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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Dutch
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Dutch words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Dutch phrases in this lesson
- Hoe gaat het met u?hoo khaat hut met oo
- How are you?
- Goed, dank jekhoot dank yuh
- I'm fine, thanks
- En u?en OO
- And you?
- Hoe heet u?hoo HAYT oo
- What's your name?
- Ik heet...ik HAYT
- My name is...
- Waar komt u vandaan?vaar komt oo van-DAAN
- Where are you from?
- Ik kom uit...ik kom OWT
- I'm from...
- Ik vind het leukik vint hut LUK
- I like it
- Het is prachtighut is PRAKH-tikh
- It's beautiful
- WelkomVEL-kom
- Welcome
The formal version using u. Use with strangers, elders, or in professional settings. The guttural g is important here.
A simple, warm response. Goed literally means good. Adding hoor (hoar) at the end, as in Goed hoor, softens and affirms the answer in a very Dutch way.
Polite. Among friends: "en jij?" (en YAY).
Polite form. Casual: "hoe heet je?".
For food, "lekker" (LEK-ur) says the same thing.