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Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson Is to Learn Some Useful Phrases for the Classroom in Dutch

Here are the phrases from the lesson.

1. Kunt u het herhalen alstublieft?
"Please repeat that."
2. Hoe zeg ik.... in het nederlands?
"How do you say...in Dutch?"
3. Mag ik wat vragen....
"May I ask something..."
4. Ik begrijp het niet.
"I don't understand."
5. Kunt u het een beetje langzamer herhalen?
"Can you repeat that a bit more slowly?"

Phrase One: Kunt u het herhalen alstublieft?

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This phrase is so useful because you can use it anytime, whether it is in class or outside the classroom.
Kunt u means "Can you"
Het means "it"
Herhalen means "repeat"
Alstublieft means "please"

Phrase Two: Hoe zeg ik.... in het nederlands?

This is a great phrase. You get to rediscover the world again through Dutch eyes.
You can learn very quickly if you use this phrase and ask lots of questions.

Hoe means "how"

Zeg is the verb for "you say"

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Ik means "I"
After that, you insert the word or point at what you want to know.
In het nederlands means "in Dutch"

Phrase Three: Mag ik wat vragen....

Not only is this a great phrase to learn so that you can ask the teacher a question, but it's also a great
phrase to use to get you what you want!

Mag ik means "May I" or "Can I"

Wat in this case means "something"
vragen means "to ask"

Phrase Four: Ik begrijp het niet.

We can use this phrase on all occasions.

Ik means "I"
3 Het means "it"
Niet here is a negative and translates as "not"
Begrijp means "understand."

Phrase Five: Kunt u het een beetje langzamer herhalen?

As Dutch people tend to talk at the speed of light, this phrase will come in handy.

Kunt u is the polite way of asking "Can you"

Het means "it"
een beetje means "a bit"
langzamer means "more slowly"
I means "repeat."

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