Amsterdam, how many languages do you speak?
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2023
- Many people have asked me to visit Amsterdam, and the famous city from the Netherlands did not disappoint. Amsterdam is a city full of polygots!
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Fun fact, there’s a higher percentage of people in Netherlands (~90%) who can speak English than in Canada (~83%)
I love the Netherlands! I’m English, and speak French, German and Dutch. Once, when I was just learning Dutch, I went to a stall to order a drink, in Dutch. The man then asked me a question I wasn’t expecting, so I panicked and answered in German. He laughed, and said in English “What language would you like??” 😂😂😂😂😂
After living in Amsterdam for 4 years, I considered it a major accomplishment that when I spoke English my American accent had become so infused with a Dutch flavor that nobody could guess where I was from. I learned Dutch from the newspapers, reading the Dutch subtitles in movies, talking with my friends, going by myself into shops and restaurants, and trying my new Dutch words for the week. I was determined to immerse myself as deeply as possible into the culture and get the most out of the experience. It wasn't easy learning a new language at the age of 45 but I'm so glad for that lovely period of time in my life.
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From a Dutch perspective, it is true that we are familiar with English, maybe even too familiar... When I'm in a public place in one of the bigger cities, usually I automatically reply in English when I am approached. The funny thing is that sometimes the other person turned out to also be Dutch, and then I feel stupid for talking in English. 😂 But I can imagine how frustrating it is for people who want to learn Dutch via practise, I've heard how difficult it is from foreign friends...
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I'm Dutch, I speak 6 languages. I guess it's more natural to speak more languages if you live in a smaller country, or one surrounded by many countries with different languages than your own.
Love the Dutch people, I'm Irish, I like how direct they are, very helpful, happy-go-lucky nature, seem willing to engage in conversation and are opinionated which I like, whether u agree with them or not. been to so many places with dull natives, they are ones I really like...
As to why we (Dutch folk) speak so many: we get 4 languages in school for at least 3 years. Dutch, English, French and German - even if you don't use any (well, beyond Dutch), you will always have the basics. Outside of that of course the percentage of Dutch speaking planet wide is relatively small, so we're not particularly bothered by having to speak something else.
I've never encountered a single Dutch person who was not highly proficient in English. But they seem to appreciate it when I can exchange pleasantries in Dutch, such as please, thank you, etc.
Loved hearing from the two girls in the beginning - the fact that one said she can speak just about 7 languages is just beautiful. If I could reach that level one day, I'll know I've made it 🐢
🐢 I've been to Amsterdam for a few days and I completely fell in love with the city. Also super proud of its people speaking so many languages
I remember visiting a friend who worked for the EU parliament, and living with him in an area of Brussels that had a lot of diplomats. There are kids there aged 12-14 who speak 8 languages and more. It's insane.
I speak two and a half; English, French, and the half being German. Living in Canada, my exposure to German is limited to youtube, so I enjoyed hearing the girl explaining what she liked about Amsterdam. I always get a rush when I understand a native speaking German.
The Dutch switching to English is just a way to be polite and have the best communication going the quickest. We can speak in Dutch if you are learning, but then we always have to think about not using complcated language structures and such, we have to 'dumb down' our communications, and the answers will be in slow, broken Dutch. We both dont have time for that. So yeah, if you want to train Dutch, hide the fact that you can speak English, for example say you can only speak broken Dutch and some obscure foreign language that nobody speaks around here, Armenian for example, then hope they dont by accident know exactly that language. We will speak in Dutch to and from you then. But it will be a bit of a grind for a pretty long time. Speaking Dutch fluently to a point native speakers cannot detect you are not native, is verrrry hard. And as soon as we detect you are actually English: boom. We switch. Lol.
Loving this language content. Keep it up brother