Let's Learn Dutch! (Lesson #5)

[alexveeuk]

Hi there I'm a bit confused because in my country I'm an afrikaaner I've been to holland but isn't computer rekenaar. I'm and Afrikaans speaker so I know computer as that.

[myrofly]

Goede video man, hopelijk leren mensen er echt iets van!

~Een echte nederlander

[YAOIHUNTER3000]

I want a Dutch flag :/

[MissStaleyHere]

peace - vrede... it's kinda funny because vrede means anger in Norwegian :)

[EliAlex21]

oh and other thing... what exactly is "van het"?/?

[EliAlex21]

hey what is song at beginning???

[cena54hot]

Its my first time watching u and I love it! Ur awesome and cute hahaa I soooo want to learn to speak Dutch!:)

[mcrichierich]

Hi, i'm curious as to whether certain words in Dutch are masculine or feminine like in German or French certain actions and certain objects need different words before them to show that they are masculine or femenine. For example, Le livre and La table. The book (masculine) the table (feminine). Thank you and i hope i have explained this well enough. (I got confused myself when reading my own comment)

[zeldafreakholland]

@mcrichierich

yes we also have masculine and feminine words but in dutch is it really hard te learn

[kiwis91]

HAHA. Funny opening.

[pahogger]

I like how you pronounce the letter K in KNAP for the word "handsome". I actually do that as a joke when I pronounce the word knife, like KA-NIFE. I don't know why it's spelled with a K because we don't pronounce it. And then we pronounce "school" with a K and it doesn't even have one, haha.

[omgcowshaveudders]

People should know that people use vriend to mean boyfriend too, so if a boy says "Kan ik je vriend zijn?" to a girl, it might be interpreted to mean "Can I be your boyfriend?"

[lacuriouscurator]

Ah, this is great..you seem to get a lot of questions with love phrases haha.

[GIZMO242009]

hey ericos just wanted to say that your learn Dutch videos are ace and very helpful 

[jaketownsend36]

I know Lecker is the german word for delicious. Is it similar in Dutch?

[wanderowa]

@jaketownsend36

Lekker in Dutch.

[brandrenet]

You're awesome!! I'm from Brazil and I love your language. Your course helps me a lot to learn Dutch! I also learn German. Can I ask you a question: if you're Dutch, can you understand and the german people speak in their language and vice versa?

[15XG]

Nederlands is leuk!!! I always wanted to say that in context :)). Blijf het goede werk.

[waterdrager93]

In dutch you have three ways to make the continous. 1 you don't use it and say: ik slaap/ ik lees( I read) 2 Ik ben aan het slapen/lezen 3 Ik lig te slapen/ ik zit te lezen. the third is a bit more difficult. You literally say I lie and sleep and I sit and read. So you give more information about how you are doing it. You can do this with Ik zit (sit)/ lig (lie)/ loop (walk)/ sta (stand) depending on the situation.

[sjmulder]

Actually, regarding “I am sleeping”, in Dutch you could technically say “Ik ben slapende” but it is old-fashioned and not in common use anymore.

[sjmulder]

@sjmulder adding to that: it would make more sense to simply say “ik slaap” (“I sleep”)

[girlydollz]

haha heel cool :) jaja nederlands is echt een grappige taal, toch? :)

[CHARLES777CHARLES]

goed !!!!!!! dank  u

[MerelWithChoclate]

Why do you want to learn dutch is a stupid country trust me. The only thing thats good about here are De Efteling.

[AngelOfMusic4life]

haha this is so cool ! you can speaking dutch so can you help me to speak english please ,hahah ok keep practicing , i like it when you said je bent sexy , jeetje jij bent lekker! or when you saig spiegel that was so funny , when are you comming to belgium ?? xP

[rldaniels95]

@Rooverlovesmusic thanks very much! Dank je wel! This cleared things up for me. You're English is very good by the way.

[rldaniels95]

Hey, ericos, I was just wondering, what's the difference between jou and je?

Are they formal and informal you? Or singular or plural? for example, in Ik mis jou, is that formal?

[PaudinsDrawings]

@rldaniels95 They are the same. You use them in the same moments actually. We also have 'jouw' and that means your.

[motocrosser]

Ik hou van jou sounds almost like ich hau meine frau xP (i hit my wife in german)

[klopte2009]

Knap is good-looking, en je spelling valt soms ook tegen man, maar in ieder geval leuk dat deze videos er zijn.

[ledestindelisa56]

"No no no we are not in Fraance" xD

Im French by the way haha

Dankjewel! Your lessons are really amazing!

[MisterMarcoX]

Learning dutch for me is quite easy because a know German.

Some words are very similiar:

Are in German: sind Dutch:zijn(like to sein,german word for (to) be.

[antoninus138]

Spreek je een klein Hollands? Kom je niet hier meer Hollands te leren. Je leert niets van ericos.

That is prob all wrong - all I know is this guy is NOT TEACHING dutch.

[xheyshorty]

I didn't know which video to comment on, so I just picked on. I love watching your videos! I think you are so hilarious and you make it easy for me to learn these Dutch words! I live in America but really like a boy from Holland, so after I watch your videos I always tell him what I learned, and he is impressed! So thank you Eric! I think you are great!

<3 Sarah Paige

[MegaLoVe2DaNcE]

Hoi. Ik praat een klein baatje Dutch. Mijn Spelling is niet goed. I was wondering why there are sooooo many ways to say "to" in Dutch?

[Anutochka1983]

heel goed,dankje voor youw lesson

[antoninus138]

I think our host fancies himself a bit. This is dutch for lovers. So aan het is the progressive, why not focus on explaining these things rather than just random sentences??

[fadyadelnageeb]

i want to know what are the five the 5 wh. questions in dutch. what,where,who,when and why. and also He,She and It

[theartsychica593]

great video! i love trying to pronounciate along with you. It sounds so cool, i really love the sound of dutch.

[therocketsummer]

Jij bent mooi!!

[ruellan2003]

dankje...goede video...doei...tot ziens

[ruellan2003]

goed video...i think i said it right...if not please correct me ...also doui or doei which is better?

[ericos]

It's 'goedE video' and 'doei' is the correct one. =]]

[thechatinier]

@ericos nee goeie

wel correct dan of ben ik nu verkeerd

[kiwis91]

@ruellan2003 het is doeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,

[zeldafreakholland]

@ruellan2003

it is "goede video" and doei i know because i am dutch myself

[ruellan2003]

ik hou van jou... vor jill..dankje

[MephistophelesMyLord]

I'm not trying to sound rude, but I was trying to say mirror in dutch,and I have an issue with it. Can you make that sound with your mouth without having any spit? It does sounds kind of wet,It's weird...I'm not understanding.

[Fungwabus117]

spee- (dutch G) gul.

[AlineGOliveira]

Every day better! Good that now I talk about things we dont see commonly at books*** Cheers ;o)

[heartsvoice1989]

moi ( like mooi ) means " hello " in finnish :) they say " bye " saying moi moi

[MrAirakaz89]

awesome teacher funny man...........lol

[Joyiliciousness]

I love your video! very informative and fun..and your so cute too :P

i been looking for this kind of video n your helpful so much keep on the goodwork..ill suscribe ya

[Iloveyouhi999]

I love these lessons. jij bent echt aardig en geweldig :)

[LadyDtch]

You truly are brilliant - I come to holland alot, and I am not Dutch! Your lessons are so much easier than any cd/book I have read. You make it alot easier to understand. come to canada and teach dutch - they are short on teachers here.

Doei - keep these lessons coming...I need to learn all I can.

[Michelle25503]

i hope u can post more dutch languae video,using the most common terms used

[Michelle25503]

this means so much for me. especially im a beginner learner for dutch language.

i been going through ur dutch lesson . :-)

[Michelle25503]

hey thanks,

for the nice video

[kataratje]

damn = jeetje ? niet wat ik zou zeggen :p je video's zijn goed. Doe zo verder zou ik zo zeggen

[Keverprins]

inderdaad godver ofzo is meer toepasselijker :P

[rudyarlene]

Je bent mooi in dit video...

[CheValentinaBazz]

I m starting to learn my first words in dutch with you, and its helping me a lot. dank je wel : )

[puredarkpower]

tot ziens actual translates to farewell but yeah your pretty much right... keep up the brilliant work

[retayousif]

omg when i was like a month old my family moved to holland and like i grew up their but when i was 6 we moved to canada and i completely forgot how to read, write and talk in dutch soo like it sucked hahah this helps alot , thankss (:

[sinaasapelsap]

dankjewel ericos ik leer nederlands al 1 jaar ^^ maar mijn woordvolgorde is slecht ik ben al 50 keer in nederland geweest XD

[jjcooljj]

haha, "nonono, we're not in france!" you're so funny!!!

yay for lesson 5!!! i learned a LOT

[astaweb]

ericos, can we have more lessons soon? Pretty please with sugar on top? Love, Judith

[ericos]

I'll try my best Judith! ;)

There will come a lot more video's in the future ^^

[astaweb]

You ROCK Ericos! I love your Dutch lessons!

[ericos]

That's GREAT to hear. Thanks a lot! =D

[SportsManEuro17]

Hey man help me

How do you say

I have been heart broken, but I rather have my heart broken then to break someone else s

and you stole my heart and you dont even know and I am dying for you inside. hey thanks if you have time.

[ericos]

Hey!

You want me to do this in a video? Or do you want me to give you only the translation?

[SportsManEuro17]

well if you can in a video it would be great but if you have the time to You dont have to thanks alot though.

[christinaCRIMESCENE]

You're a cutie!

And your accent is ridiculously hot.

:]

[ericos]

Aw thanks a lot! <3

[RAiiNBOWTiiNK]

@christinaCRIMESCENE i agreee! ahaha

[rmo18]

@christinaCRIMESCENE and you are a whore!

[christinaCRIMESCENE]

@rmo18 And YOU are nothing but an assuming waste of space! :D Didn't know thinking someone is attractive makes them a whore...must mean your mom is a whore too. :/

[rmo18]

why don't u stick the flag pole up your ass?

[balteb]

I like the font at the beginning that you had your name in. What was the name of the font?

[ericos]

You mean in the intro? I don't know, someone made it for me. ^_^

[bornfromashes2008]

your so hot

[Suuuuuss]

'Jeetje, jij bent knap!' haha :D

[muyagsoil]

Thanks for teaching some Dutch sentence!

I will try to remember some sentence.

Cause I will go to Holland on March 2009.

Thanks so much!

[braziliaan]

Eric, jij bent een erg goede leraar!!! Heb je al eens gedacht leraar te worden? ;-)

Dank je wel voor een nieuwe les!!! Jij bent geweldig!!!

Groetjes van Márcio.

[ericos]

DANKJEWEL! Wel eens aan gedacht, maar toch niks voor mij. =]]

[ynadp]

wow learn dutch v! the intro is very creative!

[nickydane]

MI AMOR!!<33

IK HOU VON JOU

[ericos]

Ik hou ook van jou! <3

Where have you been Nicky? I missed you so much! Hit me up on MSN ..

[qeib87]

Hi!

I've been curious to know the differences between stressed and unstressed pronouns in Dutch, such as jou and je. I hope you can answer my question on your next video.

Thanks for the lessons!

Ben

=D

[jamc999]

ik bedoel iedereen geeft kute les over nederlands.ze probieren om  te alleen de scheld woorde te leren...jij doet dat beter.

[ericos]

Oooo I understand now. THANKS! =D

[jamc999]

goed hoor maar wat je gedaan heb bij beginn je moet dat niet doen :) ik dacht dat je ook kute les geven gaat

[ericos]

Wat dacht je?

[headrushindi]

great job love this one

[ericos]

THANKS! Really appreciate it.

[frexe9]

I love it 2 watch ur Vidios :)

Uhhh and u look gr8...

I have also contact with a dutch boy and i think i´m in love with him...

so. i thank u 4 all the dutch wourds coz. then i can talk with him a littel bit in dutch ;) hi hi .. thx 4 everything

je bent echt een Engel!!! kusje

bye bye

[ericos]

Aw that's sweet. Good look with your Dutch boy. *wink*

[lotnik2007]

Awesome, awesome. Will post a reply!

[ericos]

Thanks. Oh wauw that should be awesome! <3

[Marielle5889]

Haha die vlag! :D en dan : oeps! LOL.

Of die "jeetje jij bent knap" moest zo lachen!!!

Jij zei dat ik een harde R had? Maar jou G is hard :P. Iig leuk leerzaamfilmpje, wat vind je van mijn nederlands? Goed he? ;-)

KUS

[alaninnh]

Ik hou van jou.

[ouillah]

Ik heb je nederlandsvideos dolgraag sinds sommer gekijd. Ik vind ze heel interessant. Ik volg nu een nederlandscursus, maar mijn docent komt uit België. Ik woon in Duitsland, maar ik ben Amerikaan.

Het Nederlands is veel simpelder als het Duits! Je Engels is zeer goed!

Groetjes!

[PhoenixFanatic]

woo I'm (slowly) getting better with some of the words. But I have to ask, did you learn English when you were older, or have you known it since you were a kid? I'm curious to know since you seem to be really good at translating and speaking both languages! I wish I could speak more than one language well, but all I know other than English is a tiny bit of French. And now a tiny bit of Dutch too I guess =]

[ericos]

GOOD! Oh, I got it on school when I was like 11. But never used it. I started using it in October 2007, so yeah, I learned a lot only by talking on the internet. =]] I improved so much since then.

[CapeDog69]

Je bent een heel schattig jongetje. Ik hou van je video's kijken. Ik spreek je snel!

[ericos]

WAUW! That was good Dutch. Where have you learned that? *wink* <3

[CapeDog69]

Ik heb veel geheimen. Sommige zijn klein en sommige zijn groot.

[ericos]

OMGOMG!!!! Tell me tell me... im getting really curious now.

[michske86]

Yay for dutch lessons :p haha :D

Even though I speak dutch, it's always nice to see your face :)

[ericos]

HAHA aw, wat lief! =]

[Agila1]

Dutch sounds like Plattdütsch

[ericos]

What's 'Plattdütsch'?

[Agila1]

German dialect most commonly found in the Northern regions with regional differences.

e.g.:

Hochdeutsch (normal German): auf der Straße

Büttger Platt: op de Stroot

[RODalicious]

loved it!!!

[ericos]

YAY! <3

[mozzarella91]

that's weird, "mooi" sounds exactly like the Finnish "moi", which means "hi" :D so.. we are kinda calling each other beautiful when we meet.. awesome!! ^^

[ericos]

HAHA really? That's funny!

[flipfonow]

dutch is really hard

[ericos]

It really is! YES! But it needs a lot of practise. *wink*

[epicafan911]

How do you mean its hard :D its very easy :D (waar hebben jullie het over, Nederlands is heel makkelijk) :D

[ericos]

LOL!

[epicafan911]

Funnieg> grappig XD