Learn to ask, "How are you?"
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Dutch. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Dutch. |
| Jacob: [Normal] Hoe gaat het met je? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Jacob: [Normal] hoe [Slow] hoe |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Jacob: [Normal] gaat [Slow] gaat |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'it' |
| Jacob: [Normal] het [Slow] het |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'with' |
| Jacob: [Normal] met [Slow] met |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you' |
| Jacob: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Hoe gaat het met je? [Normal] Hoe gaat het met je? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Hoe gaat het met u? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Jacob: [Normal] hoe [Slow] hoe |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Jacob: [Normal] gaat [Slow] gaat |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'it' |
| Jacob: [Normal] het [Slow] het |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'with' |
| Jacob: [Normal] met [Slow] met |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning the formal version of 'you' |
| Jacob: [Normal] u [Slow] u |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Hoe gaat het met u? [Normal] Hoe gaat het met u? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Het gaat prima. Dank u. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'it' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Het [Slow] Het |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'goes' |
| Jacob: [Normal] gaat [Slow] gaat |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'fine' |
| Jacob: [Normal] prima [Slow] prima |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'thank' |
| Jacob: [Normal] dank [Slow] dank |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning the formal version of 'you' |
| Jacob: [Normal] u [Slow] u |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Het gaat prima. Dank u. [Normal] Het gaat prima. Dank u. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Jacob: [Normal] Niet zo goed. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Jacob: [Normal] niet [Slow] niet |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Jacob: [Normal] zo [Slow] zo |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'well' |
| Jacob: [Normal] goed [Slow] goed |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.' |
| Jacob: [Slow] Niet zo goed. [Normal] Niet zo goed. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Jacob: You can ask Dutch people how they are by asking the simple question “How are you?” In Dutch, this is 'Hoe gaat het?' This can be used in both formal and informal situations. |
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: Tot ziens! |
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