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INTRODUCTION
Gabriella: Hi everyone, Gabriella here! Welcome to DutchPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner Season 1, Lesson 3 - Reserving a Hotel in the Netherlands
Jacob: HALLO! I'm Jacob. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make a hotel reservation, and we’ll talk about months of the year.
Gabriella: This conversation takes place at the reception desk of a hotel. It’s between Chris, a customer, and Daan, who works at the hotel.
Jacob: They don’t know each other, so they will be using formal Dutch.
Gabriella: Okay. Let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Chris: Goedemorgen. Ik wil graag een tweepersoonskamer reserveren voor het laatste weekend van januari.
Daan: Voor 1 nacht, meneer?
Chris: Graag. Wat kost het per nacht?
Daan: 80 Euro per nacht, meneer.
Chris: Is er internetverbinding in de kamer?
Daan: Ja, en ontbijt is ook bij de prijs inbegrepen.
Chris: Prima. Kunt u die kamer voor mij reserveren alstublieft?
Gabriella: Let's hear the conversation one time slowly.
Chris: Goedemorgen. Ik wil graag een tweepersoonskamer reserveren voor het laatste weekend van januari.
Daan: Voor 1 nacht, meneer?
Chris: Graag. Wat kost het per nacht?
Daan: 80 Euro per nacht, meneer.
Chris: Is er internetverbinding in de kamer?
Daan: Ja, en ontbijt is ook bij de prijs inbegrepen.
Chris: Prima. Kunt u die kamer voor mij reserveren alstublieft?
Gabriella: Now let's hear it with the English translation.
Chris: Goedemorgen. Ik wil graag een tweepersoonskamer reserveren voor het laatste weekend van januari.
Gabriella: Good morning. I'd like to make a reservation for a double room for the last weekend of January.
Daan: Voor 1 nacht, meneer?
Gabriella: For one night, sir?
Chris: Graag. Wat kost het per nacht?
Gabriella: Yes, please. What's the price per night?
Daan: 80 Euro per nacht, meneer.
Gabriella: Eighty euros per night, sir.
Chris: Is er internetverbinding in de kamer?
Gabriella: Does the room have Internet access?
Daan: Ja, en ontbijt is ook bij de prijs inbegrepen.
Gabriella: Yes, and breakfast is also included in the price.
Chris: Prima. Kunt u die kamer voor mij reserveren alstublieft?
Gabriella: Perfect. Could you make a reservation for this room, please?
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Gabriella: Listeners, you’ve just heard Chris asking for the price...
Jacob: ...and making a reservation for a hotel room.
Gabriella: Did you notice that Chris didn’t try to bargain the price down?
Jacob: Haggling is not very common in the Netherlands. Most shops and supermarkets have fixed prices, and it’s not appropriate to bargain.
Gabriella: This may surprise you, as Dutch people love getting the best price, and are known for their stinginess and frugal lives.
Jacob: Yes, some say so...
Gabriella: Come on, it’s true! That’s why Dutch people take their time to compare the prices of similar products, visit different shops, and then buy the best priced product.
Jacob: So in fact, Dutch people are bargain-hunters, but don’t bargain themselves...
Gabriella: Unless you’re buying something really expensive, such as a car, new furniture, a new kitchen or a house.
Jacob: Yes, in those situations haggling is definitely worth the effort!
Gabriella: Okay, on to the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Jacob: prijs [natural native speed]
Gabriella: price
Jacob: prijs [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: prijs [natural native speed]
Jacob: januari [natural native speed]
Gabriella: January
Jacob: januari [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: januari [natural native speed]
Jacob: (tweepersoons)kamer [natural native speed]
Gabriella: (double) room
Jacob: (tweepersoons)kamer [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: (tweepersoons)kamer [natural native speed]
Jacob: inbegrepen [natural native speed]
Gabriella: included
Jacob: inbegrepen [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: inbegrepen [natural native speed]
Jacob: per [natural native speed]
Gabriella: by, per
Jacob: per [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: per [natural native speed]
Jacob: reserveren [natural native speed]
Gabriella: to make a reservation
Jacob: reserveren [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: reserveren [natural native speed]
Jacob: internetverbinding [natural native speed]
Gabriella: internet access
Jacob: internetverbinding [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: internetverbinding [natural native speed]
Jacob: laatst [natural native speed]
Gabriella: last
Jacob: laatst [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: laatst [natural native speed]
Jacob: weekend [natural native speed]
Gabriella: weekend
Jacob: weekend [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: weekend [natural native speed]
Jacob: nacht [natural native speed]
Gabriella: night
Jacob: nacht [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Jacob: nacht [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Gabriella: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson.
Jacob: Listeners, you’ve just heard how to ask for the price...
Gabriella: ‘Wat kost het?’ is the translation of “what does it cost?” in English.
Jacob: But there are, of course, more ways to ask for the price... I am sure you’ve seen some of them before...?
Gabriella: You can ask: ‘hoeveel kost het?’ - “how much does it cost?”
Jacob: Or ‘wat is de prijs?’ - “what’s the price?”
Gabriella: Let’s have a closer look at the word ‘tweepersoonskamer’.
Jacob: Yes, the “double room”. Literally, it means ‘two persons-room’.
Gabriella: So, listeners, now you can probably guess the Dutch word for a single room...?
Jacob: …do you know it? It’s the literal translation of a ‘one-persons-room’, so in Dutch, ‘een éénpersoonskamer’!
Gabriella: But, I was telling you about the ‘tweepersoonskamer’... a double room can contain two single beds or one double bed....
Jacob: Exactly. If you have a preference for either of them, you have to ask for ‘twee aparte bedden’, “two single beds”, or ‘een tweepersoonsbed’, a “double bed”.
Gabriella: Okay, now you can make a reservation for a hotel room in Dutch.
Jacob: Let’s move on to the grammar now.

Lesson focus

Gabriella: In this lesson, you’ll learn the months of the year.
Jacob: Yes, in this conversation, Chris wants to make a reservation for ‘het laatste weekend van januari’ - “the last weekend of January.”
Gabriella: When you read Dutch, you’ll see that the spelling of the months is not that different from English.
Jacob: How about February?
Gabriella: februari...f-e-b-r-u-a-r-i [For all below say full word, then spell out by letter]
Jacob: March?
Gabriella: maart
Jacob: April?
Gabriella: april
Jacob: May?
Gabriella: mei
Jacob: June?
Gabriella: juni
Gabriella: Okay, we’ve now heard the first half of the year. Let’s hear them again - this time, please repeat.
Jacob: Januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni.
Gabriella: On to the second half? July is..?
Jacob: juli, j-u-l-i [as above]
Gabriella: August?
Jacob: augustus
Gabriella: And the last 4 months?
Jacob: They are quite similar to English - september, oktober, november and december.
Gabriella: It’s important to note that we don’t use a capital letter for the months in Dutch, like we do in English. The same goes for the days of the week - no capital letter in Dutch...
Jacob: ...unless you’re beginning the sentence with the name of a month or day of the week, of course!
Gabriella: And also, please mind the difference in pronunciation and stress patterns...
Jacob: In English, nouns such as months normally have the stress on the first syllable...
Gabriella: JAnuary, FEbruary, etc.
Jacob: In Dutch, the stress is usually on the the second-to-last, or penultimate, syllable...
Gabriella: januAri, februAri, etc.
Jacob: So: although the spelling is quite similar to English, the pronunciation is different...!
Gabriella: Once again, all 12, januAri, februAri, maart, aPRIL, mei, JUni, JUli, auGUStus, sepTEMber, okTOber, noVEMber, deCEMber.
Jacob: Please note that aPRIL is an exception to the stress rule - the stress is on the last syllable.
Gabriella: Okay listeners, I’m sure you now know how to say when it’s your birthday...? Well...?
Jacob: For example, “My birthday is in June”, is translated as...
Gabriella: Ik ben jarig in juni
Jacob: And how about a specific date in June, let’s say, if your birthday is on the 10th of June?
Gabriella: Ik ben jarig op 10 juni.

Outro

Jacob: Okay, that’s it for this lesson. Thanks for listening, and see you next time!
Gabriella: Tot ziens!

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