Your favourite Dutch expression? #4

What is your favourite Dutch expression?
Episode 4 about Dutch expressions.
That's what we asked to learndutch.org followers and virtual classroom students.
In this video:
bakkie doen - als je wat te zeggen hebt, doe dat dan recht in mijn gezicht - een koekje van eigen deeg - curlingouders - tik van de molen - ja ja - hè hè - mwah - mmm - Jezus - chips - godverdomme - hoppetee - boeie!
More videos with Dutch language students about funny Dutch expressions:
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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)
Editing: Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
To know more about our:
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Пікірлер: 127

  • @Fiyaaaahh
    @Fiyaaaahh2 жыл бұрын

    The guide to Dutch responses: hè hè = finally ja ja (quickly) = don't rush me ja ja (slowly) = I don't believe you ho ho = wait a minute zo zo = well well poe poe = wow, medium impressed nou nou = slightly less than medium impressed nou (stretched out) = I doubt that

  • @nafismudhofar

    @nafismudhofar

    2 жыл бұрын

    And also one thing: “man man man” = they’re actually fucked up

  • @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    2 жыл бұрын

    My oma would say he he at the end of every day when she sat down and knit opas socks

  • @Snowshowslow

    @Snowshowslow

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is perfect 😁

  • @johannessugito1686

    @johannessugito1686

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ja ja depends on the intonation you use. So ja ja can mean do not rush me. But if said in a slow, stretched way it means that you have doubts, you do not agree. Or you slowly start to understand what is said.

  • @Menno_3

    @Menno_3

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johannessugito1686 That's what they said.

  • @tacorork
    @tacorork2 жыл бұрын

    Leer er ook van want ik kende curlingouders niet.

  • @I.Toverheks

    @I.Toverheks

    2 жыл бұрын

    vooral bekend geworden door tv serie 'de luizenmoeder'. ;-)

  • @mikivanduyn9630

    @mikivanduyn9630

    2 жыл бұрын

    nooit van gehoord...

  • @I.Toverheks

    @I.Toverheks

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mikivanduyn9630 de luizenmoeder- uitleg curling ouders: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eatpuLmEgLu2grA.html

  • @mariadebake5483

    @mariadebake5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nooit van gehoord

  • @reusjen

    @reusjen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is ook geen gezegde. Dat het in een tv-serie zit maakt het geen ingeburgerd gezegde.

  • @Sjaan_Banaan
    @Sjaan_Banaan2 жыл бұрын

    We vloeken ons godverdomme helemaal de tering! Hoppetee!!😂😂👍🏻

  • @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what that meant when oma said it

  • @jaaptendijk7192

    @jaaptendijk7192

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365 do you know currently? Also where did you grow up?

  • @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    @snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jaaptendijk7192 I grew up in Engeland but spent a lot of time in den Haag at my oma en opas, to me the Netherlands is home

  • @emirs6

    @emirs6

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ja echt hè

  • @Glittertrut

    @Glittertrut

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maar echt eh, welkom in Nederland hahaha

  • @tmhc72_gtg22c
    @tmhc72_gtg22c2 жыл бұрын

    My impression is that when someone says "boeien", he is sarcastically saying something is fascinating while actually meaning that it is boring.

  • @nomennescio7457

    @nomennescio7457

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is, comparable with the sarcastically used 'whatever'

  • @PetraStaal

    @PetraStaal

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's mostly used by teens.

  • @jbird4478

    @jbird4478

    2 жыл бұрын

    Usually yes, but on occasion it is still used with its original meaning. For example one could say "een boeiende film" when talking about a genuinely fascinating movie.

  • @mikivanduyn9630

    @mikivanduyn9630

    2 жыл бұрын

    my grandteenagers say it to me when they dont care....

  • @mariadebake5483

    @mariadebake5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes true

  • @mikivanduyn9630
    @mikivanduyn96302 жыл бұрын

    hoppatee =there you go... always positive...

  • @karinisvetcool
    @karinisvetcool2 жыл бұрын

    Today I learned 'mwah' is a Dutch thing LOL

  • @christafranken9170

    @christafranken9170

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much the same thing as saying 'meh' I believe

  • @jasmijnariel
    @jasmijnariel2 жыл бұрын

    Haha as a belgian i had several dutch partners... so i use "boeiuh" a lot. But they dont get it here🤣

  • @adhub3971
    @adhub39712 жыл бұрын

    Je hoeft echt niet lang te zijn om door molenwieken geraakt te worden. Ben in mijn jeugd vaak in een Hollandse poldermolen geweest. Bij een bepaalde wind draaiden deze wieken zo voor de deur (uitgang) langs.

  • @legomattie3295
    @legomattie32952 жыл бұрын

    Klap vam de molen gekregen. This is possible and did happen (and still can happen). The origin is literally what the saying says. Well, almost. When a millner is adjusting the blades to the direction of the wind he has to do this outside on the first floor of the mill. If he accidently loses his control during the proces he might be hit by the blades. Or he.just walks outside the mill on the first floor and forgot the blades were spinning already. Well usualy there is little chance of surving a hit by spinning blades, but when you do, you probably have some kind of braindamage, hence the saying. Nowadays there are lots of safety protocols, so the chance of this happening these days are small, but I can remember that during a storm the windmill I lived next to, turned rogue. The security which hold the blades in place broke, so the windmill started to work on its own. The millner had to come over and had to fix this during the storm. It ended well, but that moment safety protocols were not an option, so if he had some bad luck, he would have had a klap van de molen.

  • @stitchingwithesya5533

    @stitchingwithesya5533

    2 жыл бұрын

    This saying also has roots in Don Quichote.

  • @gerhard6105

    @gerhard6105

    2 жыл бұрын

    Het berekent eigenlijk: Ben je wel goed bij je hoofd? Dus dat je door die klap niet meer goed kan (na)denken.

  • @robvanlent1008
    @robvanlent10082 жыл бұрын

    Well they said, a windmill has 4 strains, so I counted to 4 , but the 5th came, and hit me. That's the ' klap van de molen '

  • @Jdjwjdjzbsjwbb
    @Jdjwjdjzbsjwbb2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao im belgian and even i dont get it why they always swear with cancer. And to the last people: “Boeie” has a meaning of: “ugh ok i really dont care”

  • @tonvangils7279

    @tonvangils7279

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whatever...

  • @jbird4478

    @jbird4478

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually it just means "fascinating", but it is used mostly in a sarcastic way nowadays.

  • @Jayll1984

    @Jayll1984

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jbird4478 boeiend is fascinating. Iets kan niet 'boeie' zijn en je kan ook niets 'boeie' vinden

  • @tinaysf1187
    @tinaysf11872 жыл бұрын

    The first Dutch expression I learn from my Dutch bf is Goedverdomme hahaha

  • @anneloreboxum8906

    @anneloreboxum8906

    2 жыл бұрын

    😢

  • @anneloreboxum8906

    @anneloreboxum8906

    2 жыл бұрын

    Het betekend: breng me naar de hel! Dat wil je toch niet?

  • @semmimorris9696
    @semmimorris96962 жыл бұрын

    Deze video's blijven geweldig!

  • @BobWitlox
    @BobWitlox2 жыл бұрын

    Die "jezus" kwam er grappig uit!

  • @anneloreboxum8906

    @anneloreboxum8906

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nou poe poe wat grappig!

  • @BobWitlox

    @BobWitlox

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ongesteld?

  • @bytheway1031
    @bytheway10312 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Bart 👍

  • @arposkraft3616
    @arposkraft36162 жыл бұрын

    hoppetee, happata, hatsjikidee

  • @mkpiatkowskionebigumbrella1948
    @mkpiatkowskionebigumbrella19482 жыл бұрын

    Curling is actually a heavy polished stone sent down an ice rink. I do love the idea of the term though!

  • @Widdekuu91

    @Widdekuu91

    8 ай бұрын

    I understand the idea and disagree with parents that do that, but I also see parents that are the opposite and feel that a little struggle for the child is the perfect way to get them independent and in reality, those kids/teenagers have no room for any fun or light play because they constantly have to deal with making their own bread, gathering their own money for candy or rummaging through trashcans to gather things to play with/toys. That is a bit sad.

  • @slakkie
    @slakkie Жыл бұрын

    "It's a perfect way to end a discussion" :D

  • @TWolf317
    @TWolf3176 ай бұрын

    My favorite is 'Doe effe normaal!"

  • @DForce26
    @DForce262 жыл бұрын

    2:24 Godverdomme, mooi shirt man!!

  • @SolarWebsite
    @SolarWebsite2 жыл бұрын

    A Canadian friend who lives here in the Netherlands had a really hard time understanding the "ja ja" and "he he". What people meant (usually nothing) when they said it, and when he could use it. If love this series for the outside-in look it gives into my language and culture. Us swearing with diseases is really bad, we should stop that 🙊

  • @MartijnPennings

    @MartijnPennings

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like that when you lengthen the first ja ("jaaaa, ja") you get a totally different meaning, namely a sarcastic "yeah, right". It also depends heavily on the way you pronounce it, the melody of the "ja, ja".

  • @mariadebake5483

    @mariadebake5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ja ja and hè hè can have so many different meanings, depending on how we pronounce them

  • @BigLeBowski4456

    @BigLeBowski4456

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MartijnPennings True, you can use jaaaa, ja as "yea right" with the right intonation. Whereas a quick, perhaps slightly annoyed sounding ja, ja would mean "Ok, you can stop talking, it's clear to me". As with most of these small expressions your tone is everything, a fast sighing high pitch hè, hè or poeh, poeh, is interpreted as an expression of relief. But if you slow the "hè, hè" expression down and lower your pitch it would be received as an exclamation of impatience in a situation that is finally finishing. It's all about matching the right tone and speed with the feeling or motivation behind the exclamation. Never thought this deep about it as a Dutchie, funny how a few simple exclamations can be so complex.

  • @BigLeBowski4456

    @BigLeBowski4456

    2 жыл бұрын

    If any foreigners have questions about our language and so on please respond to the chain, I'll try to get back to you ASAP.

  • @robvanlent1008

    @robvanlent1008

    2 жыл бұрын

    Using C word should be punishable, the majority of the dutch hate when people Using it. It's a terrible disease. 😢 it is mostly used by young people, that doesn't know what they are saying.

  • @hollydingman7455
    @hollydingman74552 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Koekje van je eigen deeg is a good one, I’ll try to remember that…

  • @gerhard6105

    @gerhard6105

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats what you get back what tried to do, or did, to someone else.

  • @annivlaflipfan9184

    @annivlaflipfan9184

    Жыл бұрын

    "Koekje van eigen deeg" vind ik ook leuk. "Wie de bal kaatst, kan hem terug verwachten."

  • @Anne1617DA
    @Anne1617DA2 жыл бұрын

    Nou curling ouders zijn ouders die alles regelen voor kinderen en alles wehouden. Alles moet Leuk en prettig zijn. Die kinderen mogen geen stress, geen pijn, afwijzing helemaal niets voelen. Die krijgen alles en de uitkomst is dat je op je 20ate een burnout hebt, niet tegen tegen spraak kan of tegenslag, en zelf niets kunt oplossen.

  • @martini668
    @martini6682 жыл бұрын

    Leuk zo'n spiegel voorhouden

  • @chrisvd2104
    @chrisvd21042 жыл бұрын

    Altijd grappig dit!

  • @arposkraft3616
    @arposkraft36162 жыл бұрын

    @1:40 well someone was standing in front of the windmill and got hit by the vanes and then never was the same again

  • @mennobults6464
    @mennobults64642 жыл бұрын

    My favorite? Dat maakt mij de pis niet lauw. "I couldn't care less" or "so what".

  • @RagingWhoremoans

    @RagingWhoremoans

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zal mij aan de reet roesten ;)

  • @mennobults6464

    @mennobults6464

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RagingWhoremoans Ook erg Nederlands 😊😊

  • @MsTrailwalker
    @MsTrailwalker2 жыл бұрын

    Goet gedaan

  • @NamaiWalterHeins-re4nu
    @NamaiWalterHeins-re4nu2 жыл бұрын

    It looks like the 'mmmm' the girl talks about at 2.46 is about food. Some dutch people only like their own food but when they try other people's food they don't want to offend you. And they might need another minute to start appreciating the flavours of foreigner's foods. Just watch how much they eat of each dish 🤭 Usually if you want to impress the dutch 'schoonouders' make 1 blend tasting dish and make a nice sweet dessert. Ofcourse you can ask your lover what the parents like. Some dutch people actually prefer tasting different kind of (spicy) authentic food.

  • @JaJaGamer05
    @JaJaGamer052 жыл бұрын

    2:03 Hey, that's my name!

  • @gerhard6105

    @gerhard6105

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jaa ja......(sure.......(not)). Ja ja ( oh yeah) They are diverent, you see? : )

  • @violetholm1492
    @violetholm14922 жыл бұрын

    fun fact: godverdome is actually a shorter version of "god verdoem mij" which translates to "God damn me" or god damn

  • @Pasunsoprano
    @Pasunsoprano2 жыл бұрын

    "Klap van de molen" is not that strange. The blades are almost to the ground. And this is not limited to the Netherlands. Don Quixote fought windmills in Spain.

  • @lizatk82
    @lizatk822 жыл бұрын

    "maak maar je borst maar nat "toen ik dit voor het eerst hoorde van mijn collega ,kijk ik direct naar mijn borsten 😂 maar de bedoeling dat ga maar hard werken of breid zich voor hard werken 😅

  • @tvdsje

    @tvdsje

    2 жыл бұрын

    Borst is also just the word for chest not only for breasts hahaha!I can see why that would be confusing!

  • @jerrymiller4020
    @jerrymiller40202 жыл бұрын

    3:20 schandalig toch. Dat is dan hoe mensen een taal oppikken.

  • @RPRIMICI
    @RPRIMICI Жыл бұрын

    I like the english saying, in dutch? -- "wat rondgaat, komt rond". (What goes around, comes around) It means karma is going to come around and hurt you if you hurt somebody.

  • @SIG442
    @SIG4422 жыл бұрын

    The wind mill one is actually because the country was filled with those things, they used to be everywhere. So if you would do something incredibly stupid (not say something stupid, thats another thing) then you could hear that. It's usually from adults towards kids however, it's more rare to see adults to say that to another adult. If it does happen, it's usually an older person saying it to a younger person. Saying 'chips; instead is more a Dutch humor thing that somehow got stuck and stayed. If you don't want to say 'sh**' you could change it to 'chips', chips in turn is potato chips. It's a word funny play mostly. 'Boeie' is pretty much saying 'this is not interesting' or 'I don't care'.

  • @bikeamour
    @bikeamour2 жыл бұрын

    Hoppetee = hupsakee.(hupsakeetje in Rotterdam)

  • @hamishmackinnon2231
    @hamishmackinnon22312 жыл бұрын

    My favourite dutch expression is 'gooin de kont tegen de krib' , to throw your arse against the manger, ie to be stubborn and bloody minded. The kind of person who may be ' de vreemde eend in de bijt' , the strange duck in the ice hole. As for using illnesses as swearwords, it's typhus and teering (tuberculosis) that are really taboo.

  • @BigLeBowski4456

    @BigLeBowski4456

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tyfus and tering are far from taboo, in the business world they certainly are, but any swear word would be taboo there. Tering and tyfus are words that students and regular Dutch folk would use, it isn't very civilised tho.

  • @Jayll1984

    @Jayll1984

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BigLeBowski4456 yeh. Kanker is far more taboo I think except in Den Haag

  • @BigLeBowski4456

    @BigLeBowski4456

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jayll1984 in Den Haag nothing is taboo, haha. Got a brother living there, city is full of rascals.

  • @LuisGarcia-je3uj
    @LuisGarcia-je3uj2 жыл бұрын

    EEN KOEKJE VAN EIGEN DEEG

  • @arposkraft3616
    @arposkraft36162 жыл бұрын

    @2:55 no mwoah is "neither good nor bad"

  • @NamaiWalterHeins-re4nu
    @NamaiWalterHeins-re4nu2 жыл бұрын

    Did you get hit by the windmill. Some people who operate the windmill, change the settings, change the covers when the storm comes etc. They have to watch out to not get hit. Normal people won't get hit but these people they can have serious headproblems. Also windmill operaters can survive a small 'tik from the windmolen' without braindamage. 😅

  • @arposkraft3616
    @arposkraft36162 жыл бұрын

    @2:45 mmmm is very clear; it means.... welll no and theres multiple reasons why , however this is neither the time nor place, and you are also not the person to go into depth with on this subject as you are just asking because you want to be polite and not actually asking a question.... these expressions stem from that we tend to genuinely anwser questions, but we are also aware most people arnt actually asking "what my opinion on the weather is" so to say

  • @hamishmackinnon2231
    @hamishmackinnon22312 жыл бұрын

    Curling isn't tossing a flat disc, it's sliding a large chunk of granite across the ice. I've always thought that curling was more of a Scottish sport. But then again, it wouldn't surprise me if there were some Dutch people who have an enthusiasm for curling, as there are at least two bagpipe and drum bands in the Netherlands, one based in Hilversum, the other in Tilburg.

  • @emirs6
    @emirs62 жыл бұрын

    I’m Dutch

  • @CouldBeMathijs

    @CouldBeMathijs

    Жыл бұрын

    Bedankt voor de informatie...

  • @helloitsme7553
    @helloitsme7553 Жыл бұрын

    3:09 dutch people who want to make their cursing less vulgare say that a lot

  • @robvanlent1008
    @robvanlent10082 жыл бұрын

    That's why I love the greeks, they advice me, to lose my watch

  • @pekofficiel3695
    @pekofficiel3695 Жыл бұрын

    Krijg de kanker is the most terrfying insult ive ever heard. To my worst enemy i could not wish such a thing. Fortunately, some dutch people told me they are also shocked by this expression and never use it.

  • @LoveDoctorNL
    @LoveDoctorNL2 жыл бұрын

    Curlingouders ???

  • @annivlaflipfan9184

    @annivlaflipfan9184

    Жыл бұрын

    Ik ken de uitdrukking uit de Luizenmoeder. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eatpuLmEgLu2grA.html In het Duits zeggen wij gewoon Helikopter-Eltern, dus helikopter-ouders.

  • @Nexils
    @Nexils2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say 'boeie' means that you just don't care about something. Like 'dat boeit me niet' (that doesn't interest me).

  • @robvanlent1008
    @robvanlent10082 жыл бұрын

    Instead of sh!t we say sjips

  • @robvanlent1008
    @robvanlent10082 жыл бұрын

    Ja nee, moet wel op tijd thuis zijn

  • @codex4046
    @codex40462 жыл бұрын

    boeie

  • @arnomeesters1
    @arnomeesters12 жыл бұрын

    boeie = whatever

  • @anneloreboxum8906
    @anneloreboxum89062 жыл бұрын

    Was weer boeiend! Alleen jammer van dat vloeken ! 😔, dat is wat veel nederlanders doen….ik vind het heel kwetsend en verdrietig. Nederlands leren is leuk, maar vloeken….een heel slechte uitvinding. Lieve mensen succes met Nederlands leren, maar alsjeblieft neem dat vloeken niet over 🙏💪

  • @Apipoulai
    @Apipoulai2 жыл бұрын

    boeien = (who) cares?

  • @nomennescio7457
    @nomennescio74572 жыл бұрын

    Dat die Filipina's, uit een land waar Engels de tweede taal is, moesten vragen of gvd een 'bad word' was. Zover is die vloek toch niet van de Engelse versie verwijderd? Nee, "een bakkie doen" is niet iets wat alle Nederlanders zeggen. Ik hoor het nooit in mijn omgeving.

  • @MellaniePlays

    @MellaniePlays

    2 жыл бұрын

    Denk dat het uit het gooi komt. In mijn omgeving hoor ik het wel regelmatiger.

  • @I.Toverheks

    @I.Toverheks

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MellaniePlays Noord Holland is het ook gangbaar. weet niet anders uit mijn jeugd. (jaren 70/80)

  • @mariadebake5483

    @mariadebake5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ik heb daar ook nog nooit van gehoord

  • @tvdsje

    @tvdsje

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Brabant heel normaal hoor

  • @mariadebake5483

    @mariadebake5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tvdsje Ik ben Brabantse en heb het nog nooit gehoord