Approached in Dutch or English? ‘If people think I speak Dutch, I take that as a compliment’
U kunt deze ingesloten inhoud bekijken nadat u akkoord bent gegaan met cookies van YouTube.
The university is an international environment, where you are surrounded by different cultures and languages. Wonderful, but it could cause language misunderstandings. “It sometimes happens that after a long conversation we only realised that we both speak Dutch,” says one student who always approaches people in English.
Another student does not speak Dutch, but he likes it when people address him in Dutch. “If they think I speak Dutch, I take that as a compliment,” he says. Others actually try to speak Dutch, even if they don’t always succeed. “One time someone said Eet smakelijk, have a nice meal, and then I said ‘No, thank you.’ I was so embarrassed,” a British student says with a laugh.
De redactie
-
Nora van der SchoorVideo editor
Latest news
-
Cabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students
Gepubliceerd op:-
Housing
-
-
Longer travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work
Gepubliceerd op:-
Student life
-
-
University Council wants to extend opening hours of Polak during evenings and weekends
Gepubliceerd op:-
Campus
-
Comments
Comments are closed.
Read more in EM TV
-
EM TV newsflash: Entrance Kralingse Zoom closed, opening times Polak, and new research shows BSA is not helpful
Gepubliceerd op:Article type: Video-
EM TV
-
-
Students less likely to pass early exams: ‘No one wants to wake up in the morning’
Gepubliceerd op:Article type: Video-
EM TV
-
-
EM TV newsflash: staff members can help evacuate in case of emergency, Dutch Student Union has a new board, and it’s code red in the music sector
Gepubliceerd op:Article type: Video-
EM TV
-
