Also: this guy is definitely not a native. He has a non-Dutch accent, and both his sentences and pronunciation are not always correct..
"Ik giet hier een warm drankje binnen" No, the right sentence would be: "ik doe er een warme drank in." Technically you could use "gieten" and "hier" in the sentence, but no native would.
And also: how can lemon be sweet??? Lemons are as sour as something can be? What a strange guy.
I have always laughed when the only thing many people know about Germany is "WWII movies". The British and the French have an EXTREMELY long history of criminal records, wars, genocides, ethnic cleanses, and the destruction of whole countries, in some cases, large parts of continents were destroyed by them, while Germany was a peaceful country in its more than 1400 years of history, during the time of the Holy Empire, in all those centuries the country produced more music and literature than several other European countries put together. Even more interesting, some three years ago, Lusitania's wreck was studied and it came out, the American and British governments worked together to put the ship where German submarines patrolled – the ships contained more than 40 tons of ammunution for the British war machinery – for that reason a German submarine shot ONE torpedo, the ship sunk in only 12 minutes and almost 1200 people were killed, just to enrage the American population, becuase a large part of it is German in origin, they lied about this fact, that made possibly for the American government to take part in the war in 1917, the Americans were against it before that. The warmongery of both countries especially in the XX century was WAY wider and harder than the German … but Germany was the "culprit" 😒
His accent and rhythm is a bit off, but still understandable. I could instantly hear he's not a native because of the accent and tempo of his words, but then there's also his choice of words. When describing the cup, he referred to the handle of a cup as a "handeltje". Calling it a "handvat" (handle) in Dutch would explain the function well, but a Dutch person would have said the "oor van de kop" (ear of the cup).
Definitely can relate to this, after living in Germany I can read Dutch and understand pretty much everything, it’s a little bit harder listening although still understandable, but as soon as I try to say something in Dutch it’s just embarrassing 😂
There’s also the Plattdeutsch dialect which unfortunately has died out a lot in recent decades, but was the common language/dialect in the area of Germany close to the Netherlands border and down into the south which is something between Dutch and high German, but it’s only really spoken natively by elderly people in rural areas, who still insist on speaking it although they can understand standard high German 😅 fair enough to them really, their children and grandchildren can still understand them perfectly well.
I was watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrJv_wUEKko Then i remembered you watching this video. When you watch the video in the link, suddenly english sounds like a germanic language again instead of a french-like language :') i'm sure you will love that video!
I dont know the exact percentage, but aloth of dutch people speak perfectly fine english. And as many people already pointed out this guy's dutch is not good enough for these kind of things, his pronounciation is off and doesn't have a very good sentence structure. Edit: nor translation
For example a "limoen" is not the same thing as a "lemon"
Native German here. I have never confused Dutch with German. I have made fun of Dutch – it sounds adorable to German ears. Like somebody learning German with a funny accent. It is not too hard to understand written Dutch and you can even manage with spoken Dutch. You'll get the jist as a German if they don't talk too fast. I love Dutch and I love the Dutch accent when speaking German.
"Ich mag Zitronen" or "Ich liebe Zitronen". Your pronunciation of German words is really good. I noticed that in some of your other videos, too.
I think I can answer your question about Dutch people speaking English, I'm not sure what the percentage is but I would assume it to be higher than at least 80% for every age group of the native Dutch population. For example, my grandmother comes from a lower class family and is nearly 83 years old, she dropped out of high school at age 14, but she can easily manage a conversation in English. Not without mistakes or about convoluted topics, but normal conversations she can manage fine.
The reason why so many Dutch people speak English puzzles me somewhat. One explanation is that Dutch is closely related to English, but I feel like German also is pretty closely related to English and the Germans are much worse at speaking English on average. Maybe it's because we don't like dubbed movies or television programmes, so we hear English more often on the TV than in Germany. Or maybe it's because the Dutch are simply more involved in international trade. Or maybe the Dutch like traveling abroad because our country is very small. We also had English and French speaking reformed churches in Amsterdam since the 17th century, so maybe the Dutch simply like other languages.
The Dutch guy is not a good example for the Dutch language. If you want a good comperison they had to let a real Dutch man or woman talk instead of him.
At least pick a native Dutch speaker if you want to compare well, their Dutch was weird to a native speaker.. I am not the only one commenting this haha 😀
The 96% is correct, I barely know anyone who doesn't speak English well enough to use it in daily life if necessary although some might feel more confident than others obviously.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgoEN_CGB2E&t=5s
Also: this guy is definitely not a native. He has a non-Dutch accent, and both his sentences and pronunciation are not always correct..
"Ik giet hier een warm drankje binnen"
No, the right sentence would be: "ik doe er een warme drank in."
Technically you could use "gieten" and "hier" in the sentence, but no native would.
And also: how can lemon be sweet??? Lemons are as sour as something can be? What a strange guy.
DUTCH!!! Groetjes uit Nederland!
The Dutch guy doesn't sound native. It also sounds like his nose is stuffed or something, A cold or allergy perhaps
Dutch guy here.
The dutch man in the clip is probably right on his claim that 96% of the dutch speaks English .
Almost Everybody can speak English overhere in the Netherlands
Greetings from Paesi Bassi 😂😂
(And a little bit italian Metatron)
I’m dutch, I speak a germanic native language, like Gronings, it sounds very much like German Plat. They sound almost identical in a way.
The guy is not a native dutch speaker. his dutch is weird, and its definitely not a dutch accent
I have always laughed when the only thing many people know about Germany is "WWII movies". The British and the French have an EXTREMELY long history of criminal records, wars, genocides, ethnic cleanses, and the destruction of whole countries, in some cases, large parts of continents were destroyed by them, while Germany was a peaceful country in its more than 1400 years of history, during the time of the Holy Empire, in all those centuries the country produced more music and literature than several other European countries put together. Even more interesting, some three years ago, Lusitania's wreck was studied and it came out, the American and British governments worked together to put the ship where German submarines patrolled – the ships contained more than 40 tons of ammunution for the British war machinery – for that reason a German submarine shot ONE torpedo, the ship sunk in only 12 minutes and almost 1200 people were killed, just to enrage the American population, becuase a large part of it is German in origin, they lied about this fact, that made possibly for the American government to take part in the war in 1917, the Americans were against it before that. The warmongery of both countries especially in the XX century was WAY wider and harder than the German … but Germany was the "culprit" 😒
Dutch and German are similar because they used to be both ends of a dialect continuum
I am very sorry but the guy in blue sweater speeks awefull dutch. As a native dutch speaker i could understand the German lady way better.
His accent and rhythm is a bit off, but still understandable. I could instantly hear he's not a native because of the accent and tempo of his words, but then there's also his choice of words.
When describing the cup, he referred to the handle of a cup as a "handeltje". Calling it a "handvat" (handle) in Dutch would explain the function well, but a Dutch person would have said the "oor van de kop" (ear of the cup).
Flemish guy here, the Dutch speaker is not Dutch, and you can tell.
I'm Dutch
Sounds like a foreigner who learned Dutch.
Definitely can relate to this, after living in Germany I can read Dutch and understand pretty much everything, it’s a little bit harder listening although still understandable, but as soon as I try to say something in Dutch it’s just embarrassing 😂
The clue is in the English/Swiss/Dutch. Not a native speaker. His accent is way off.
There’s also the Plattdeutsch dialect which unfortunately has died out a lot in recent decades, but was the common language/dialect in the area of Germany close to the Netherlands border and down into the south which is something between Dutch and high German, but it’s only really spoken natively by elderly people in rural areas, who still insist on speaking it although they can understand standard high German 😅 fair enough to them really, their children and grandchildren can still understand them perfectly well.
I was watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrJv_wUEKko
Then i remembered you watching this video. When you watch the video in the link, suddenly english sounds like a germanic language again instead of a french-like language :') i'm sure you will love that video!
I dont know the exact percentage, but aloth of dutch people speak perfectly fine english. And as many people already pointed out this guy's dutch is not good enough for these kind of things, his pronounciation is off and doesn't have a very good sentence structure. Edit: nor translation
For example a "limoen" is not the same thing as a "lemon"
Citroen – lemon
Limoen – lime
Limoen is lime. In dutch limoen is more similar to the german, citroen
Native German here. I have never confused Dutch with German. I have made fun of Dutch – it sounds adorable to German ears. Like somebody learning German with a funny accent. It is not too hard to understand written Dutch and you can even manage with spoken Dutch. You'll get the jist as a German if they don't talk too fast. I love Dutch and I love the Dutch accent when speaking German.
"Ich mag Zitronen" or "Ich liebe Zitronen". Your pronunciation of German words is really good. I noticed that in some of your other videos, too.
I think I can answer your question about Dutch people speaking English, I'm not sure what the percentage is but I would assume it to be higher than at least 80% for every age group of the native Dutch population. For example, my grandmother comes from a lower class family and is nearly 83 years old, she dropped out of high school at age 14, but she can easily manage a conversation in English. Not without mistakes or about convoluted topics, but normal conversations she can manage fine.
The reason why so many Dutch people speak English puzzles me somewhat. One explanation is that Dutch is closely related to English, but I feel like German also is pretty closely related to English and the Germans are much worse at speaking English on average. Maybe it's because we don't like dubbed movies or television programmes, so we hear English more often on the TV than in Germany. Or maybe it's because the Dutch are simply more involved in international trade. Or maybe the Dutch like traveling abroad because our country is very small. We also had English and French speaking reformed churches in Amsterdam since the 17th century, so maybe the Dutch simply like other languages.
Wat spreekt die Nederlander raar Nederlands zeg.
A lot of English words, came from Dutch words….
The Dutch guy is not a good example for the Dutch language. If you want a good comperison they had to let a real Dutch man or woman talk instead of him.
Of all languages Dutch is closest to Englih…b.t.w. the guy hasn't even got a Dutch accent at all. Why put him up , even so he seems to be a nice guy😊
isn't the dutch – english thing because anglo saxon are basically modern dutch? isn't that where they migrated from?
in english we also say kid. that girl should have said that.
At least pick a native Dutch speaker if you want to compare well, their Dutch was weird to a native speaker.. I am not the only one commenting this haha 😀
The 96% is correct, I barely know anyone who doesn't speak English well enough to use it in daily life if necessary although some might feel more confident than others obviously.