Dutch
- kweenie = Ik weet het niet ("I don't know")
- lama = Laat maar (zitten) ("Let it be")
Examples of the Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands include:
- der = de hare ("hers")
- ie = hij ("he"), often used in phrases such as dattie for dat hij ("that he")
- amme = aan mijn ("on / to my"), for example in ammezolen for aan mijn zolen ("not on your life")
Often, especially in Belgian Dutch, the -t at the end of the word is omitted.
- nie = niet
- da = dat For example, kweet da nie = Ik weet dat niet ("I don't know that")
- wasda = wat is dat ("What is that")
Read more about this topic: Relaxed Pronunciation
Famous quotes containing the word dutch:
“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)