Hey everyone, Dana here!
And right now I am in Amsterdam for the first ever Vidcon Europe.
Actually, the first ever VidCon outside of the U.S. anywhere.
And while I've been here in Amsterdam, I have seen some signs in Dutch, where I've thought, like,
hmmm I think that maybe I can read that sign or figure out what it says because of
my English and my German skills.
And the same with hearing people speak Dutch.
Sometimes I've thought, like, I think I heard a few words in there that I know.
So today we're gonna go to VidCon and play a little game that I like to call
What The Futch Is That Dutch?
Mr. German Man has found me a very tricky sign or two of them for my first attempt at
this game.
I have no idea.
Well, I see in this, in the yellow one, the word "weg."
W-E-G, like the German word "away."
This one, I don't know how to say this.
V-R-I-J-H...I don't...Vrrriihhh. No.
I don't know how to say this, and I have no idea what that could mean.
Okay, so in this sign I notice a few street names, and that I can tell because it seems
to be the same as in German: "Str." for street.
For "Strasse" in German or whatever it is in Dutch.
But that means street.
So there's two streets in there.
The first word we have "Kruising."
I think that's like the English word "cruising."
So maybe, ah, driving on that street is "aufgesloten."
I would say...afgesloten, afgesloten.
So maybe that's like, would be the German, "af" is like "ab," and "ge," you know so it's like,
it's saying what has happened to this street.
So maybe it's closed.
Perhaps that could be "afgesloten" is closed.
And bereikbaar...I'm thinking this B-A-A-R is like the German "bar."
I would say it's useable.
Like this other, the first street is closed.
Driving, "kruising," driving on the first street is closed.
But this other street is available.
Did I get it right?
I think I can really figure out a lot of the stuff here.
So "verboden" that would be like the German "verboten" I guess.
Not allowed. "Toegang." Maybe that's like toe in English.
So you're not allowed to go in.
Ah, I don't know what this means.
You're not allowed to go in.
Ah, "melden bij," so maybe that's like the German, so maybe you need to contact, ah,
I don't know what this is.
Maybe the landlord or something?
And then "betreden," so maybe "betreten."
"Terrein op eigen risico."
Okay so, you go in at your own risk.
I think I got it there.
So you're not allowed to go in...?
You have to contact something.
And then going in at your own risk.
That kind of confuses me.
You're not allowed to go in.
I guess you're not allowed to go in, but then you contact, then you're allowed to go in.
But still it's at your own risk.
I can help you. - Okay. "Voor onbevoegen." -Yeah? What is that, maybe?
"Bevogen." - Yeah. - "Befugt." - Okay, I still... -"Anbefugt." - I don't know that word in German. - German "anbefugt."
I don't know.
It's for, um, non-allowed people that have no right to be there.
Okay, so people who aren't allowed to be there are not allowed to be there.
People who are allowed to be there should contact - Maybe. - whoever this is.
But anyway, then you enter at your own risk. - Yes. - I think together we got it.
That gets a high five. Nice.
Alright, I think I've got this one even without the little pictures.
So I think it says "allen," or closest to that in Dutch pronunciation.
So everyone before the lines...um, you have...no.
I think I, no.
No, I don't think I got it.
I was gonna say you have to have...no actually I don't know what that would possibly mean.
Okay I go with "Alleen voor opladen elektrische voertuigen."
I think it's in German "Allein für, um, zum auf...alleine zum aufladen von elektrischen Fahrzeugen."
Oh. - The parking spaces here. - Yeah. - So, only for
charging electrical vehicles. - Okay. That makes sense.
"Denk aan onze kindern."
So I think that's "think about our kids."
You know, drive slowly.
So now I'm with Hilde. - Hi.
You're going to say a sentence for me, right? In Dutch. - Yes, yes.
And I'm gonna see if I can figure it out.
[Something in Dutch] - I heard YouTube in there.
And "Ik." I think that's something like "ich."
So that's like "I." Okay, one more time maybe.
[Something in Dutch] - I think I heard something about "film" at the end? - Uh-huh.
I'm filming a YouTube video! - No. - No. Ah, I don't know. Okay, I can't get it. What is it?
It's "I like to watch YouTube videos."
Say it one more time a little bit slower let's see if I can...- [Something in Dutch] - Okay.
Now I hear it. Like "kijk" is "like." Or no? - "Kijk" is "watch."
Oh, watch! You stumped me.
What's your name? - Roland. - Roland? - Yes.
Okay, and you're going to also give me a Dutch sentence. - I, yeah. - Okay. What is it?
[Something in Dutch] - Again? - [Something in Dutch]
I think, "I have to ask my mom." I heard "moeder."
Right, is that... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - "mom"? And "vragen" is that like "fragen"?
Is that "to ask"? - Yeah. And what was the beginning part?
"Even." - "Even." Like, is that like "eben" in German? - Ah, yeah. - Like, right soon. Okay, what does it mean?
What did you say?
"I have to ask my mom," basically. - Hey, so I got it! - Yeah, you got it. - Cool!
I got one! - It's from a pretty well known Dutch song.
Oh really? - Yeah. - Okay, which song? - "Even Aan Mijn Moeder Vragen." - Okay.
Okay, so I found another person who speaks Dutch!
Yeah! - I'm with Catherine now.
And what is your channel?
What do you make videos about?
Uh, my channel name is Styling with Cath.
And, um, it's a mix, um, actually because I do beauty, fashion, also vlog a lot.
And I do some challenges, and I also give advice.
So it's a mix of everything.
And what Dutch sentence do you have for me?
Okay, it goes like this: [Something in Dutch] - Okay, so I think the first one was "hello."
Yeah. - And say the next one again. - [Something in Dutch] - What's up?
Yeah, it can be. But, yeah. - So what is it? What is it actually? - Um, how are you?
How are you? Okay.
Okay, so I don't think that sounded anything - No. - like German or English.
Okay, I have just come across this really awesome thing.
And it's got words written on it.
So first of all, I can already tell just by looking at this, it's just outside of a park
area and so I guess this is where people can put any things that they have found lost and
found items from in the park or around this area.
And, alright, let's try this.
"Vin...ah, vind je verloren voorwerp terug."
Or something like that.
But I definitely see one that I recognize.
"Verloren."
"Lost."
And that would make sense since this is clearly a place to put lost items.
What the rest of those words mean...I don't know.
I actually have no idea what "uitgezonderd" says.
I don't know, but I'm gonna put Mr. German Man on and maybe he can crack the code.
Okay, so, let's try it.
"Uitgezonderd."
I think that it, it...there's some clues here.
Um, I think this is a one-way street sign.
And there's a bicycle on it and a moped.
And "uitgezonderd," I would say in German "ausgesondert, ausgegrenzt."
So I would deduct from it that the bike and the moped are excluded from the rule of the
one-way street. So that they can go both ways. Am I right?
So my question for you is: Could you read these signs?
Do you know what they said or what the people that I talked to said?
And what language should I try next?
Please let me know in the comments below.
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