Dutch Language/Greetings

Lesson Overview
In this lesson you will learn:
 * How to greet someone in Dutch and to say goodbye

Explanation
Greetings are really easy in Dutch. One word will do: "Hoi".

"Hoi" means "Hi". That's easy of course. But you don't greet an elder with "Hi". You will always put the word "sir" in the sentence. So then we get: "Hoi, meneer."

Another way to greet someone is to say "Good Day, sir." In Dutch we say: "Goedendag, meneer." All right, so those are basic greetings. But in English you almost always say "How are you?" after a greeting. (American: "How are you doing?" Australian: "How are you going?") In Dutch it is: "Hoe gaat het?" If you say "Goodbye" to someone "Hoi" will also do.

You can also say to someone in high regards (teacher, businessman, boss, etc.): "Goedendag meneer", which means "Good Day, sir".

Vocabulary

 * Hallo/Hoi = Hi
 * Hoe gaat het? = How are you?
 * Meneer = sir/man
 * Mevrouw = madam/woman
 * Jongen = boy
 * Meisje = girl
 * Doei/Dag = Bye
 * Tot ziens = See you