Learn how to discuss a buying decision
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Peter: Goedendag! Mijn naam is Peter. |
| Judith: Judith here! Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 10 - The Market |
| Peter: Hi, my name is Peter, and I am joined here by Judith. |
| Judith: Hello, everyone and welcome back to DutchPOD101.com |
| Peter: What are we learning today? |
| Judith: In this lesson you will learn how to discuss a buying decision in Dutch. |
| Peter: This conversation takes place at the flower market in Amsterdam. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Anna and Marijke. |
| Peter: The speakers are friends, therefore they will be speaking informal Dutch. |
| Judith: Let's listen to the conversation |
Lesson conversation |
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| Marijke: Deze bloemenmarkt is erg beroemd. |
| Anna: Ja, dit is de bloemenmarkt waar elke toerist komt. |
| Marijke: Kijk, die bloemen zijn mooi. Ik ben echt gek op bloemen. |
| Anna: Die man verkoopt mooie tulpen. |
| Marijke: Ja, maar deze man verkoopt ook tulpenbollen. Ik denk dat ik mijn bloemen hier koop. |
| Anna: Dat is een goed idee. |
| Marijke: De prijs van het pakje tulpenbollen staat daar. Die pakjes zijn niet duur. |
| Anna: Koop jij hier je tulpenbollen bij deze man dan koop ik mijn bloemen daar bij die man. |
| Marijke: Oké, als ik hier klaar ben, gaan we samen daar die bloemen kopen. |
| English Host: Let's hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Marijke: Deze bloemenmarkt is erg beroemd. |
| Anna: Ja, dit is de bloemenmarkt waar elke toerist komt. |
| Marijke: Kijk, die bloemen zijn mooi. Ik ben echt gek op bloemen. |
| Anna: Die man verkoopt mooie tulpen. |
| Marijke: Ja, maar deze man verkoopt ook tulpenbollen. Ik denk dat ik mijn bloemen hier koop. |
| Anna: Dat is een goed idee. |
| Marijke: De prijs van het pakje tulpenbollen staat daar. Die pakjes zijn niet duur. |
| Anna: Koop jij hier je tulpenbollen bij deze man dan koop ik mijn bloemen daar bij die man. |
| Marijke: Oké, als ik hier klaar ben, gaan we samen daar die bloemen kopen. |
| English Host: Now let's hear it with the English translation. |
| Marijke: Deze bloemenmarkt is erg beroemd. |
| Judith: This flower market is very famous. |
| Anna: Ja, dit is de bloemenmarkt waar elke toerist komt. |
| Judith: Yes, this is the flower market where every tourist comes. |
| Marijke: Kijk, die bloemen zijn mooi. Ik ben echt gek op bloemen. |
| Judith: Look, those flowers are beautiful. I'm really crazy about flowers. |
| Anna: Die man verkoopt mooie tulpen. |
| Judith: That man is selling beautiful tulips. |
| Marijke: Ja, maar deze man verkoopt ook tulpenbollen. |
| Judith: Yes, but this man is also selling tulip bulbs. |
| Marijke: Ik denk dat ik mijn bloemen hier koop. |
| Judith: I think that I'll buy my flowers here. |
| Anna: Dat is een goed idee. |
| Judith: That's a good idea. |
| Marijke: De prijs van het pakje tulpenbollen staat daar. Die pakjes zijn niet duur. |
| Judith: The price of the package of tulip bulbs is there. Those packages aren't expensive. |
| Anna: Koop jij hier je tulpenbollen bij deze man dan koop ik mijn bloemen daar bij die man. |
| Judith: You buy your tulip bulbs here from this man and then I'll buy my flowers there from that man. |
| Marijke: Oké, als ik hier klaar ben, gaan we samen daar die bloemen kopen. |
| Judith: Okay, when I'm done here, we'll go there together to buy the flowers. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: Okay, 'flowers' sounds like a typical Dutch topic. I heard that a lot of cities have flower markets, but this "bloemenmarkt" in Amsterdam is really unique. |
| Peter: Yeah, the 'bloemenmarkt' in Amsterdam is great! It's unique. It is situated on a canal called the 'Singel' and it's a floating flower market! Very unique. |
| Judith: That sounds like a strange place, like on a canal? Sounds like a strange place to have a flower market. |
| Peter: But the Dutch have everything in water. But there is a good reason for it why this market floats on the canal. When this market was first established 150 years ago, the plants and flowers sold there, they were brought to Amsterdam on barges via canals from all kind of parts in the city. It was easier to organize the market on the water than transport all the plants and flowers to land. Pretty unimaginable. |
| Judith: Nowadays, of course, the fresh flowers are brought in by land. Still brought in fresh every day but the market still remains on barges. And the barges are permanently anchored there. |
| Peter: Yeah, and people they visit the flower market, of course when they want to buy flowers but not only then. It is also a beautiful place to have a walk among the beautiful and fragrant flowers and oh..the smell is just beautiful. Both tourists and locals mix up and they visit the market just to enjoy the beautiful atmosphere and the smell of flowers. |
| Judith: Wow! |
| Peter: Holland, flower country, did I already mention the tulips? |
| Judith: haha! |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: beroemd [natural native speed] |
| Judith: famous |
| Peter: be-roemd [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: beroemd [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: toerist [natural native speed] |
| Judith: tourist |
| Peter: toe-rist [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: toerist [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: kijken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to look |
| Peter: kijk-en [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: kijken [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: mooi [natural native speed] |
| Judith: beautiful |
| Peter: mooi [slowly] |
| Peter: mooi [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: echt [natural native speed] |
| Judith: real; really, truly |
| Peter: echt [slowly] |
| Peter: echt [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: verkopen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to sell |
| Peter: ver-ko-pen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: verkopen [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: tulp [natural native speed] |
| Judith: tulip |
| Peter: tulp [slowly] |
| Peter: tulp [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: bol [natural native speed] |
| Judith: ball, bulb |
| Peter: bol [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: bol [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: denken [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to think |
| Peter: den-ken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: denken [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: kopen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to buy |
| Peter: ko-pen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: kopen [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: prijs [natural native speed] |
| Judith: price |
| Peter: prijs [slowly] |
| Peter: prijs [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: daar [natural native speed] |
| Judith: there |
| Peter: daar [slowly] |
| Peter: daar [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: pakje [natural native speed] |
| Judith: package |
| Peter: pakje [slowly] |
| Peter: pakje [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Peter: duur [natural native speed] |
| Judith: expensive |
| Peter: duur [slowly] |
| Peter: duur [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Judith: Now let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Peter: The first word we'll look at is.... "Bloemenmarkt" (flower market) and "tulpenbollen" (tulip bulbs) are compound nouns. Dutch is like German in that you can stick words together and create longer words that way. |
Lesson focus |
| Judith: The focus of this lesson is demonstrative pronouns. Demonstrative pronouns are words like "this," "that," "these," or "those." These words point to something. |
| Peter: In Dutch, the form of the demonstrative pronouns depends on the gender of the noun ("de" or "het"). |
| Judith: It also depends whether it is singular or plural. |
| Peter: And it depends if it is close by (hier = here) or far away (daar = there). For things that are close-by, the words of "de" use "deze," for example "deze stoel" (this chair) and the words with "het" use "dit," for example "dit huis" (this house). In plural, both use "deze," deze stoelen (these chairs), deze huizen (these houses). |
| Judith: So it's "deze" for all except singular "het" words. If you have to guess, no matter if singular or plural, just use "deze." |
| Peter: When you are talking about things that are further away, the words with "de" use "die," for example "die stoel" (that chair). the words with "het" use "dat," as in "dat huis" (that house). In plural, both of them use "die." die stoelen (those chairs), die huizen (those houses). So when you are talking about things that are further away, a good guess is that they'll use "die." |
Outro |
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| Judith: So, see you next time! |
| Peter: Doei! |
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