This week, HolidayCat has been brushing up on his language skills. Who would have thought such an innocent fuzzball could be such a polyglot?
According to HolidayCat, it's pretty rude not to learn a few phrases before you whisk yourself away on holiday, even if what you learn is just "Hello", "Please", "Thank you", and "Two beers please." HolidayCat, of course, has impeccable manners.
Besides, does anybody really want to be that tourist? You all know the one. The sweaty, sunburned English-speaker, yelling at ever-increasing volume "DO-YOU-SPEAK-ENGLISH?", as if their conversation partner is deaf. Oh dear goodness, no!
Well, thanks to HolidayCat, today we've got your survival Dutch and French served hot and fresh today. Dip in and choose which phrases are most relevant to you and do your bit to give us English speakers a better reputation as tourists! Tune in next week for Spanish and German, while HolidayCat purrs convincingly to get our colleagues on board for Polish and Czech the week after that.
| ENGLISH | DUTCH | PRONOUNCIATION |
| Hello | Hallo | hallo |
| How are you? | How is het? | hoo-iss-het |
| Where is...? | How kom ik bij...? | Hoo-komm-ick-by |
| Help! | Help! | Help! |
| How much does it cost? | Hoeveel kost dat? | hoo-fill-kost-dat |
| I would like... | Ik zou graag | Ick-zow-hrach |
| Two beers please | Twee biertjes? | Zway-bier-ch |
| Please | Dankje | Dank-je |
| Thank you | Bedankt | bed-ankt |
| Do you speak English? | Spreek je Engels? | Schprayk-ye-engels |
| I don't understand | Ik begrijp het niet | Ick-begripe-het-neet |
| es | Ja | Ya |
| No | Nee | Nay |
| ENGLISH | FRENCH | PRONOUNCIATION |
| Hello | Bonjour | Bon-joor |
| How are you? | Comment ça va? | Common-sa-vah |
| Where is...? | Où est ...? | Oo-eh |
| Help! | A l'aide! | A-layd |
| How much does it cost? | Combien ça coûte? | com-bee-en-a-coot |
| I would like... | J'aimerais... | jhe-mer-ayz |
| Two beers please | Deux bières, s'il vous plaît | doo-bier-seel-voo-play |
| Please | S'il vous plaît | seel-voo-play |
| Thank you | Merci | mayr-see |
| Do you speak English? | Parlez-vous anglais? | par-lay-voo-on-glays |
| I don't understand | Je ne comprends pas | jhe-neh-comprond-pah |
| Yes | Oui | wee |
| No | Non | noh |
For more tips and tricks, take a trip to the HolidayCheck forum: here
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