Part of my family is talking Dutch, I need help?

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Laura W

I'm Dutch myself, living in the US. I usually talk Dutch to my parents, even when I'm with my friends and did not notice how impolite it is until my Spanish friend kept saying things in spanish to her mom and I heard my name.. so i started wondering.
Ask them what is going on and if they could include you in conversation by speaking in English... Asking this might seem difficult but in the end you'll be a lot happier!
Good Luck and have fun in Amsterdam! Great city!

GPapenburg

Durch people, especially the old ones, would not liked to be addressed in the German language. Therefore you should go for some durch phrases like
Goedenmorgen - Good Morning
Goedemiddag - Good Afternoon
Goedeavond - Good Evening
Wel te rusten - Good Night

Orla C

Learn a few words and phrases in Dutch, and try to use them, and your family will teach you a bit more.

Michelle T

perhaps just tell one of your relatives about this. that you would like to be included. lol
and have them tell you whats going on in the converstions. Then you might start to catch on to the little words and you wont feel so left out. and you'll go away with a bit of dutch lol

Nanda

Perhaps you should talk to your dad about it, or someone else in your family who you can trust. It's rude to talk in a different language like that when someone who doesn't speak that language is in the same room. My family does that sometimes, they're from Indonesia and I'm Dutch myself so I don't speak nor understand Indonesian. It's very frustrating and rude. But perhaps they don't understand that you're not feeling comfortable in the situation so perhaps you should explain it to them? And if that doesn't help, buy a Dutch-English dictionary. ;-) Good luck!

M. J. F

start talking in english and they'll catch on

Kaleb L

Well if your dad knows dutch ask him to help you out.

Graden

ask them in english something you dont know or want to know

stuckinatree90

thats always not good... ask them to speak english? i know dutch people are really good with english. maybe theyre more comfortable speaking dutch... so unless they are speaking to you it might not matter, some people dont like eavesdropping

Jiggle

well, you could learn the language with rosetta stone from tv, but since ur already there you can just ask them and hope they reply in english.

when u get home, get this off of amazon

elzie

if they speak dutch to u you can ask them to please speak english, because u dont understand. ask your dad for translations (i have to do that too with my grandparents, only they dont speak dutch)
in the mornings you could say Guten Tag (pronounced: Goo ten tok) its german for good day or good morning.

xXAmberAxidentXx

get on the internet and look up basic dutch

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