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Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 10 - Asking How Much Something Costs. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask how much something costs in Dutch.
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Becky: Here's how to ask 'How much does this cost?' in Dutch.
Jacob: [Normal] Hoeveel kost dit?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'How much'
Jacob: [Normal] hoeveel [Slow] hoeveel
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'cost'
Jacob: [Normal] kost [Slow] kost
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'this'
Jacob: [Normal] dit [Slow] dit
Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'How much does this cost?'
Jacob: [Slow] Hoeveel kost dit? [Normal] Hoeveel kost dit?
Becky: Now, here's how to ask, 'How much does that cost?'
Jacob: [Normal] Hoeveel kost dat?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'how much'
Jacob: [Normal] hoeveel [Slow] hoeveel
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'cost'
Jacob: [Normal] kost [Slow] kost
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'that'
Jacob: [Normal] dat [Slow] dat
Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'How much does that cost?'
Jacob: [Slow] Hoeveel kost dat? [Normal] Hoeveel kost dat?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'OK, I'll take it.'
Jacob: [Normal] Oke, ik neem het.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'ok'
Jacob: [Normal] oke [Slow] oke
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Jacob: [Normal] ik [Slow] ik
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'take'
Jacob: [Normal] neem [Slow] neem
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'it'
Jacob: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'OK, I'll take it.'
Jacob: [Slow] Oke, ik neem het. [Normal] Oke, ik neem het.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'No, thanks. It's too expensive.'
Jacob: [Normal] Nee bedankt. Het is te duur.
Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'No thanks.'
Jacob: [Normal] Nee bedankt. [Slow] Nee bedankt.
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'It'
Jacob: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is'
Jacob: [Normal] is [Slow] is
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'too'
Jacob: [Normal] te [Slow] te
Becky: Last, the word meaning 'expensive'
Jacob: [Normal] duur [Slow] duur
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'No, thanks. It's too expensive.'
Jacob: [Slow] Nee bedankt. Het is te duur. [Normal] Nee bedankt. Het is te duur.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jacob: The easiest phrase to use is 'Hoeveel kost dit/dat ?' meaning 'How much is this/that?" You can use this phrase in many kinds of situations and you can easily replace the words 'this' or 'that' with the name of the item you are referring to.

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Jacob: Dag!

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