Learn "How much is this?" in addition to some more phrases you'll find useful for shopping
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hallo! Hello and welcome to Dutch Survival Phrases brought to you by DutchPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to the Netherlands. You will be surprised at how far a little Dutch will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Now we will show you some useful Survival Phrases for your fun days of shopping around Dutch stores. |
| You should remember that Pardon, or "Excuse me," is almost always the first thing to say when asking for information. |
| After saying Pardon, you should say, Hoeveel kost dit? which means, "How much is this?" |
| Hoeveel (hoe-veel) stands for both "how much" and "how many." |
| Of course, in our context we need to translate hoeveel as "how much." We follow hoeveel with kost, meaning "costs." |
| Kost comes from the verb kosten ("to cost"). |
| The last component of our phrase is dit, which means, "this." |
| The question Hoeveel kost dit? is perfect in situations when you don't know the name of the object you're trying to buy. You can just point at it and say, Hoeveel kost dit? or "How much is this?" |
| However, if you know the name of the object you want to buy, you can be very specific. |
| For example, let's say you want to buy a particular t-shirt. |
| You'll ask, Hoeveel kost dit t-shirt? which is, "How much is this t-shirt?" |
| Let's break this sentence down. We again have hoeveel, meaning, "how much." |
| Then we have kost ("costs"). |
| Then we have dit t-shirt, which means, "this t-shirt." |
| Let's break these two words down: Dit t-shirt. |
| When it comes to the plural form ("these"), and you would like to ask for the price of, let's say shoes, you should say, Hoeveel kosten deze schoenen? |
| Let's look at this sentence. We start with Hoeveel, and then we have kosten. |
| Please notice that this time we have kosten because we're talking about shoes, which is plural. |
| Then we have deze, which stands for "these." |
| Deze. |
| The last word is schoenen, meaning "shoes." |
| Schoe-nen. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so good luck, that also means “good luck” in Dutch. |
| "How much is this?" - Hoeveel kost dit? |
| Hoeveel kost dit? |
| Hoeveel kost dit? |
| "How much is this t-shirt?" - Hoeveel kost dit t-shirt? |
| Hoeveel kost dit t-shirt? |
| Hoeveel kost dit t-shirt? |
| "How much are these shoes?" - Hoeveel kosten deze schoenen? |
| Hoeveel kosten deze schoenen? |
| Hoeveel kosten deze schoenen? |
| All right, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by DutchPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Tot ziens! |
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