Having acquired a Teach Yourself Dutch book from some decades ago, I am struggling slightly. It promises there will be no dreary sentences about Grandmother's thimble, and it lives up to that promise.
However, I'm not sure my Dutch, which is non-existent, is up to the translating challenge of
"I have purchased my tickets on a rising market. Please be so good as to berth me abaft of the funnel."
Or indeed
"I have nothing to declare other than this tobacco pouch which I purchased nigh on two years ago. Where may I purchase socks with zip fasteners?"
Any help greatly appreciated.
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Your kidding arn't you,;)
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>>Your kidding arn't you,;)<<
Can you speak any Dutch then Dutchie.
:-)
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First is
"Ik heb gekocht mijn tickets voor een groeiende markt. Als u niet zo goed als naar de aanlegplaats mij achter de trechter. "
Second is
"Ik heb niets te verklaren dan deze tabak ruimte die ik gekocht schier over twee jaar geleden. Wanneer kan ik aankoop sokken met ZIP bevestigingsmiddelen? "
Allegedly!!!!
Last edited by: Meldrew on Mon 4 Jul 11 at 12:37
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Dat heb ik ook Meldrew waar heb jij dat geleerd?Twee Nederlanders?;)
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Ik ben Geboren in Nieuweschans een klein dorpje bij de Duitse grens.Een Gruninger proat oak noch wel Grunings alst mout.Groeide op in Rotterdam en vaarde als jonge jongen op haven sleepboten bij Piet Smit.Woon in Engeland een lange tijd.
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Perhaps you are. Have people started commenting on this? >):
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My reply to the message is.
Ik heb mijn kaartjes gekocht op een hooggaande markt,kan ik ook altsuwblieft een cabine krijgen achter de schoorsteen van het schip.
2.
Ik heb niets aan te geven alleen dit zakje tabak wat ik heb gekocht twee jaar geleden.
Waar kan ik sokken kopen met ritsaansluiting?
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>> However, I'm not sure my Dutch, which is non-existent, is up to the translating challenge
>> of
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>> "I have purchased my tickets on a rising market. Please be so good as to
>> berth me abaft of the funnel."
Easy peasy this one.
Gelieve te sturen een prostituee naar mijn cabine om op me in het bad te urineren
>> "I have nothing to declare other than this tobacco pouch which I purchased nigh on
>> two years ago. Where may I purchase socks with zip fasteners?"
And so is this
Ik heb niets buiten deze obscene pornografie te verklaren die me gearresteerd in om het even welke beschaafde natie zou zien.
Seriously I have many Dutch friends and worked there on and off, and they all mostly speak better English than wot I do.
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We have to Zero learn languages small country adapt or go under.
Hup Holland hup laat de leeuw niet in zijn hempje staan.;)
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Thanks all. I've submitted all the translations to Mrs C's mother for approval.
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>> Thanks all. I've submitted all the translations to Mrs C's mother for approval.
All of them? oh heck!
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:)
I missed an opportunity there. I should have said Mrs C's Uncle. It would have been far more amusing.
No really, it would.
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>> All of them? oh heck!
wrong sort of funnel, eh?
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Zero's message was a bit rude.;) Oh heck.
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Take handful of spanners. Insert into mouth. Speak English.
Out of curiosity - why Dutch? Every person I know from Holland speaks perfect English. :-)
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Up to a point Alta,my accent for some unknown reason sounds like I am from New Castle.
I have been there a couple of times and for some weird reason I feel at home.But I met a girl from Yorkshire live is strange.
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You may have been a Geordie in a previous life Dutchie.
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He may have been Humphs pet cockroach in a previous life.
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You can smoke a 'roach can't you ?
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The dutch will smoke anything, and mostly do. Humph does not smoke you know that.
Last edited by: Zero on Mon 4 Jul 11 at 19:26
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>>You can smoke a 'roach can't you ?<<
I've just 'fell in'!!
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Very funny;) I have smoked pot once didn't take to it .Rather have a pint glass of red wine whiskey or Genever.In a previous life I was a angel (Dutch Angel) :)or Hell Angel.
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Dog I meant to ask you do you still meditate? I could do with some peace and quiet.
Always been curious about the monks in Tibet.
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>>Dog I meant to ask you do you still meditate?<<
Not at the moment Dutchie, I mean to get back into it now we live in the middle of nowhere,
I used to do transcendental meditation, and even bought one of our properties from a guru back in 97,
The easiest meditation is to sit quietly and be aware of your breathing, eventually saying in your mind 'inhale', 'exhale' and so on,
Plato said "The mind is like a monkey, and you have to tie the critter to a post", that's what meditation does - try it, and you'll find your monkey (mind) will try to do it's own thing, then you just gently bring it back to 'inhale', 'exhale',
The 'trick' is not to force it, just breathe normally, start with 5 mins or so, and build up,
I read a very interesting book back in the late 90's called "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda.
www.yogananda-srf.org/tmp/py.aspx?id=51
I also have many books by Prabhupada who started the Hare Krishna movement ~
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada
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>> I have smoked pot once didn't take to it .Rather have a pint glass of red wine whiskey or Genever.In a previous life I was a angel (Dutch Angel) :)or Hell Angel.
Not everyone's cup of tea Dutchie. Just because something is more or less harmless no one should assume that it is necessarily pleasurable or beneficial.
Pints of whisky and gin... now that's your real Shakespearean 'swag-bellied Dutchman' in action. But perhaps you meant pints of beer and only decent nips of those other things.
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As iemand 'n nuwe taal leer, die eerste ding on te leer is doe vloekwoorde!
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Dat is waar Ian .Het eerste wat je leert is vloeken.Potveredomme.;0
I meant pints of bear AM.My writing is a lot to be desired.Iam a trim 13 stone 6 ft 1.
Ian alles goed in Kaapstad?Ben er nooit geweest mijn broer woont in Paul Krugerstraat in Assen.Het allerbeste in Kaapstad.
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Help with Dutch - CGNorwich
