Diane's Inburgering Dutch, episode 5: een formulier invullen
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EN: This is episode five of Diane's Inburgering Dutch. Listen to this conversation.
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
NL: Ja, graag.
NL: En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
NL: Hier?
NL: Ja, daar.
NL: Goed. Dank u wel.
EN: Same scene as episode four - you're still at the IND. The clerk hands you a
NL: formulier
EN: - 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.
EN: She'll ask, can you. The polite, formal can you. Listen and repeat.
NL: Kunt u?
NL: Kunt u?
EN: The word, this.
NL: Dit.
NL: Dit.
EN: The word for a form. Like a tax form, a registration form.
NL: Formulier.
NL: Formulier.
EN: How do you say, this form?
NL: Dit formulier.
EN: The verb, to fill in. Like filling in a form, filling in blanks.
NL: Invullen.
NL: Invullen.
EN: 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.
EN: Listen to the full question. Can you fill in this form?
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
EN: Note where invullen lands - at the very end. The clerk asks you. Listen.
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
EN: How does she ask you?
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
EN: You answer politely. The word, gladly - meaning yes, with pleasure. Listen.
NL: Graag.
NL: Graag.
EN: Now say, yes, gladly.
NL: Ja, graag.
EN: Note. Ja graag is what you say when accepting something - coffee, help, a request. Yes, please, when you want it.
EN: After filling in, she'll ask you to sign. The verb, to sign.
NL: Tekenen.
NL: Tekenen.
EN: And the place word, here.
NL: Hier.
NL: Hier.
EN: How does she say, and sign here, please?
NL: En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
EN: Note again - the verb tekenen lands at the very end. The instruction word comes first, then the place, then the verb.
EN: You confirm with one word, here? Question intonation. Listen.
NL: Hier?
NL: Hier?
EN: How do you ask, here?
NL: Hier?
EN: She points and clarifies. The word, there.
NL: Daar.
NL: Daar.
EN: How does she say, yes, there?
NL: Ja, daar.
EN: Drill both sides. She asks you to fill in the form.
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
EN: You accept.
NL: Ja, graag.
EN: She asks you to sign.
NL: En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
EN: You confirm.
NL: Hier?
EN: She points.
NL: Ja, daar.
EN: You thank her.
NL: Goed. Dank u wel.
EN: Listen to the full conversation again.
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
NL: Ja, graag.
NL: En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
NL: Hier?
NL: Ja, daar.
NL: Goed. Dank u wel.
EN: Full role-play. You say every line, both yours and hers. She starts.
NL: Kunt u dit formulier invullen?
EN: You accept.
NL: Ja, graag.
EN: She asks you to sign here.
NL: En hier tekenen, alstublieft.
EN: You confirm with question intonation.
NL: Hier?
EN: She points.
NL: Ja, daar.
EN: You thank her.
NL: Goed. Dank u wel.
EN: 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.
EN: End of episode five. End of the bureaucracy set. Tomorrow we start a new scene.
NL: Tot morgen.