hallo : hello<\/p>\n
goedemorgen : good morning, for use from around 6:00am until around noon<\/p>\n
goedemiddag : good afternoon, for use from around 12 noon until around 4:00 or 5:00pm<\/p>\n
goedenavond : good evening, for use from around 5:00pm until around 11:00pm<\/p>\n
goedenacht : good night, for use from around 11:00pm until around 6:00am<\/p>\n
In the above examples, goede<\/em> is often slurred so that it sounds like goeie<\/em>, which is also a bit more informal.\u00a0 Try pronouncing goede<\/em> but just gloss over the d<\/em> in your pronunciation.<\/p>\n dag : literally day, but means hi, good day<\/p>\n hoi : hi, informal<\/p>\n Saying Goodbye<\/strong><\/p>\n dag\/daag : again it literally means day here, but it is used as saying, have a nice day.<\/p>\n doeg: this comes from\u00a0dag<\/em>, and just means the same thing.<\/p>\n doei : bye.<\/p>\n doei-doei : this isn’t an official way of saying goodbye, but you will hear it a lot, and it basically means bye-bye<\/p>\n tot ziens : see you later<\/p>\n tot zo : see you soon,\u00a0usually used if you will be seeing the person a little\u00a0later that day<\/p>\n tot straks : see you soon, also usually used if you will be seeing the person a little\u00a0later that day<\/p>\n One cultural difference you might notice is that the Dutch can be rather reserved.\u00a0 For me, it’s fairly common that if I see a friend on the street I might yell my hello across the street and get this person’s attention.\u00a0 This isn’t considered a terrible faux pas in Dutch culture, but it is often preferred if your greeting stays more subdued.<\/p>\n Those Three Kisses<\/strong><\/p>\n Those three kisses (Image by Simon Blackley at Flickr.com under CC BY-ND 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n The other difference you might notice is that the Dutch give three kisses on the cheek when they greet.\u00a0 A colleague of mine recently described it as a sort of head-bobbing chicken dance, and indeed, it can seem as such.\u00a0 The general rule for these kisses is that women are expected to kiss women and men on each cheek, first one side, then the other, then back again to the first cheek, in a sort of quick pecking motion.\u00a0 This is generally expected among friends and family.\u00a0 Men are expected to give this greeting to women, but not with other men.\u00a0 For men, a simple, firm handshake with a direct look in the eye will usually suffice.\u00a0 Eye contact is fairly important for the Dutch, so even if it appears that they might be staring you down, it’s probably not intended that way.<\/p>\n There is a bit of debate over the whole “three kisses” vs “two kisses” within Dutch culture, since no one can really seem to find a good reason for that extra kiss other than that every one else does it.\u00a0 Some Dutch people will even admit that three is perhaps a bit overkill, but as they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do…and when in the Netherlands, give three kisses.<\/p>\n If you are looking to learn Dutch<\/a>, check out our website at Transparent.com for free resources like\u00a0Dutch Word of the Day<\/a> and our\u00a0Dutch Facebook community<\/a>, or take it to the next level with a free trial of our self-guided online\u00a0Dutch course<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Dutch there are many ways of saying hello and goodbye.\u00a0 Which greeting you will use will depend on the time of day.\u00a0 Most of the estimates for the times of day you can use these greetings are estimates, so use whatever seems most appropriate to you.\u00a0 For the Dutch, the night greeting is usually…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/7\/6172\/6238147614_265da2be87_b.jpg\")
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