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humanodon  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Personal projects and research

Ah, it always helps to have extra paper around!

I did a study abroad in the Netherlands, years back. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I didn't bother to check out any Dutch poets, or to learn much Dutch. On consulting my memory, the only Dutch vocabulary I have left is words for various food items, "alstublieft," "roken is verboden," and the correct pronunciation of "van Gogh."

Are there any Dutch poets with English translations you'd recommend?





DWol  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well actually none of those poets are Dutch, they're Afrikaans :) but I can see how that could be confusing. (The compilations are Flemish and Dutch though, it's a bit hard to understand some of the older stuff in there)

I'm certain there are some translations but I can't put my finger on one now.

humanodon  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah my mistake, I apologize!

I understand that Afrikaans is different from Dutch, but not exactly how. I have a few friends from SA who liked Indonesia for ease of travel, because many signs in Indonesia were in both Bahasa Indonesia and Dutch.

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DWol  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's pretty much a dialect that got lost. There's a high level of inter-understandability, but there are some differences, most notably the double negative and the lack of verb conjugation (I is, we is, they is).

mk  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What is the correct pronunciation of van Gogh?

humanodon  ·  4226 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Check it out.

Proper Dutch pronunciation is tough for me.