Learn how to use expressions for greetings and partings
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| Hi everyone, I'm Thomas. |
| Hallo daar, ik ben Thomas. |
| Welcome to another Dutch whiteboard lesson. |
| In this lesson you'll learn standard greetings like hello and goodbye in Dutch. |
| Let's get started. |
| Let's look at the vocabulary. |
| First we'll cover greetings used when you meet someone. |
| Hallo, the standard greeting. |
| Same as hello, just a slightly different pronunciation. |
| Hall-lo, hallo. |
| Hoi, this basically means hi and it's only used in informal occasions like when you meet |
| a friend. |
| Hoi, hoi. |
| Goedemorgen, this literally means good morning and is used in the same ways as in English. |
| Goedemorgen, goedemorgen. |
| Goedemiddag, good afternoon. |
| May not be used quite as much in English, but it's used fairly frequently in Dutch. |
| Goedemiddag, goedemiddag. |
| And then finally moving on, goedenavond, this literally means good evening and is used |
| in the same ways as in English. |
| Goedenavond, goedenavond. |
| Now let's look at expressions used when parting. |
| Dag. |
| This is the standard Dutch for goodbye. |
| Actually it can also be used to say hello. |
| Dag, dag. |
| Doei, bye, the informal version of goodbye. |
| You'll hear this used a lot when you're in the Netherlands. |
| Doei, doei. |
| Welterusten, this is how you say good night and it's used only before going to bed or |
| going to sleep. |
| Welterusten, welterusten. |
| Tot ziens, see you soon. |
| Literally it means see you again, but it's a common way of saying goodbye in any kind |
| of situation. |
| Tot ziens, tot ziens. |
| Tot morgen, this is the standard way of saying see you tomorrow. |
| It can be used in both formal and informal situations. |
| Note that morgen here means tomorrow, whereas in goedemorgen it means morning. |
| Tot morgen, tot morgen. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| It's a simple exchange of greetings. |
| But can you tell what kind of situation this would be used in? |
| Tot morgen, doei, see you tomorrow, bye. |
| The use of the informal doei here indicates that these two people know each other quite |
| well. |
| This could be said between friends or classmates, for example. |
| Now let's look at some more examples. |
| Let's say a shopkeeper welcomes their first customer at 9am. |
| What expression would they use? |
| The shopkeeper would say goedemorgen, good morning, goedemorgen. |
| Let's try another one. |
| You run into a friend. |
| How would you greet each other? |
| The greeting would be casual, so it would likely be a simple hoi. |
| Hoi. |
| The Dutch are generally quite informal in social situations. |
| Except in cases where there is a clear hierarchy, it's not uncommon to use informal expressions |
| like hoi and doei even with people you've only just met. |
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