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Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Dutch Season 1, Lesson 9 - Talking about Nationalities. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about nationalities using simple sentences in Dutch.
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Becky: Here's how to say 'I am Korean.' in Dutch.
Jacob: [Normal] Ik ben Koreaans.
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 word meaning 'Korean'
Jacob: [Normal] Koreaans [Slow] Koreaans
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Korean.'
Jacob: [Slow] Ik ben Koreaans. [Normal] Ik ben Koreaans.
Becky: Ok, now let's look at how to say 'I am Dutch.'
Jacob: [Normal] Ik ben een Nederlander.
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 'a'
Jacob: [Normal] een [Slow] een
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Dutch'
Jacob: [Normal] Nederlander. [Slow] Nederlander.
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Dutch.'
Jacob: [Slow] Ik ben een Nederlander. [Normal] Ik ben een Nederlander.
Becky: Next is the way to say 'We are American.'
Jacob: [Normal] Wij zijn Amerikaans.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'we'
Jacob: [Normal] wij [Slow] wij
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are'
Jacob: [Normal] zijn [Slow] zijn
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Americans'
Jacob: [Normal] Amerikaans [Slow] Amerikaans
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'We are American.'
Jacob: [Slow] Wij zijn Amerikaans. [Normal] Wij zijn Amerikaans.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'You are Chinese. '
Jacob: [Normal] Jij bent Chinees.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'you'
Jacob: [Normal] jij [Slow] jij
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are'
Jacob: [Normal] bent [Slow] bent
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Jacob: [Normal] een [Slow] een
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Chinese'
Jacob: [Normal] Chinees [Slow] Chinees
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'You are Chinese. '
Jacob: [Slow] Jij bent Chinees. [Normal] Jij bent Chinees.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Jacob: There are a lot of nationalities living in the Netherlands so from time to time you will meet someone who isn't Dutch. You can ask her or his nationality by asking 'Where are you from?` which in Dutch is 'Waar kom je vandaan?'.

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: Tot ziens!

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