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catbird,
5 yr 117 days ago
i am lonely and need friend.
i want to speak.
Molly,
5 yr 116 days ago
Hello Catbird,
You're at the right forum here.
When you respond on a topic, you will get a reaction back. That's so great at this forum. I've been here only for a short time and believe me you don't have to be bored on this forum.
Hope you meet a lot of forum-friends. ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
manchestermale,
5 yr 115 days ago
hi, i feel the same, im from england, where are you from
andrew
Molly,
5 yr 114 days ago
Hello Andrew, I'm from The Netherlands, Fryslân.
It's flat and mostly wet ![Storm [st]](/emoticons/emotion-37.gif) but I like it there.
manchestermale,
5 yr 110 days ago
lol englands more or less the same, how old are you and where in the netherlands are you from, im in manchester are you looking for boyfriend, i liek dutch people, my great aunty lives about 30 minutes from amsterdam and a couple of my cousins
Novalee,
5 yr 110 days ago
Hello Catbird, welcome to the forums. You can tell us about you and have fun here!
Molly, I've always wanted to visit The Netherlands. I even studied a short course of Dutch language. Our teacher was from Belgium, though, and she said that the language varies slightly from one place to the other, is that true?
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Molly,
5 yr 107 days ago
Amsterdam is a big city, not as big as Shanghai but for my standards : big. :p
I'm not a city-girl. I'm from a small village from Fryslân. Born and raised there.
Fryslân is the province in the North of The Netherlands just below the little islands. I'm proud to be a Frys. I love the language and the people. Most people think that we are stubborn but when you realy get to know us, we are not so bad. (a)
Lot's of people visit Fryslân during their holiday. We have many lakes and lots of cycle tracks. It's realy a nice place to be. ![Movie [~]](/emoticons/emotion-53.gif)
Molly,
5 yr 107 days ago
Novalee, you're daring to study Dutch. Most Dutch-people find it hard to learn.
Your teacher is right, every province has his own dialect. Sounds a lot like Dutch but if you're not from the area it's sometimes hard to understand what they are saying.
In the areas close to Germany, the dialect sounds a little bit German. Dutch-German so to speak.
Fryslân has it's own LANGUAGE (y) totaly different from Dutch and with many dialects of it. Here in Fryslân we also speak Dutch ofcourse.
Novalee,
5 yr 106 days ago
Well, Molly, to tell you the truth, I loved learning Dutch, the little bit I learnt at least. I'm proud to tell you that I was the second best student in the class, according to the teacher. Unfortunatly, that semester was my last one at University, so I couldn't go on studying it.
When you say Fryslân, do you mean Frisian? I studied that Old Frisian had some influence in the forming of Old English, but I thought it wasn't much spoken nowadays :s
I especially remember "hoe laat is het?" ("What time is it?") because I spent one very long evening learning how to say the time in Dutch. It was very complicated for me. But now I've forgotten almost everything I learnt, which is a pity, :(
Ohhh! I wish I could spend a holiday in Fryslân, it seems to be a beautiful place ![Wink [;)]](/emoticons/emotion-5.gif)
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