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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘why’ in Dutch. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why are you late?' in Dutch. |
| Jacob: [Normal] Waarom ben je laat? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why' |
| Jacob: [Normal] waarom [Slow] waarom |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Jacob: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Jacob: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'late' |
| Jacob: [Normal] laat [Slow] laat |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Why are you late?' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Waarom ben je laat? [Normal] Waarom ben je laat? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I missed the train.' |
| Jacob: [Normal] ik miste de trein. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Jacob: [Normal] ik [Slow] ik |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'missed' |
| Jacob: [Normal] miste [Slow] miste |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'the' |
| Jacob: [Normal] de [Slow] de |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Jacob: [Normal] trein [Slow] trein |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I missed the train.' |
| Jacob: [Slow] ik miste de trein. [Normal] ik miste de trein. |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Waarom vertrek je zo vroeg? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why' |
| Jacob: [Normal] waarom [Slow] waarom |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'leave' |
| Jacob: [Normal] vertrek [Slow] vertrek |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Jacob: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Jacob: [Normal] zo [Slow] zo |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'early' |
| Jacob: [Normal] vroeg [Slow] vroeg |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Waarom vertrek je zo vroeg? [Normal] Waarom vertrek je zo vroeg? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Om de trein niet te missen. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning ‘because’ |
| Jacob: [Normal] om [Slow] om |
| Becky: Next is a word meaning 'the' |
| Jacob: [Normal] de [Slow] de |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'train' |
| Jacob: [Normal] trein [Slow] trein |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Jacob: [Normal] niet [Slow] niet |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'to' |
| Jacob: [Normal] te [Slow] te |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'miss' |
| Jacob: [Normal] missen [Slow] missen |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'To not miss the train.' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Om de trein niet te missen. [Normal] Om de trein niet te missen. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Jacob: Asking 'why?' or 'why not?' in Dutch can be done by saying 'waarom?' or 'waarom niet?'. You would use these the same as in English. |
Outro |
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| 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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