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by kanda1
this is very helpful but if you could also include the pronunciation of the ducth words in english that will be more helpful for reading and learning
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Jul 14 '07
12:07 am PDT
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Hi from "Holland" (Reply to this comment)
by _Eowyn_
I'm a 'Dutchess' myself and I did two epinions on the Netherlands, but I'm not sure if I could write a glossary...I don't know what would come in handy and I think I'd leave out to many things that are just too obvious to me.
I think it's good you're doing this...you're probably better at it than me. One or two points you should look at though:
-'begrijp' is spelled with 'ij', not with 'ii', but I don't blame you for that one...you can't expect the spelling checker to grab that:)
-'Ik wil', like 'I want', is not very polite. Sure, people will give you the benefit of the doubt because you're foreign, but you might as well do it right:). Adding 'graag', as in 'Ik wil graag' changes your curt and rude 'I want' into an 'I would like'. Dutch people aren't overly polite but they will appreciate your effort to sound nice instead of grumpy:)
- You might want to add a bit about the difference between 'je' and 'U', since it's nonexistent in English, where there's just 'you'.
Apart from that...great work:)
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Apr 08 '01
3:48 am PDT
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Hi from "Holland" (Reply to this comment)
by _Eowyn_
I'm a 'Dutchess' myself and I did two epinions on the Netherlands, but I'm not sure if I could write a glossary...I don't know what would come in handy and I think I'd leave out to many things that are just too obvious to me.
I think it's good you're doing this...you're probably better at it than me. One or two points you should look at though:
-'begrijp' is spelled with 'ij', not with 'ii', but I don't blame you for that one...you can't expect the spelling checker to grab that:)
-'Ik wil', like 'I want', is not very polite. Sure, people will give you the benefit of the doubt because you're foreign, but you might as well do it right:). Adding 'graag', as in 'Ik wil graag' changes your curt and rude 'I want' into an 'I would like'. Dutch people aren't overly polite but they will appreciate your effort to sound nice instead of grumpy:)
- You might want to add a bit about the difference between 'je' and 'U', since it's nonexistent in English, where there's just 'you'.
Apart from that...great work:)
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Apr 08 '01
3:47 am PDT
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Hi from "Holland" (Reply to this comment)
by _Eowyn_
I'm a 'Dutchess' myself and I did two epinions on the Netherlands, but I'm not sure if I could write a glossary...I don't know what would come in handy and I think I'd leave out to many things that are just too obvious to me.
I think it's good you're doing this...you're probably better at it than me. One or two points you should look at though:
-'begrijp' is spelled with 'ij', not with 'ii', but I don't blame you for that one...you can't expect the spelling checker to grab that:)
-'Ik wil', like 'I want', is not very polite. Sure, people will give you the benefit of the doubt because you're foreign, but you might as well do it right:). Adding 'graag', as in 'Ik wil graag' changes your curt and rude 'I want' into an 'I would like'. Dutch people aren't overly polite but they will appreciate your effort to sound nice instead of grumpy:)
- You might want to add a bit about the difference between 'je' and 'U', since it's nonexistent in English, where there's just 'you'.
Apart from that...great work:)
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Apr 08 '01
3:46 am PDT
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Hi from "Holland" (Reply to this comment)
by _Eowyn_
I'm a 'Dutchess' myself and I did two epinions on the Netherlands, but I'm not sure if I could write a glossary...I don't know what would come in handy and I think I'd leave out to many things that are just too obvious to me.
I think it's good you're doing this...you're probably better at it than me. One or two points you should look at though:
-'begrijp' is spelled with 'ij', not with 'ii', but I don't blame you for that one...you can't expect the spelling checker to grab that:)
-'Ik wil', like 'I want', is not very polite. Sure, people will give you the benefit of the doubt because you're foreign, but you might as well do it right:). Adding 'graag', as in 'Ik wil graag' changes your curt and rude 'I want' into an 'I would like'. Dutch people aren't overly polite but they will appreciate your effort to sound nice instead of grumpy:)
- You might want to add a bit about the difference between 'je' and 'U', since it's nonexistent in English, where there's just 'you'.
Apart from that...great work:)
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Apr 08 '01
3:45 am PDT
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Hi from "Holland" (Reply to this comment)
by _Eowyn_
I'm a 'Dutchess' myself and I did two epinions on the Netherlands, but I'm not sure if I could write a glossary...I don't know what would come in handy and I think I'd leave out to many things that are just too obvious to me.
I think it's good you're doing this...you're probably better at it than me. One or two points you should look at though:
-'begrijp' is spelled with 'ij', not with 'ii', but I don't blame you for that one...you can't expect the spelling checker to grab that:)
-'Ik wil', like 'I want', is not very polite. Sure, people will give you the benefit of the doubt because you're foreign, but you might as well do it right:). Adding 'graag', as in 'Ik wil graag' changes your curt and rude 'I want' into an 'I would like'. Dutch people aren't overly polite but they will appreciate your effort to sound nice instead of grumpy:)
- You might want to add a bit about the difference between 'je' and 'U', since it's nonexistent in English, where there's just 'you'.
Apart from that...great work:)
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Apr 08 '01
3:45 am PDT
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Re: Very+helpful... (Reply to this comment)
by ifif1938
and I enjoyed reading it..I did one on French and had a lot of fun writing it as I'm sure you did writing this one. Hope someday soon I go to Holland and get a chance to use these.
Thanks
Barbara
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Mar 31 '01
11:27 am PST
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Very helpful... (Reply to this comment)
by diverpam
Thanks for the nice review.
Pam
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Mar 30 '01
11:45 am PST
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