Now that I’ve listed the numbers, let’s use them that we can express age and time.<\/p>\n
If you want to know how to say: How old are you? formally, it’s like this: Hoe oud bent u<\/strong>?<\/p>\n How old are you? informally is: Hoe oud ben je<\/strong>?<\/p>\n You can answer this question by saying: I am _____ years old, which in Dutch is: Ik ben ____ jaar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you look back at a couple of the posts, you can choose the accurate number for your age.<\/p>\n Now to express the time, let’s say someone asks you: What time is it?<\/p>\n In Dutch it’s: Hoe laat is het<\/strong>?<\/p>\n 1:00 – Het is een uur<\/strong>. (It’s 1 o’clock)<\/p>\n 2:00 – Het is twee uur<\/strong>. (It’s 2 o’clock)<\/p>\n Now if you want to say something like “It’s 3:30” in Dutch, add the word “half” before the number.<\/p>\n 3:30 – Het is half vier<\/strong>. (It’s 3:30)<\/p>\n 11:30 – Het is half twaalf<\/strong>. (It’s 11:30)<\/p>\n Another thing I want to add is that the 24 hour system is used in the Netherlands. That means that 1pm in the Netherlands is expressed as 13:00. It’s what Americans call “military” time. As a result, 7:00 pm in the Netherlands is going to be expressed as 19.00 u<\/strong>. So 4:30 pm is going to be expressed as 16.30 u<\/strong>. Another thing I want to point out is the punctuation. Instead of colons, the Dutch use periods.<\/p>\n Ok, so here’s the fun part. In the comments section, state your age (you can lie about it) and the time you wrote the comment. It’ll be good practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that I’ve listed the numbers, let’s use them that we can express age and time. If you want to know how to say: How old are you? formally, it’s like this: Hoe oud bent u? How old are you? informally is: Hoe oud ben je? You can answer this question by saying: I am…<\/p>\n