How do you say" Sorry I don't speak Dutch yet"?

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minimaker

Enter the text: "Sorry, ik spreek nog geen Nederlands." in the online text to speech demo here:
http://www.fluency.nl/
and press "spreek". You'll then recieve a mp3 of the sentence. It's a bit of a mechanical and boring voice but it's good enough to practise with.
This could be usefull too:
http://www.lukeswartz.com/belgium/dutch.html

By the way, if you want to learn Dutch you should persist in talking Dutch with the people here. Thing is that we are so tuned to foreign languages that many of us switch to the other person's language automatically. This can be fairly frustrating when learning Dutch. Just explain you want to practise Dutch.

pffffffff

It's always nice to try and speak a few words of another language, at least it shows that you are interested in the country you are visiting.

Sorry, ik spreek nog geen Nederlands

Pronounce it like:
Sorry,
Ik
i sounds like the I of In, k sounds like the c of car (i(n)c(ar)
spreek
sp like the sp in speek, r like the r in rough, ee like the A from april, k like the c of car.
SP(eek)R(ough)A(pril)C(ar)
nog
no like the no in nothing, g is hard to explain there is no sound of this in English as far as I know. It's sounds a bit like you have something stuck in your troat and you try to get it out.
(NO(thing)G)
geen
g?, ee like the A from April, n like the n of nothing.
(G A(pril)N(nothing)
Nederlands
N like nothing, e like A , d like the d of door, r like the r in roling, l like the l from London a from WArshaw nds like ends
(N(nothing)A(pril)D(door)A(pril)R(roli... (e)NDS

haswena

It's really nice you try to speak some Dutch words, am sure everyone will appreciate that!

Translation:
Sorry, ik spreek nog geen Nederlands.

Pronunciation:
Sorry, ick sprake nog gane (the 'g' in both these words pronounced as trying to get a piece of apple out that got stuck in the back of your throat) NaderlÃ nds.

Also, for the pronunciation of the words, check out this website:
http://www.lingvozone.com/main.jsp?action=translation&do=dictionary&language_id_from=40&language_id_to=23&word=ik&t.x=45&t.y=10

(it's not perfect though...)

Hanya

Haha this is really funny.
Sorry Ick sprayk nog (like in "not") gain Nayderlands.
Sorry ik spreek nog geen Nederlands.
I hear an american say this with their funny accent.
LOL !!!!

allitnil_42

just say...
"Do you speak English?"

When I went to Holland I met more people who spoke English than I do here in California.

Headtotoe

You wont need to everyone there from a tottler to a 70 year old man can speak almost perfect english to perfect english.

Also basically you would say instead of I dont speak...

U would say- speak english? Spreakt Engels.

dutchboy_80

Ick sprake nog gain Nayderlawns. Het spite ma. (this is pseudo phonetic, you could try saying it in English as well).

topink

Spreekt U Engels?
Speak You English?
Engels is pronounced more like "angles", not like "angels"

tgibbyson

i don't know but here's a website where you can translate any language - hope this helps!
http://www.toggle.com/lv/start/translator.htm

www.AllGuides.com Publisher

It's very hard to find dutch people in amsterdam who don't speak English.

So many speak english with almost an American accent

U_S_S_Enterprise

It is not rude to assume people speak english.

In the large cities, almost all inhabitants (at least the natives) speak decent english.

In the rural areas and farming areas you might have a bit less people that do, but still enough to get around.

You could get a guide for those areas, to show you around and to help with translations if necesary.
(see my profile ;) )

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