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INTRODUCTION
Kellie: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DutchPod101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 19 - Ordering at a Dutch Restaurant. Kellie Here.
Jacob: Hallo I'm Jacob.
Kellie: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make small-talk over food. The conversation takes place at a restaurant..
Jacob: It's between Pip and a Waitress.
Kellie: The speakers are a customer and restaurant worker, so they’ll use informal Dutch. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Pip: Goedenavond. Dat is lang geleden!
Serveerster: Goedenavond. En je redt je nu ook in het Nederlands!
Pip: Nou, met veel moeite.
Serveerster: Wat wil je eten? De specialiteit van de dag is struisvogelbiefstuk en er is ook een dagschotel voor 12 euro.
Pip: Hè, dat jullie in Nederland struisvogel eten! Maar ik ben vegetarisch. En wat is de dagschotel?
Serveerster: Ja, vegetariër zijn en struisvogel eten, dat botst. De dagschotel is een vispotje, ik hoop dat je vis wel kan eten.
Pip: Ha dat klinkt veelbelovend. Ja, vis vind ik zalig, als er maar geen 'cod' in zit. Hoe zeg je 'cod' in het Nederlands eigenlijk?
Serveerster: 'Kabeljauw'! Ben je daar allergisch voor of vind je het gewoon niet lekker?
Pip: Nee, een allergie. Maar voor wijn ben ik niet allergisch. Welke wijn raad je aan?
Serveerster: Nou bij vis, witte. Wat denk je van een Sauvignon? Heerlijke droge wijn!
Pip: Dat klinkt wel gek hè. Droge wijn! Maar ja, doe daar maar een flesje van. Dank je wel.
Serveerster: OK, het komt er zo aan. En geniet ervan.
Kellie: Listen to the conversation with the English translation
Pip: Good evening. It’s been a long time!
Waitress: Good evening. And now you manage in Dutch as well?
Pip: Well, with a lot of effort.
Waitress: What would you like to eat? Today's special is ostrich steak and there's also a daily menu, for 12 Euros.
Pip: Hey, I didn't know you ate ostrich in Holland! But I'm a vegetarian. And what is today's special?
Waitress: Yes, being vegetarian and eating ostrich somehow clashes. Today's special is a fish casserole, I hope you eat fish.
Pip: Ha, that sounds nice. Yes, fish is fine, unless there's 'cod' in it. By the way, how do you say 'cod' in Dutch?
Waitress: 'Kabeljauw'! Are you allergic to it or is it that you just don't like it?
Pip: No. It's an allergy. But I'm not allergic to wine. Which wine do you recommend?
Waitress: Well, with fish white wine. What about a Sauvignon. A nice dry wine!
Pip: Sounds weird, no? A dry wine! But, yes, I'll have a bottle of that. Thank you.
Waitress: All right, it will be there in a minute. And enjoy it.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Kellie: Pip went to a restaurant in the conversation.
Jacob: Yes, all of that food talk has made me hungry.
Kellie: Me too! What are restaurants like in the Netherlands?
Jacob: There are many different types of restaurants.
Kellie: Are there some nice, posh and chic restaurants?
Jacob: There are, but there are also some run-down places too.
Kellie: So you have a choice of where to eat.
Jacob: That’s right. In some restaurants, the waiters and waitresses are so polite that it might be too much.
Kellie: Really? Are there restaurants where the staff are overly relaxed too?
Jacob: Yes, there are. You may find some places where the staff just basically throw the food and cutlery at you and let you figure it out yourself.
Kellie: Hmm, I think I like the overly polite places more.
Jacob: Really? I like the relaxed atmosphere more!
Kellie: Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Kellie: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
Jacob: geleden [natural native speed]
Kellie: ago
Jacob: geleden[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: geleden [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: zich redden [natural native speed]
Kellie: to cope
Jacob: zich redden[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: zich redden [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: moeite [natural native speed]
Kellie: effort
Jacob: moeite[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: moeite [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: specialiteit [natural native speed]
Kellie: specialty
Jacob: specialiteit[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: specialiteit [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: dagschotel [natural native speed]
Kellie: today's special
Jacob: dagschotel[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: dagschotel [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: vegetariër [natural native speed]
Kellie: vegetarian
Jacob: vegetariër[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: vegetariër [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: kabeljauw [natural native speed]
Kellie: cod
Jacob: kabeljauw[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: kabeljauw [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: allergie [natural native speed]
Kellie: allergy
Jacob: allergie[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: allergie [natural native speed]
Kellie: Next we have..
Jacob: aanraden [natural native speed]
Kellie: to recommend
Jacob: aanraden[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: aanraden [natural native speed]
Kellie: And last..
Jacob: botsen [natural native speed]
Kellie: to clash
Jacob: botsen[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: botsen [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Kellie: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is..
Jacob: Red je het?
Kellie: meaning "Can you manage?"
Kellie: What can you tell us about this?
Jacob: Red is a conjugation of the infinitive verb redden and literally means "to save."
Kellie: That doesn’t fit the meaning of this phrase…
Jacob: No, because when it is used as a reflexive verb it instead means “to manage” or “to cope”.
Kellie: Ahh, that makes more sense!
Jacob: Je is “you” and het is “it”.
Kellie: Can you give us an example using this word?
Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. Ik moet even iets eten, anders red ik het niet tot vanavond.
Kellie: ..which means "I need to eat something, if not I won't make it till tonight." Okay, what's the next word?
Jacob: botsen
Kellie: meaning "clash"
Kellie: What can you tell us about this?
Jacob: The literal meaning of this word is “to collide” or “to bump into”.
Kellie: It’s a verb?
Jacob: Yes, it is. It’s used in a more figurative way, like “to clash”.
Kellie: So, it’s used for two things that don’t really fit?
Jacob: Yes, like in the dialogue they mentioned that eating meat and being a vegetarian clash.
Kellie: Can you give us an example using this word?
Jacob: Sure. For example, you can say.. De twee auto's botsten op het kruispunt tegen elkaar.
Kellie: .. which means "The two cars bumped into each other at the crossroads." Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Kellie: In this lesson, you'll learn how to make small talk over food.
Kellie: Ohh, small talk.
Jacob: Small talk is common to every language, I think.
Kellie: Yes, I think that every language has some safe topics that are used to break awkward silences.
Jacob: Do you like making small talk?
Kellie: Not really. I’m very bad at it! How do we make small talk in Dutch?
Jacob: You can say things like Heerlijk weer hè!
Kellie: “Beautiful weather, isn’t it?”
Jacob: Or En, hoe is het met de kinderen?
Kellie: “And, how are your children?”
Jacob: Or you can talk about the news. Heb je het laatste nieuws over Syrië al gelezen? Verschrikkelijk he.
Kellie: “Have you read the latest news about Syria? Terrible isn’t it?” Ah, weather, family and news. We use similar small talk topics in English.
Jacob: Small talk in Dutch shouldn’t be so difficult if you can remember those phrases!
Kellie: In the conversation, Pip was at a restaurant and mentioned a fish allergy.
Jacob: Right, it’s very important to say if you have an allergy to something.
Kellie: How do you say, “No, I’m allergic to that.” in Dutch?
Jacob: Nee, daar ben ik allergisch voor.
Kellie: Can you give us another example sentence about allergies?
Jacob: Ik heb nooit ergens last van gehad, maar sinds ik hier woon heb ik een allergie voor pollen.
Kellie: This means “I never had any problems, but since I’ve lived here, I have a pollen allergy.” And finally, let’s talk about wine, as that seems like a good topic to end on.
Jacob: I think so! In Europe, when we think of wine we think of French-style wines made with grapes. Other parts of the world may use potatoes or rice instead.
Kellie: Let’s look at some phrases about wines.
Jacob: Wilt u rood, wit, of rosé?
Kellie: “Would you like red, white, or rosé?” Those are all types of wine, of course!
Jacob: Proost, en moge je eeuwig jong blijven.
Kellie: “Cheers, and may you stay forever young.” Ah, now that really is a nice way to end a lesson!

Outro

Kellie: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Jacob: Tot ziens!

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