The Dutch Language

[Vuk]

OMG!
I just saw some Dutch videos on YouTube, and OMG! Sometimes the language sounded soft and pretty, but most times, it sounded like slurping and slurring!
lol, I know there are a lot of native Dutch speakers on this board, does English sound like that too you? When I hear German, Chinese, Russian, and most other languages (except Finnish), they sound very natural, but Dutch just sounded like slurring to me. :P (no offense to any Dutch speakers, that is just my perception)

I am going to post a YouTube link to the Dutch version of DWD. Could a Non-Dutch speaker please tell me if it sounds the same to you?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4J0VtOASHbo


https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uhMhMcBUnU


https://youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2R6lsNink


Vuk

[Fragony]

Non taken, yes it is loud But that is disney dutch, movie accent and such

[Vuk]

Non taken, yes it is loud But that is disney dutch, movie accent and such

lol, is that why it sounds so weird? :P
I think it looks really kewl when it is written, but the videos I saw turned me off to the spoken language. :P

Vuk

[Fragony]

lol, is that why it sounds so weird? :P
I think it looks really kewl when it is written, but the videos I saw turned me off to the spoken language. :P

Vuk

Well this should be more accurate

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1W4l1g0Pk

[Moros]

Well at least it doesn't sound anything like me...
IF that means anything though...

[Geoffrey S]

Sounds southern. Bunch of papisten.

Edit: Fragony, isn't it more like this nowadays?

[Fragony]

Oh god

[edyzmedieval]

Dutch is quite interesting. I like the language, even if it's kind of weird. I visited Holland something like 5 or 6 times, so I'm basically used to it.
Last visit was 2 weeks ago.

[Viking]

Sounds like cross breed of German and French; although it could be that French and German are extracted from Dutch.

[Moros]

Dutch is quite interesting. I like the language, even if it's kind of weird. I visited Holland something like 5 or 6 times, so I'm basically used to it.
Last visit was 2 weeks ago.

I wonder for what reason. . .

[Mouzafphaerre]

Sounds like cross breed of German and French; although it could be that French and German are extracted from Dutch.

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You just speak German with a heavy French accent and they call it Dutch!
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[Drisos]

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You just speak German with a heavy French accent and they call it Dutch!
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Insult above

Dutch of course sounds perfectly normal to any of us...

Engels soudns perfectly normal for me as well.. just like German. To me, especially East-Asian languages sound weird, and not-understandable

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Seriously, it sounds weird initially but if you have some grasp of phonetics in general you get to rationalize it. I did some familiarization for my ears back when I was planning to study in den Haag.
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[InsaneApache]

On a related note; an old mate of mine from Aalsmeer (sp?) says that when he speaks English, it's like speaking with a hot potato in his mouth.

[Fragony]

What you hear in that link is Dutch with a heavy Amsterdam accent, normal dutch;

zwartboek trailer http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb63zaybwm0

[Drisos]

On a related note; an old mate of mine from Aalsmeer (sp?) says that when he speaks English, it's like speaking with a hot potato in his mouth.

Oh I can imagine... as in 'English from England'. I could speak American English without the potato :P

[Mouzafphaerre]

What you hear in that link is Dutch with a heavy Amsterdam accent, normal dutch;

zwartboek trailer http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb63zaybwm0

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I'll watch that movie.
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[Fragony]

It's pretty good

[Cimmerian]

@ Vuk, I totally agree. IMO dutch is just a bit disjointed. I still like listening to it though. Its just got its different style

[Fragony]

@ Vuk, I totally agree. IMO dutch is just a bit disjointed. I still like listening to it though. Its just got its different style

Well there are many different accents, in the south it's much softer, more like the flemish. Someone from Rotterdam sounds noticably different from someone from Amsterdam or The Hague. I cannot understand what people in the north are saying unless I really try.

[macsen rufus]

I cannot understand what people in the north are saying unless I really try.

It's just the same with English

[Innocentius]

I think Dutch can be a pretty nice language. And I don't understand Vuk Brankovic's comment about Finnish - Finnish has to be one of the most beautiful languages in the world.

Now, Chinese and Danish are two languages that are downright ugly. No offence, but speech consisting to 90% of vowels is just unintelligible.

[Vuk]

I think Dutch can be a pretty nice language. And I don't understand Vuk Brankovic's comment about Finnish - Finnish has to be one of the most beautiful languages in the world.

Now, Chinese and Danish are two languages that are downright ugly. No offence, but speech consisting to 90% of vowels is just unintelligible.

HEY! I like both Danish AND Chinese! :P lol
Also, sorry for the typo (lack of brains), I did not mean Finnish, but Flemish. I have never heard Finnish before, so I cannot comment. In my opinion though, Flemish and Dutch are two of the ugliest languages ever. :P
(oh no, here comes the rebuttal :P)

Vuk

[Fragony]

HEY! I like both Danish AND Chinese! :P lol
Also, sorry for the typo (lack of brains), I did not mean Finnish, but Flemish. I have never heard Finnish before, so I cannot comment. In my opinion though, Flemish and Dutch are two of the ugliest languages ever. :P
(oh no, here comes the rebuttal :P)

Vuk

Dutch is often described as a horrible throatcondition instead of a language, german is beautifull though (so is dutch but it is extremily complex, can't realy learn it). German, take 'Mein liebe', it has melody. 'Entschuldigung', no offence taken! Courtious. German is pure elegance when done right.

[Vuk]

Dutch is often described as a horrible throatcondition instead of a language, german is beautifull though (so is dutch but it is extremily complex, can't realy learn it). German, take 'Mein liebe', it has melody. 'Entschuldigung', no offence taken! Courtious. German is pure elegance when done right.

lol, I have to agree. German does sound very beautifull. Dutch sounds WAY to throaty and phlemmy! :P (At least to someone who is not used to it)

I also like Romanian. It sound VERY noble!

[Viking]

I think Dutch can be a pretty nice language. And I don't understand Vuk Brankovic's comment about Finnish - Finnish has to be one of the most beautiful languages in the world.

Now, Chinese and Danish are two languages that are downright ugly. No offence, but speech consisting to 90% of vowels is just unintelligible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

[Moros]

This is dutch!:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXUCnY1E0o

[Vladimir]

Well this should be more accurate

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1W4l1g0Pk

I want to go to Fragony's Holland.

[Fragony]

Vlad! Qui pasa!

hmmm that one is almost ready for dutchification, let's kick it into higher gear with QUEENSDAY http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=7r_VZIGn6jc

[Vladimir]

Vlad! Qui pasa!

hmmm that one is almost ready for dutchification, let's kick it into higher gear with QUEENSDAY http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=7r_VZIGn6jc

Hah! Que pasa. I had to come back for reDutchification. Did someone take away the music links? I swear I listened to one in Dutch and it sounded absolutely evil. It was how German should be. I'm not too sure about a lot of those videos though, I kinda agree with Vulk.

Two things I can't stand about Holland: The color orange and the green beer. I might have to go next door for supplies.