Practical phrases for travel — ordering, paying, and getting around.
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What time is breakfast? (Literally 'how late is the breakfast' — 'hoe laat' is how to ask the time.)
Hoe laat is het ontbijt?
Are you open? ('jullie' = plural 'you' — used for shops/businesses.)
Zijn jullie open?
Where is the toilet? (Also 'de wc' — both common.)
Waar is het toilet?
Is there more toilet paper?
Is er meer toiletpapier?
Where's a good restaurant?
Waar is een goed restaurant?
Is it cheap or expensive? ('goedkoop' literally 'good-buy' = cheap.)
Is het goedkoop of duur?
Where can I find a supermarket?
Waar kan ik een supermarkt vinden?
How many do you want? ('hoe-veel' = how-much, written as one word.)
Hoeveel wil je?
Can I drink the tap water? ('kraan' = tap + 'water'.)
Kan ik het kraanwater drinken?
One, two, three, four, five.
Eén, twee, drie, vier, vijf.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Zes, zeven, acht, negen, tien.
How much does it cost?
Hoeveel kost het?
Can I pay by card? ('pin' is also very common in NL: 'kan ik pinnen?')
Kan ik met de kaart betalen?
Can we pay, please? ('afrekenen' = literally 'off-calculate' → to settle the bill.)
Kunnen we afrekenen, alsjeblieft?
Let's split it. ('delen' = to share/divide.)
Zullen we delen?
Do you have water?
Hebben jullie water?
The bill, please! (From 'rekenen' (to calculate) — same root as 'afrekenen'.)
De rekening, alsjeblieft!
I'll pay for my friend. ('-in' suffix makes feminine: 'vriend' → 'vriendin'.)
Ik betaal voor mijn vriend(in).
My friend pays for me.
Mijn vriend(in) betaalt voor mij.
Can I help you with anything else?
Kan ik je met iets anders helpen?
This tastes delicious. ('heerlijk' = wonderful/delicious — also used for non-food things ('heerlijk weer').)
Dit smaakt heerlijk.
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