - a form.
She wants you to fill it in and sign at the bottom. This is the bureaucratic gesture you'll perform a hundred times in the Netherlands - paperwork.
She'll ask, can you. The polite, formal can you. Listen and repeat.
Kunt u?
Kunt u? — The word, this.
Dit.
Dit. — The word for a form.
Like a tax form, a registration form.
Formulier.
Formulier. — How do you say, this form?.
Dit formulier.
The verb, to fill in. Like filling in a form, filling in blanks.
Invullen.
Invullen. — Note.
Invullen is a separable verb. In - meaning in. Vullen - meaning to fill. Together. When you actually use it, in jumps to the end of the sentence. We'll feel that in a moment.
Listen to the full question. Can you fill in this form?
Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
Kunt u dit formulier invullen? — Note where invullen lands - at the very end.
The clerk asks you. Listen.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
Kunt u dit formulier invullen? — How does she ask you?.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen? — You answer politely.
The word, gladly - meaning yes, with pleasure. Listen.
Graag.
Graag.
Now say, yes, gladly.
Ja, graag.
Note. Ja graag is what you say when accepting something - coffee, help, a request. Yes, please, when you want it.
After filling in, she'll ask you to sign. The verb, to sign.
Tekenen.
Tekenen.
And the place word, here.
Hier.
Hier. — How does she say, and sign here, please?.
En hier tekenen, alstublieft. — Note again - the verb tekenen lands at the very end.
The instruction word comes first, then the place, then the verb.
You confirm with one word, here? Question intonation. Listen.
Hier?
Hier?
How do you ask, here?
Hier?
She points and clarifies. The word, there.
Daar.
Daar. — How does she say, yes, there?.
Ja, daar. — Drill both sides.
She asks you to fill in the form.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen? — You accept.
Ja, graag.
She asks you to sign.
En hier tekenen, alstublieft. — You confirm.
Hier?
She points.
Ja, daar. — You thank her.
Goed. Dank u wel.
Listen to the full conversation again.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
Ja, graag.
En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
Hier?
Ja, daar.
Goed. Dank u wel.
Full role-play. You say every line, both yours and hers. She starts.
Kunt u dit formulier invullen? — You accept.
Ja, graag.
She asks you to sign here.
En hier tekenen, alstublieft. — You confirm with question intonation.
Hier?
She points.
Ja, daar. — You thank her.
Goed. Dank u wel.
Five episodes in, and you've finished the bureaucracy set. You can now book an appointment, give your name and address, renew a passport, identify yourself at the IND, and fill in a form. That's the language for every official errand you'll run for the next decade. Next set - housing.
End of episode five. End of the bureaucracy set. Tomorrow we start a new scene.
Tot morgen.
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