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Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 22 - Ordering at a Restaurant. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to order at a restaurant or coffee shop in Dutch.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Can I see the menu?' in Dutch.
Jacob: [Normal] Mag ik het menu zien?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'may'
Jacob: [Normal] mag [Slow] mag
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Jacob: [Normal] ik [Slow] ik
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'the'
Jacob: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'menu'
Jacob: [Normal] menu [Slow] menu
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'see'
Jacob: [Normal] zien [Slow] zien
Becky: Listen again to the question meaning 'Can I see the menu?'
Jacob: [Slow] Mag ik het menu zien? [Normal] Mag ik het menu zien?
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to ask 'What do you recommend?'
Jacob: [Normal] Wat raadt u aan?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Jacob: [Normal] wat [Slow] wat
Becky: Next is the phrase meaning 'recommend'
Jacob: [Normal] raadt aan [Slow] raadt aan
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you'
Jacob: [Normal] u [Slow] u
Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What do you recommend?'
Jacob: [Slow] Wat raadt u aan? [Normal] Wat raadt u aan?
Becky: Next is the way to say 'A coffee for me.'
Jacob: [Normal] Voor mij een koffie.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'for'
Jacob: [Normal] voor [Slow] voor
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'me'
Jacob: [Normal] mij [Slow] mij
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Jacob: [Normal] een [Slow] een
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'coffee'
Jacob: [Normal] koffie [Slow] koffie
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'A coffee for me.'
Jacob: [Slow] Voor mij een koffie. [Normal] Voor mij een koffie.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'I would like a coffee.'
Jacob: [Normal] Ik zou graag een koffie willen
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Jacob: [Normal] Ik [Slow] Ik
Becky: Next is the phrase meaning 'would'
Jacob: [Normal] zou willen [Slow] zou willen
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'like'
Jacob: [Normal] graag [Slow] graag
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Jacob: [Normal] een [Slow] een
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'coffee'
Jacob: [Normal] koffie [Slow] koffie
Becky: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I would like a coffee.'
Jacob: [Slow] Ik zou graag een koffie willen [Normal] Ik zou graag een koffie willen
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jacob: Most menus these days have pictures in them so you can just point and say 'deze graag', meaning 'this please'. In big cities or famous tourist spots, menus will be in English as well.

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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