Benelux Thread (If you speak Dutch, if you speak French get out. Sorry, Luxemburg.) (44 Viewers)

[Trezegol17]

Ik heb nooit vertrouwen in hem gehad, altijd bang tijdens corners en hoge voorzetten, maar dit WK heb ik zoveel respect voor hem gekregen. tzou goed zijn als die naar een topclub zou gaan voor 15 miljoen. Met 13/14 kan Ajax ook genoegen nemen.

 

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[Ken]

Het lijkt erop dat Johan Derksen wel gelijk had toen 'ie zei dat Stekelenburg vanaf het moment dat Van der Sar zei dat hij absoluut niet mee zou gaan naar Zuid-Afrika volwassen is geworden.

 

[Martin]

I'm disturbed at how often Dutch people say "is goed". I used to live with this really annoying person who spoke every language badly and when she used to say it constantly I would think to myself "I'm sure that's awful Dutch".

 

[Trezegol17]

Ehm Martin, whats your point exacly? You dont like the sound of Goed or how we prenounce it?

 

[Seven]

Ehm Martin, whats your point exacly? You dont like the sound of Goed or how we prenounce it?

Ik denk dat hij bedoelt dat het grammaticaal onjuist is. Dat is natuurlijk waar, omdat je in het Nederlands altijd een onderwerp moet vermelden, bijv. "dat is goed" of "het is goed". "Is goed" is niet echt juist Nederlands. Nu ja.. vermits ik zelf af en toe woorden uit het dialect gebruik en tegen mijn vrienden ook met een nogal stevig accent spreek, denk ik dat er ergere dingen zijn

 

[Martin]

Ehm Martin, whats your point exacly? You dont like the sound of Goed or how we prenounce it?

Forgive me, but to my ears it sounds really stupid to say "is goed" when you're saying "okay then" or "bye then". I know that comes from the perspective of someone who doesn't speak Dutch, so it doesn't mean much. Just sounds lame though, sounds very unsophisticated. As if it's a grammar error almost.

 

[Seven]

Forgive me, but to my ears it sounds really stupid to say "is goed" when you're saying "okay then" or "bye then". I know that comes from the perspective of someone who doesn't speak Dutch, so it doesn't mean much. Just sounds lame though, sounds very unsophisticated. As if it's a grammar error almost.

It is a grammar error.

 

[Martin]

Ik denk dat hij bedoelt dat het grammaticaal onjuist is. Dat is natuurlijk waar, omdat je in het Nederlands altijd een onderwerp moet vermelden, bijv. "dat is goed" of "het is goed". "Is goed" is niet echt juist Nederlands. Nu ja.. vermits ik zelf af en toe woorden uit het dialect gebruik en tegen mijn vrienden ook met een nogal stevig accent spreek, denk ik dat er ergere dingen zijn

Yeah that's more or less it. And in the same category: dat kan.

 

[Trezegol17]

Forgive me, but to my ears it sounds really stupid to say "is goed" when you're saying "okay then" or "bye then". I know that comes from the perspective of someone who doesn't speak Dutch, so it doesn't mean much. Just sounds lame though, sounds very unsophisticated. As if it's a grammar error almost.

No offence m8 , 7 is right with this one,The way Most Ducth people speak English is also disturbing for alot of people

 

[Martin]

No offence m8 , 7 is right with this one,The way Most Ducth people speak English is also disturbing for alot of people

Agree there too

 

[Seven]

Yeah that's more or less it. And in the same category: dat kan.

"Dat kan" can be correct though. If you use it to say "okay" it isn't obviously. The use of dat kan is often in a somewhat grey area. In fact a lot of people here say it to insinuate "I really don't know". Meh, I think the Dutch are okay when it comes to speaking Dutch foreigners can understand. In Antwerp we are much much worse.

 

[Seven]

Agree there too

This is where we do better than most Dutch people though . We're generally a bit better at speaking other languages. Probably because we start learning French at a young age.

 

[Trezegol17]

Tijd vliegt, bijna alweer een week geleden, helaas zal de pijn nogwel even blijven

 

[Firestarter]

Does any one of you have Reverse, Adje & Jayh - Fock Wachten?

 

[Ken]

Nope.

 

[Kaiser Franco]

Et hop, les pieds dans le stoemp.

 

[Firestarter]

Nope.

It's oke, I found it.

 

[Gian]

No offence m8 , 7 is right with this one,The way Most Ducth people speak English is also disturbing for alot of people

Disagree mate

Dutch people speak a decent english unlike the french or german imo. Basicly everyone speaks some english, yes they do have an accent but hey it's not their first language. You can't say dutch people speak disturbing english if you know how horrible the germans speak it IMO

 

[Martin]

Disagree mate

Dutch people speak a decent english unlike the french or german imo. Basicly everyone speaks some english, yes they do have an accent but hey it's not their first language. You can't say dutch people speak disturbing english if you know how horrible the germans speak it IMO

By comparsion, yes. But this is not a flattering argument. It's like saying "you can't say Juve is bad because Siena is worse".

 

[Ken]

I don't think Dutch people are generally any good at foreign languages, though people usually seem to think they are. Same goes for Scandinavians, people assume they're all pretty decent at English.

I pretty much agree with Martin though, the others are simply even worse, so we 'look good'.

Few exceptions aside, a lot of people I know sound like complete tools when speaking English.