Learn how to talk about fast food
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Intro |
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| Peter: Goedendag allemaal, mijn naam is Peter [Greeting in 101 language] |
| Judith: Judith here! Upper Beginner Season 1 , Lesson 13 - Eating French Fries in the Netherlands |
| Judith: Hello, and welcome to DutchPOD101.com. Thanks for being here with us for this lesson, Peter, what are we looking at in this lesson? |
| Peter: In this lesson you'll will learn how to talk about fast food in Dutch. |
| Judith: This conversation takes place at a Dutch office where Paul is working. The conversation is between Paul and a colleague. |
| Peter: The speakers know each other well, therefore they will be speaking informal Dutch. |
| Judith: Attention perfectionists! You're about to learn how to perfect your pronunciation. |
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| Judith: Let’s listen to the conversation: |
| Dialogue |
| Collega: Mijn maag begint te knorren. Zullen we een patatje halen? |
| Paul: Ik probeer te stoppen met fast food maar ik heb ook wel trek. Gaan we naar de snackbar of naar die patatkraam op de brug? |
| Collega: De patatkraam heeft de lekkerste patat. |
| Paul: Ik begin te denken dat alleen Nederlanders zoveel patat eten. |
| Collega: Niet alleen de Nederlanders, de Belgen eten ook veel patat, maar zij noemen het friet. |
| Paul: Jullie zeggen ook friet. Hoe je het ook noemt het is lekker. |
| Collega: Precies. Wat voor patat wil je? |
| Paul: Een patatje met, alsjeblieft. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Collega: Mijn maag begint te knorren. Zullen we een patatje halen? |
| Paul: Ik probeer te stoppen met fast food maar ik heb ook wel trek. Gaan we naar de snackbar of naar die patatkraam op de brug? |
| Collega: De patatkraam heeft de lekkerste patat. |
| Paul: Ik begin te denken dat alleen Nederlanders zoveel patat eten. |
| Collega: Niet alleen de Nederlanders, de Belgen eten ook veel patat, maar zij noemen het friet. |
| Paul: Jullie zeggen ook friet. Hoe je het ook noemt het is lekker. |
| Collega: Precies. Wat voor patat wil je? |
| Paul: Een patatje met, alsjeblieft. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Collega: Mijn maag begint te knorren. Zullen we een patatje halen? |
| Judith: My stomach is beginning to rumble. Shall we go get some French fries [a little potato]? |
| Paul: Ik probeer te stoppen met fast food maar ik heb ook wel trek. Gaan we naar de snackbar of naar die patatkraam op de brug? |
| Judith: I'm trying to stop [eating] fast food, but I'm also a bit hungry. Should we go to the fast food restaurant or the French fry stand on the bridge? |
| Collega: De patatkraam heeft de lekkerste patat. |
| Judith: The French fry stand has the best fries. |
| Paul: Ik begin te denken dat alleen Nederlanders zoveel patat eten. |
| Judith: I'm beginning to think that only the Dutch eat so many French fries. |
| Collega: Niet alleen de Nederlanders, de Belgen eten ook veel patat, maar zij noemen het friet. |
| Judith: Not only the Dutch. The Belgians also eat lots of French fries, but they call it "friet." |
| Paul: Jullie zeggen ook friet. Hoe je het ook noemt het is lekker. |
| Judith: You guys also say "friet." However you call it, it's tasty. |
| Collega: Precies. Wat voor patat wil je? |
| Judith: Exactly. What kind of fries would you like? |
| Paul: Een patatje met, alsjeblieft. |
| Judith: French fries with mayonnaise, please. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Culture: Alright, i think you are going to love this Culture Point because it’s all about French fries |
| Peter: French fries, though they are known by different names in Dutch. We call them, friet, patat or Vlaamse frieten – but they all mean the same thing - French fries. |
| Judith: The Dutch eat quite a lot of French fries as snack food, 2.5 kilos per person per year. |
| Peter: But French fries are neither a French nor a Dutch invention, they are actually Belgian. They were common place in Belgium as early as the late 1600’s, but they became well known in the Netherlands only in the early 1900’s. |
| Judith: So how do Dutch people eat French fries? |
| Peter: Dutch people eat French fries in different ways with different specialities. They eat them with various toppings, the most famous one is of course with mayonnaise. We call it “patat met”. |
| Judith: Mayonnaise is boring. What I found amazing are the other things that Dutch people will put on fries. |
| Peter: Oh we put so many things on French fries! We have "patat met satésaus" (fries with peanut sauce), we have "patat speciaal" (fries with mayonnaise, ketchup and chopped onions) and of course "patatje oorlog" (fries with peanut sauce, mayonnaise and chopped onions; “oorlog” actually meaning war). |
| Judith: So “little potato war”?? |
| Peter: “Little potato war”, referring to the war zone in your stomach after eating it ! |
| Judith: Don't knock it till you tried it! |
| Vocabulary and Phrases |
| Judith: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Peter: maag [natural native speed] |
| Judith: stomach |
| Peter: maag [slowly] |
| Peter: maag [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: knorren [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to grumble |
| Peter: knor-ren [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: knorren [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: patatje [natural native speed] |
| Judith: little potato |
| Peter: pa-ta-tje [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: patatje [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: trek hebben [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to be a bit hungry |
| Peter: trek heb-ben [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: trek hebben [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: patatkraam [natural native speed] |
| Judith: French fry stall |
| Peter: pa-tat-kraam [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: patatkraam [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: snackbar [natural native speed] |
| Judith: fast food restaurant |
| Peter: snack-bar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: snackbar [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: brug [natural native speed] |
| Judith: bridge |
| Peter: brug [slowly] |
| Peter: brug [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: België [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Belgium |
| Peter: Bel-gië [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: België [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: Belg [natural native speed] |
| Judith: Belgian (person) |
| Peter: Belg [slowly] |
| Peter: Belg [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: noemen [natural native speed] |
| Judith: to call, name |
| Peter: noem-en [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: noemen [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Peter: precies [natural native speed] |
| Judith: exactly |
| Peter: pre-cies [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Peter: precies [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 phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| 1: “Mijn maag knort” (my stomach is rumbling). This is an expression that shows that you are hungry. “een knorrende maag” = a rumbling stomach. When we use “ ik heb trek” we mean that we are somewhat hungry, we could eat something though we are not “starving”. |
| 2: “een patatje halen” (lit. to fetch a little potato) means to go to a fast food place and to get yourself some of those delicious French fries. |
| Grammar Point |
| Grammar: Now the focus of this lesson is infinitives with "te". |
| Judith: We know that in Dutch when we use a modal verb (kunnen, moeten, etc.), the rest of the verbs use the infinitive. |
| Peter: For example "Ik wil een taart maken." (I want to make a cake). |
| Judith: In that sentence, "maken" stands alone. However, there is a large group of verbs where the little word "te" will appear before the infinitive. This is similar to English. Peter, what are some of the verbs that are used with "te"? |
| Peter: Well Judith I’ll tell you a few. For example |
| 1: beginnen te doen = to begin/start to do |
| 2: proberen te doen = to try to do |
| 3: hopen te doen = to hope to do |
| 4: vergeten te doen = to forget to do |
| 5: beloven te doen = to promise to do |
| Judith: When you use any of these words - to begin, to try, to hope, to forget or to promise - don't forget to add the little word "te"! |
Outro |
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