{"id":1602,"date":"2011-10-15T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:18:41","slug":"my-favourite-word-in-dutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/my-favourite-word-in-dutch\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favourite Word in Dutch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has a favourite word in the foreign language that they are learning.\u00a0 For some people it is the first word that they learned.\u00a0 For others it is that one word that makes you laugh each and every time you hear it or it is the word that you struggled over and over to learn.\u00a0 For me, my favourite word in Dutch is one that I often miss when speaking in English.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch has quite a few words that have no exact equivalent in English.\u00a0 <em>Gezellig<\/em> and <em>lekker<\/em> spring to mind.\u00a0 While we can roughly translate these to cosy and tasty respectively, those words just don\u2019t do the Dutch word justice.\u00a0 My word doesn\u2019t quite fall into this category though as a direct translation does exist in English, it just doesn\u2019t work as well.<\/p>\n<p>So what is my favourite Dutch word?\u00a0 It\u2019s<em> jullie<\/em>, which means you (plural).<\/p>\n<p>The word you in Dutch can be a bit tricky as there are so many versions for it.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Jij<\/em> \u2013 you (singular, stressed)<\/li>\n<li><em>Je<\/em> \u2013 you (singular, unstressed)<\/li>\n<li><em>U<\/em> \u2013 you (singular, formal)<\/li>\n<li><em>Jullie<\/em> \u2013 you (plural)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But having a specific word for the plural form makes so much sense rather than just lumping everything together under the word you.\u00a0 Think of the differences you can make, imply and understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are writing an email to two colleagues who are working on a project.\u00a0 One is quite efficient and gets things done.\u00a0 The other is&#8230;well&#8230;a little less so.\u00a0 Colleague B might think that your \u201ccan you make sure the project is finished by November 3<sup>rd<\/sup>,\u201d statement was directed to colleague A but with<em> jullie<\/em>, his escape clause is gone.<\/li>\n<li>Your boyfriend\u2019s mother calls right before you head off on your round the world trip and says \u201cI hope you have a good trip.\u201d\u00a0 Were you included in that well wishing or is she secretly hoping you will be chased away by a rabid pack of monkeys?\u00a0 With <em>jullie<\/em> you would know.<\/li>\n<li>You waited ages to attend the Harry Potter marathon and are just at the crucial moment in the last movie but everyone around you is chattering away and munching loudly on their popcorn.\u00a0 Your shout of \u201ccan you please be quiet\u201d is just not as meaningful as if you had used <em>jullie<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there you have it, the low-down on why <em>jullie<\/em> is my favourite word in Dutch.\u00a0 What\u2019s your favourite word in Dutch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2011\/10\/1129742_open_dictionary_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Everyone has a favourite word in the foreign language that they are learning.\u00a0 For some people it is the first word that they learned.\u00a0 For others it is that one word that makes you laugh each and every time you hear it or it is the word that you struggled over and over to learn.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/my-favourite-word-in-dutch\/\">Continue 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