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Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question What are you doing? in Dutch.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Dutch.
Jacob: [Normal] Wat ben je aan het doen?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Jacob: [Normal] wat [Slow] wat
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are'
Jacob: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Becky: Next, the word meaning 'you'
Jacob: [Normal] je [Slow] je
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'doing'
Jacob: [Normal] aan het doen [Slow] aan het doen
Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Jacob: [Slow] Wat ben je aan het doen? [Normal] Wat ben je aan het doen?
Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?'
Jacob: [Normal] Wat bent u aan het doen?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Jacob: [Normal] wat [Slow] wat
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are'
Jacob: [Normal] bent [Slow] bent
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Jacob: [Normal] u [Slow] u
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'doing'
Jacob: [Normal] aan het doen [Slow] aan het doen
Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Jacob: [Slow] Wat bent u aan het doen? [Normal] Wat bent u aan het doen?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.'
Jacob: [Normal] Ik ben aan het studeren.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Jacob: [Normal] ik [Slow] ik
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am '
Jacob: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'studying'
Jacob: [Normal] aan het studeren [Slow] aan het studeren
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I am studying.'
Jacob: [Slow] Ik ben aan het studeren. [Normal] Ik ben aan het studeren.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Jacob: [Normal] Ik ben niets bijzonders aan het doen.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Jacob: [Normal] ik [Slow] ik
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am'
Jacob: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'nothing'
Jacob: [Normal] niets [Slow] niets
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'special'
Jacob: [Normal] bijzonders [Slow] bijzonders
Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'doing'
Jacob: [Normal] aan het doen [Slow] aan het doen
Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Jacob: [Slow] Ik ben niets bijzonders aan het doen. [Normal] Ik ben niets bijzonders aan het doen.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jacob: If you have no idea how to start a conversation, then use this simple question - 'wat ben je aan het doen? It is an easy way to start things off. Many times this is the first thing you will hear when you call someone on the phone.

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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