Saturday, November 22, 2008

Dutch Lesson #1

Hello-                  Hallo                 (hullo)
Good morning - Goede morgen (hoo-der mor-hen)
Good Night -       Goede nacht     (hoo-der nukt)
Yes-                       Ja                       (yah)
No-                        Nee                     (nay)
Thank you-          Dank u               (dunk oo)
No, thank you-   Nee, dank u        (nay dunk 00)
I'm sorry             Het spijt met      (et spate mer)
Please-                 Alstublieft          (uls-too-bleeft)
Excuse me-         Pardon                (par-don)
Do you speak english? Spreekt u engels? (spraykt oo eng-els?)
That's good-       Dat is goed         (dut is hoot)
How are you-    Hoe gaat het       (hoo haht et)
What is your name?- Hoe heet u? (hoo hate ooo?)
My name is-     Ik heet                    (ik hate)
I am American- Ik ben amerikaan (ik ben ah-may-ree-kahn)
I'm from           Ik ben van                (ik ben vun)
How do I get to the bus station?-hoe kom ik naar het bus station?  (hoo kom ik nar et bus stats-see-on?)
left                     links                        (links)
right                  rechts                      (rekts)
it is near/far    Het is dichtbij/ver (et is dikt-bey/vair)
Take the bus    Neem de bus           (name der bus)
Take the train Neem de trein         (name der train)
In english please In het engels, alstublieft  (in et eng-els uls-too-bleeft)
What time is it?  Hoe laat is het?  (hoo laht is et)
It's one o'clock    Het is een uur      (ayn oor)
                              twee uur                (tway oor)
in the morning    's morgens            (smor-hens)
It's noon               et is middag         (et is mid-duk)
midnight               middernacht       (midder-nukt)
five past five        vijf over vijf          (veyf over veyf)
ten past five        tien over vijf    (teen over veyf)
half past five      half zes                     (hulf zes)
At what time does the train leave?  hoe laat vertrekt de train?  (hoo laht ver-trekt der train?)
At 13:00            Om dertien uur        (om dair-teen oor)
In ten minutes  binnen tien minuten (binnen teen mee-nooten)
monday              maandag                    (mahn-duk)
tuesday              dinsdag                        (dins-duk
wednesday        woensdag                    (woons-duk)
thursday           donderdag                  (donder-duk)
friday                vrijdag                          (vrey-duk)
saturday           zaterdag                      (zahter-duk)
sunday             zondag                          (zon-duk)
yesterday         gisteren                       (histeren
today               vandaag                          (vun-dahk)
tomorrow       morgen                         (mor-hen)
day after tomorrow overmorgen       (over-mor-hen) 

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Netherlands Applications Added to Blog

In order to learn more about the Netherlands, we have added the world clocks, a Netherlands news feed, and a web cam from Amsterdam.  

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Netherlands Planning Meeting #2-November 12, 2008

The Rotary GSE Netherlands Team 2009 met last night to continue to plan.  The team brought power point drafts about themselves and Northeast Florida they were assigned to work on to take on the trip.  We brought our bios to review and everyone paid tribute to their pets except Shane!  Sean had good ideas for the shirts we are designing.  Karen and Sarah continue to plan for our name tags, when to get fitted for our blazers and pick up our polo shirts, and for meeting with a Dutch man to practice the language.  Terri will convert the blog into USA colors.  Lots to do!  Many thanks to Jason for letting us use the Weed and Seed center in Palatka for our meeting.  Until our December meeting we continue to work on our power points and of course learning Dutch!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

GSE Netherlands Team 2009 Announced!

                 L to R: Sean, Terri, Jason, Shane, Sarah

Welcome to our Group Study Exchange Netherlands 2009 Blog!  The team has been selected!  

Team Leader-Sarah Owen Gledhill, Florida Wildlife Federation, St. Augustine Sunrise Rotary
Team-              Shane Williams, Ph.D., Marion County
                         Sean Mclendon, Alachua County
                         Jason Shaw, Palatka Police Department
                         Terri Mashour, St. Johns River Water Management District

We are currently meeting to plan our visit and get to know each other and of course learn Dutch!  We are all very pleased and excited to be part of this team and look forward to the planning process, meeting the inbound Dutch team, and traveling to the Netherlands.  We will keep you updated on the planning process and our progress with Dutch!  We leave May 16, 2009  and have lots to do!