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Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 5 - You Can Always Talk About the Weather in Dutch
INTRODUCTION
Kellie: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DutchPod101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 5 - You Can Always Talk About the Weather in Dutch. Kellie Here.
Jacob: Hallo, I'm Jacob.
Kellie: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand the weather forecast. The conversation takes place in Pip's apartment.
Jacob: It's between Pip and Lukas.
Kellie: The speakers are friends, so they will use informal Dutch. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Pip: Wat bedoelen ze met 'over enkele minuten het weer?'
Lukas: Het 'weer' betekent letterlijk 'weather' maar in dit geval is het een afkorting voor de weersverwachting.
Pip: Nu begrijp ik het! Is dat moeilijk te volgen?
Lukas: Als je woorden als vanavond, vannacht, morgen, deze week al kent, dan moet je alleen de woorden over het weer onthouden.
Pip: Maar daar zijn er natuurlijk honderden van!
Lukas: Ja maar een paar is genoeg. Regen, sneeuw, wind en de beste is natuurlijk zonnig.
Pip: En waarschuwingen voor heel slecht weer?
Lukas: Ja, dat ook. Storm is bijvoorbeeld duidelijk. Als ze zeggen 'glad', dan betekent dat dat je de auto moet laten staan.
Lukas: Luister eens naar dit voorbeeld: 's ochtends warm, zonnig weer en later op de dag daalt de temperatuur. 's Avonds kans op sneeuw.
Pip: Ja, dit kan ik net begrijpen. Inderdaad met 30 woorden kom je al heel ver!
Kellie: Listen to the conversation with the English translation
Pip: What do they mean by 'the weather in a few minutes?'
Lukas: Het 'weer' literally means the 'weather' but in this case it is short for 'de weersverwachting,' meaning the weather forecast.
Pip: That explains it! Is it hard to follow?
Lukas: If you already know words like this evening, tonight, tomorrow, this week, then all you have to do is remember words about the weather.
Pip: But there must be hundreds of them!
Lukas: Yes, but a few of them are enough. Rain, snow, wind, and the nicest one is sunny.
Pip: And warnings for very bad weather?
Lukas: Yes, that as well. The word 'storm' is obvious, 'glad' means slippery; so don't take your car.
Lukas: Listen to this example—In the morning, warm and sunny weather, later on temperatures will drop. There may be snow in the evening.
Pip: Yes, I can barely understand this. Indeed, with some thirty words you can go a long way.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Kellie: The topic of the conversation today was the weather forecast. Is the weather a big topic of conversation in the Netherlands?
Jacob: Most Dutch people are ambivalent towards the weather, because they’re used to bad weather.
Kellie: Oh, that doesn’t sound promising for vacations in the Netherlands! But Dutch people still enjoy nice, sunny days though, right?
Jacob: Of course! They always hope for great weather, but they understand that the weather is the weather and you can’t control it.
Kellie: So there’s no point in getting upset or disappointed by bad weather?
Jacob: Right. A lot of the country is below sea level, so storms and high tides have caused problems in the past.
Kellie: In the past? Are they still a problem now?
Jacob: Not anymore.There was a project that took decades to complete that installed a system of dikes and locks to protect the country. It’s called the Delta Works.
Kellie: Interesting. And what is winter like?
Jacob: Like in most countries, winter is full of children wishing for snow and building snowmen.
Kellie: And how about summer?
Jacob: Any trains that go to the coastline will be packed, even on weekdays. Maybe nobody works on sunny days...
Kellie: I wish that was the law! Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Kellie: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
Jacob: bedoelen [natural native speed]
Kellie: to mean
Jacob: bedoelen[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: bedoelen [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: enkele [natural native speed]
Kellie: a few
Jacob: enkele[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: enkele [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: letterlijk [natural native speed]
Kellie: literally
Jacob: letterlijk[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: letterlijk [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: weersverwachting [natural native speed]
Kellie: weather forecast
Jacob: weersverwachting[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: weersverwachting [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: afkorting [natural native speed]
Kellie: abbreviation, shortening
Jacob: afkorting[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: afkorting [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: waarschuwing [natural native speed]
Kellie: warning
Jacob: waarschuwing[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: waarschuwing [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: glad [natural native speed]
Kellie: slippery
Jacob: glad[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: glad [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: natte sneeuw [natural native speed]
Kellie: sleet
Jacob: natte sneeuw[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: natte sneeuw [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: dalen [natural native speed]
Kellie: to decrease
Jacob: dalen[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: dalen [natural native speed]
Kellie: And last..
Jacob: zonnig [natural native speed]
Kellie: sunny
Jacob: zonnig[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: zonnig [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Kellie: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one is...
Jacob: Wat bedoelen ze met...
Kellie: meaning "What do they mean by..." So can you break down this phrase for us, Jacob?
Jacob: bedoelen is Dutch for “to mean”, so Wat bedoelen ze? means “what do they mean...?” and Wat bedoelen ze met...
Kellie: Is “What do they mean by...?” How can we use this expression?
Jacob: It’s used to ask the meaning of something you don’t understand or find surprising.
Kellie: Is this a formal or an informal phrase?
Jacob: It’s rather informal. In formal situations you should say Wat bedoelt u precies met...
Kellie: Can you show us an example of how to use it?
Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say... Wat bedoelt ze met 'laat maar zitten?'
Kellie: ..which means "What does she mean by 'just let it go?'" Okay, what's the next phrase?
Jacob: een paar is genoeg
Kellie: meaning "a few is enough" What can you tell us about this one?
Jacob: In an earlier lesson we had the phrase een paar, meaning “a pair” or “a few”.
Kellie: I remember. That same phrase makes up part of this one.
Jacob: Genoeg means “enough”, so the whole phrase means “a few is enough”.
Kellie: Can you use it in an example sentence?
Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say... Hoeveel boterhammen wil je? Een paar is genoeg.
Kellie: .. which means "How many slices of bread would you like? A few is enough." Okay, what's the next word?
Jacob: waarschuwing voor
Kellie: meaning "warning for"
Kellie: Can you explain a bit about this one?
Jacob: waarschuwing means “warning”, and like in English, it can be used to tell someone to be careful.
Kellie: Does it have other meanings?
Jacob: It can also be used as a threat. Like “I’m warning you!”
Kellie: What about with the extra word, as it has in this example?
Jacob: waarschuwing voor means “a warning for…” something, like a storm.
Kellie: Example, please!
Jacob: For example, you can say... Er is een waarschuwing voor gladheid uitgezonden.
Kellie: .. which means "A warning for slippery roads has been broadcasted." Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Kellie: In this lesson, you'll learn how to understand the weather forecast.
Kellie: There has been a strong weather theme in this lesson.
Jacob: So let’s continue it through to the end!
Kellie: Lukas said that if you know a few words or phrases, you can understand a weather forecast. So, Jacob, can you give us examples of helpful phrases?
Jacob: Of course! It’s important to know the time of day that weather conditions will occur.
Kellie: Yes. It’s good to know that it will rain, but even more important to know when.
Jacob: You might hear phrases like Tegen het einde van de week...
Kellie: “By the end of the week…”
Jacob: In de komende dagen...
Kellie: “In the next few days…” And what about the actual weather conditions?
Jacob: Try Zonnige perioden, afgewisseld met enkele buien.
Kellie: “Sunny with occasional showers.”
Jacob: Krachtige wind en in de kuststreek storm.
Kellie: “Strong winds, and storms in coastal areas.” I think that we should double-check some weather warnings too. Those can be really important.
Jacob: First, you might hear an introductory sentence like Hier volgt een mededeling voor het westen van het land.
Kellie: “Here is an announcement for the west of the country.”
Jacob: De veiligheidsdiensten hebben aangekondigd dat...
Kellie: “Security forces have announced that…” And the warnings themselves?
Jacob: A good example is Storm met windstoten tot 130 kilometer per uur.
Kellie: “Storms, with gusts of up to 130 kilometers per hour.”
Jacob: U wordt aangeraden om binnenshuis te blijven.
Kellie: “We recommend that you stay inside your house.”
Jacob: If you hear that warning, I recommend you stay inside too.
Kellie: And me! Stay inside and study Dutch!

Outro

Kellie: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Jacob: Tot ziens!

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