Beginner S1 #16 - Is Your Dutch Flight Delayed?

0:00Hi everyone and welcome back to DutchPod101.com. This is beginner season one, lesson 16. Is your Dutch flight delayed? Michael here. Hello. I'm Jacob. In this lesson, you learn Dutch phrases that you can use to understand a message clearly. The conversation takes place at an airport. It's between Peter and Anna. The speakers are friends and therefore they will be using informal Dutch. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. Ladies and gentlemen, through a technical story, the flight takes place at KL214 from August 24 to 16. Hey, that's our flight.

1:03What time is it? The flight takes place at another gate, gate 24. Yes, I understood 24. But I don't understand that. He said 16 hours of 20. On a flight, he said not 4 hours of afternoon, but 16 hours. And that 20 means 20 minutes over 4. Very good. Then we have time for a cup of coffee. Listen to the conversation one time slowly. Ladies and gentlemen, through a technical story, the flight takes place at KL214 from August 24 to 16. Hey, that's our flight.

2:03What time is it? The flight takes place at another gate, gate 24. Yes, 24 I understood, but I don't understand that. He said 16 hours of 20. On a flight, he said not 4 hours of afternoon, but 16 hours. And that 20 means 20 minutes over 4. Very good. Then we have time for a cup of coffee. Listen to the conversation with the English translation. Ladies and gentlemen, through a technical story, the flight takes place at KL214 from August 24 to 16.

3:08Ladies and gentlemen, due to a technical failure, Flight KL214 will depart at gate 24. At 20 past 4 pm. Hey, that is our flight. What time is it? That's our flight. What did they say? The flight takes place at another gate, gate 24. The flight will depart from a different gate, gate 24. Yes, I understood gate 24, but after that I didn't get it. He said 16 hours of 20. On a flight, he said not 4 hours of afternoon, but 16 hours. He said 16 hours of 20. In Dutch and airports, they don't say 4 pm, but 16 hours. And that 20 means 20 minutes over 4.

4:09And that 20 means 20 past 4. Very good. Then we have time for a cup of coffee. Very good. You got it. That means we still have time for a cup of coffee. Jacob, do you know what is the worst thing that can happen at the airport? Well, getting deported? That might be, but I think a more possible situation is being alone at an airport without knowing the language of the country. Well, at least in an Netherlands, you don't have to worry about it. Dutch people speak English or at least the basics. In most places in the Netherlands, you can just ask someone to translate or explain something. That's true. Actually, I've heard native English speakers who want to learn Dutch complain it's so hard to practice Dutch because so many Dutch like to speak English. Yes, that's very true. So you will need to let the other person know you want to speak in Dutch because otherwise, they will just speak in English.

5:09Okay, let's take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is omrupper. Announcer. Omrupper. Omrupper. Next we have Storing. Failure. Malfunction. Storing. Storing. Next we have Vertrecken. To leave. To depart. Vertrecken. Vertrecken. Next we have Flucht. Fly. Flucht. Flucht. Next we have 24. 24. 4. And 20. 24. Next we have Begrepen.

6:10Understood. Begrepen. Begrepen. Next we have Betekent. Means. Beteekent. Betekent. Next we have Time. Time. Time. Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is Wat saydense. Meaning, what did they say? Again, it starts with one of the WH words. Wat. Meaning, what? Then the verbs follow. Zeyden is the past tense of the verb Sechen. Meaning, to say. Or, did say. And so is Dutch for day. So the literal translation is what said day? The phrase is fairly neutral.

7:11Neither very formal or informal, right? Yes. So you can use it for any situation. You can also put a different pronoun. For example, you can use the pronoun D-mensen. Meaning, those people. And say, what saydend-mensen? What did those people say? Okay. What's the next word? Bechrepiket niet. Meaning, I didn't get it. In the dialogue, Anna used this expression to say that she didn't understand the announcement. Right. You can say either Bechrepiket niet. Or, ik Bechrepet niet. To mean, I didn't get it. Or, I didn't understand it. What does each word mean? Bechrep is the past tense for the verb Bechrepen. Meaning, to understand. Then we have, niet, meaning, not. Can you give us an example using this word? Sure.

8:11For example, you can say, het Nederlands was te moeilijk. Ik Bechrepet niet. Which means, the Dutch was too difficult. I didn't understand it. Okay. Now onto the lesson focus. In this lesson, you will learn the phrases you can use to understand a message clearly. If you have ever traveled to a foreign country, you surely have had the experience of having mastered asking a few questions, but having no idea what the answer you're given is. In that case, you can use the phrases that we're going to introduce in this lesson. Let's go over them one by one. First, we have, kan tu dat nog een keer zeggen? Kan je dat zeggen? With this phrase, you can add the word als te blieft. Meaning, please, to make it more polite. Kun tu dat nog een keer zeggen als te blieft? Kan je dat zeggen? Or, je kan zeggen, sorry, ik heb je niet verstaan. Sorry, I didn't understand you.

9:11This can be vital to your Dutch studies. What if someone says it really fast? In that case, you can use this short and simple one. Slower, please. Once again, langsamer graag. Or in the case that you want to be polite, because it's the very formal situation, you can say, neem tu mij niet kwalijk. Ik heb je niet verstaan. Kun tu dat nog een keer langsam zeggen? Excuse me, I didn't understand you. Could you please repeat it slowly? Wow, that's a long one. Can you break them down? Sure. It has three phrases. First, name tu mij niet kwalijk. Meaning, excuse me, it sounds more polite than sorry. Meaning, sorry. And next is the phrase meaning, I didn't understand you. That's right. Ik heb je niet verstaan. Ik heb je niet verstaan. This is the phrase meaning, I didn't understand you.

10:13And next, next we have, kun tu dat nog een keer langsam zeggen? Could you please repeat it slowly? Okay. Could you say the entire expression once again? Sure. Neem tu mij niet kwalijk. Ik heb je niet verstaan. Kun tu dat nog een keer langsam zeggen? Excuse me, I didn't understand you. Could you please repeat it slowly? Listeners, make sure to check the PDF lesson notes to get more explanations and examples. Plus, we edit information about the different words, meaning the Netherlands, in the notes. So check that out too. Listeners, ever have any language or lesson related questions? Or maybe you have some feedback for us? Leave us a comment or ask a question on the lessons page. It's super simple. Go to DutchPod101.com. Scroll down to the comments and enter your comment and name. And that's it. Commenting is a great way to practice writing and reading in Dutch.

11:15It helps you learn faster. And it helps us get better through your feedback. Go to DutchPod101.com and comment now. Okay, that's all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone and we'll see you next time. Bye. Tot ziens. Yeah, I've got 24. But I don't get that. She says 16 hours 20. On a air-dry day she says not 4 hours or so, but 16 hours.

12:17And that's not 20, means 20 minutes over 4. Very good. Then we still have time for a cup of coffee. Okay.