Dutch Language and Culture

'I want to grow old with you' is in Dutch 'Ik wil met jouw oud worden'

'I miss you so much' is in Dutch 'ik mis je heel erg'.

Goedemorgen aantrekkelijke man

It is a birthday song, meaning something like this: (though it sounds quite stupid)

-We hope that she will live long

-(repeated) in happiness

-in happiness

-(repeated)

-hip hip hip hurray

The name Carly is the same in Dutch.

'Narcis' is a Dutch equivalent of 'daffodil' [Narcissus spp].

"Hard disk drive" is an English equivalent of "harde schijf."

P-a-t-r-i-c-i-a

Jake is spelled the same in Dutch as it is in English.

Strawberry is in Dutch aardbei.

'mail' is in Dutch 'post'

I think that you mean mail in letters and that sort of stuff. Because an e-mail is also e-mail in Dutch but they also say 'mail' when they mean e-mail.

Je maakt me verlegen is a Dutch equivalent of 'You're making me shy'.

EST staat voor Eastern Standard Time. Dat is de tijdzone waar de oostkust (met New York) onder valt. Dat is GMT-5 en Nederland zit in GMT+1.

Dat is dus een verschil van 6 uur.

In Nederland is het dus 6 uur later dus dan zou het 02.00 zijn in NL.

If you save a game than is save 'opslaan' in Dutch. If someone saved you than is save 'redden' in Dutch.

God be with our Suriname is an English equivalent of 'God zij met ons Suriname'. It's the title and the first line of the Suriname national anthem. The first verse is in Dutch, the second in the native Sranan Tongo.

Pretty much for the same reasons most people hate their colonizers: their land, food and wealth were taken, and the Indonesian people were treated very badly, having to work for the Dutch under slave-like conditions in their houses and on their plantations.

" Ik mis je " Dutch for " I miss you"

It's a word used for a tricky question.

Loekie

Tulips are associated with the Netherlands because they are produced a lot there.

journey is an English equivalent of 'reis'.

Yes, there are 24 different dialects.

Elf is the Dutch equivalent of 'eleven'.