vintage dutch 1 cushion footage here

Very cool.

I have been to Groningen. I can understand some of what the presenter is saying...maybe 50%. Context helps.

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Texas Carom Club said:
that is a crzy hard language to learn, like vietnamese i think
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You, as an English speaker, would learn Dutch far quicker than an Oriental language.
....you already have a grift sense of Dutch because Dutch and English are Germanic in
origin.
At one time in the past, Friesland, a northern province, evolved from German along the
lines as English, hence the saying “Good butter and good cheese is good English and good
Friese.

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Texas Carom Club said:
that is a crzy hard language to learn, like vietnamese i think
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Not really. More like German. Lots of the words sound like English with a few letters or syllables thrown in. Rolling the r in the back of the throat can be a challenge but if you don't they will understand you anyway. North vs South the r is different.

Dutch is to German like Italian is to Spanish, sort of. They can understand each other.

Easier than you might think. Example:

Where shall we go eat? is: Waar zullen we gaan eten? Go is gaan...see? Extra letters there! Eat, eten. Shall, zullen.

Happy Birthday:
Felicitations with your birthday.
Felicitaties met je verjaardag

Or
Hearty congratulations with your birthday.
Hartelijk gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag.

Jaar is year...dag is day...slam it all together to make a word. :grin: Ver? I dunno...it goes on the front...as I said extra syllables. :grin:

I remember stumbling over gefeliciteerd. Fun word. First night out with a bunch of Dutch friends to celebrate a birthday. I was drunk and they made me try over and over again. Good fun. The Dutch are cool. "If you ain't Dutch you ain't much!" I was engaged to a Dutch girl. Met her in Curacao and lived in Holland with her for a year then in England with her for a couple years. Amazing time in my life. Played pool and snooker in Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, and UK.

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