Giveaway

Norman would like to give a Jip en Janneke book away.

All you have to do is leave a comment. Please include your e-mail address.

Questions? Mail me at normannederland AT gmail DOT com

Giveaway open until Dec. 1st 2009.

Dutch slang: Pokkie foetsie, alles foetsie

pokkie - slang for cell phone

foetsie - slang for missing, gone, lost.

Norman could never understand what was happening in this commercial from a Dutch cellphone company. Once he was told what pokkie foetsie meant, he started to decipher more of the commercial. The girl has lost her cell and while she makes her boyfriend look for it, she talks about all the people she can't keep in touch with without her mobile.

The original commercial.

Live version of the commercial.

Bel-me-niet

Bel-me-niet - Call me not.

bellen - to call.

blij - happy.

Norman gets enough telephone calls from call centres to cause him to get slightly exasperated. These calls are never for him nor the people he lives with. Today one of Norman's housemates found the Bel-me-niet website and has blocked these types of calls. These calls should be blocked for the next 3 years. This news has made Norman extremely blij.

Languages, De or het?

All languages take het.

Engels - English

 Fraans - French

Spaans - Spanish

Italiaans - Italian

Turks - Turkish

Grieks - Greek

Nederlands - Dutch

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(de) taal - language

(de) talen - languages

Welke taal/talen spreek jij? - What language/Which languages do you speak?

Ik spreek.... - I speak.

Ik spreek Engels en (een beetje) Nederlands. - I speak English and (a little) Dutch.

Spreek jij....? - Do you speak....?

Promotions.

(het) fluweel - velour

suikervrij - sugar free

keel - throat

Ik heb keelpijn - I have a sore throat.

Norman took advantage of some of the offers on www.try-now.nl/ and today the TNT postman delivered one of the things he asked to try.

Begijnhof, Amsterdam

Begijnhof - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begijnhof,_Amsterdam

Promotions

NS Herfsttoer - http://ns.nl/#Campagne-1220863229717

This offer allows two people ride in first class for just €38.50* The ticket is valid for one day and you can travel anywhere you want (within the Netherlands.)

*This is the online price. Tickets are marginally more expensive if you buy them from a train station.