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a direct translation of the Dutch "wat wilt u hebben?" Although I'm not a Dutch speaker I'd suggest that would be "What will you have?".
by coffeeacc 9y ago
a direct translation of the Dutch "wat wilt u hebben?"
Although I'm not a Dutch speaker I'd suggest that would be "What will you have?".
- jjevanoorschot 9y agoYou're right, although to a non-native speaker these might be hard to distinguish. The Dutch are often praised for their ability to speak English, but in my experience nuances like these are often missed, making the Dutch come across more blunt than they actually are.
- mcv 9y agoThe Dutch are particularly good at translating Dutch idioms into really crappy English.
- Thiez 9y agoThat hits like a pliers on a pig. Now you are playing to the Dutch people the zwartepiet. We share selflessly with you the best parts of our amazing language and you look the given horse in the mouth! This is why we not the effort taken to learn you Dutch, because who not honors the small is not worth the big!
- thijsvandien 9y agoWhoever feels like having more of this can watch Louis van Gaal’s press conferences. :)
- thijsvandien 9y agoBeing Dutch I painstakingly avoid using proverbs when speaking English, to avoid saying anything ridiculous. Sometimes the literal translation is actually correct, but it makes me paranoid.
- pwagland 9y agoUnfortunately peanut butter I think you are right about that!
- internetionals 9y agoThat would be a correct word for word translation. But the phrase "What do you want?" is the closes normal translation, not counting the politeness forms.
- mbid 9y agoNo, "willen" means "to want". The Dutch sentence is in present tense, your English translation isn't.