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  1. Ricky

    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    Happy Birthday!
    auf English
    (in German because I don't know the Dutch for 'in English' :D )
     
    Ricky, Jun 4, 2004
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    Thank you both! Unfortunately it turned out that I didn't have a happy birthday. French finals... :angry: They went all right though.

    Ricky, if you really want to know, Dutch for 'in English' is 'in het Engels'.
     
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    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    Thank you

    In het Engels!
     
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    Two thumbs up Ricky! :D
     
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    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    Wow - I spoke Dutch!

    Bet my pronounciation was terrible though :lol:
     
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    I'll render it phonetic English for you then.

    "inn hat an-gels"

    Don't say angels, say 'an' followed by 'gels'. This should get you pretty close. :D
     
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    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    I knew it!

    I said "inn het En-gels"

    :(
     
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    Well, it doesn't sound too wrong at all. Phonetic English isn't my native tobgue. You could actually be closer. :(
     
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    To say your welcome

    graag gedaan.
     
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    Literally means 'gladly done'.
     
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    most foreign languages do not translate.

    EG

    ik ben geneukt.

    Has only one meaning in Dutch, Where as in English it can mean I am very tired.
     
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    Roel congratulations or van harte gefeliciteerd!

    GP your dutch is very good!

    The words you wrote down can also mean that you are screwed up.
     
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    Yes Anton but I do believe it doesn't mean I'm Tired to a Dutchman.
     
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    Eh perhaps after the words are practiced :D
     
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    Yes.

    LOL :D
     
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    Filthy people! Glad I am now allowed to read this, being 16... Thanks Anton! :D

    OK, anyone should now be able to guess what 'ik ben geneukt' means. GP, have you been learning swear words too? :D Your Dutch is very good indeed, as Anton said.
     
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    Sorry :oops:


    But are you trying to tell me you know no English swear words.
     
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    Of course I do. But it's a kind of cliche that the first thing people learn of anohter language is the swear words. When you said 'ik ben geneukt' it made me think of that.
     
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    That is the best part of learning a language, one of my friends is married to a Dutch girl, and has told me some funnies, such as saying to a tall Brit in a club aren't you long.

    Or finding out your word for can ( in the you form) has a different meaning in English. Oh yes so does the Dutch word for tangle.
     
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    I can understand your smirk when you hear how we say 'you can' (see you next tuesday). But the tangle, I don't see it. Please explain. :D
     
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