Monday, March 31, 2008

Ik ben Phoebe...

... and ik don't know any more Dutch. But I want to! I want to be able to say insulting things about fellow subway commuters to my boyfriend in a language that no one, really, no one in New York will understand. OK, not exactly, but I would like to be able to at least get by in Dutch, to at least have a brief conversation like I can in Hebrew (Ani rotza cafe vechocolad. Achshav!) when I'm next in Flanders in search of a waffle. Which is bound to happen.

So, are there Dutch classes this summer in New York? Good ones? Any at all? Also useful: driving lessons. The goal there is to be able to rent a car once I'm old enough to do so, and 25 is now looming in the not-so-distant future. My mother suggested that I have driving lessons taught in Dutch, which might not work out, but it's a thought.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, March 31, 2008 2:22:00 AM

    I had dutch classes for 2 years. i love when people talk dutch. they always sound like they are in a good mood :)

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  2. Jacob T. LevyMonday, March 31, 2008 8:17:00 AM

    It seems wrong that Dutch can be a secret code language in New Amsterdam.

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  3. Phoebe Maltz BovyMonday, March 31, 2008 10:33:00 AM

    Marvin-Were these classes by any chance in/near NYC?

    Jacob T. Levy-Tell me about it! The question is why New Amsterdam University doesn't offer any Dutch classes...

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  4. AnonymousMonday, March 31, 2008 3:57:00 PM

    I can tell you I have lived in the Netherlands now for almost 2 years and my Dutch is still horrid. Good luck...

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  5. AnonymousMonday, March 31, 2008 4:07:00 PM

    Hmm. Do you perhaps know someone who could speak to you in Dutch?

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  6. Phoebe Maltz BovyMonday, March 31, 2008 4:10:00 PM

    Anonymous #1: I figured this might be futile.

    Anonymous #2: Well yes, but at this point I cannot respond to him in Dutch, nor can I tell at all where one word begins and the next ends, or, for that matter, that the language I'm hearing is Dutch. Meaning, I need the basics.

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  7. AnonymousWednesday, April 02, 2008 3:32:00 AM

    I could tell you where the classes are in north germany, where i live, but i guess that doesnt help you...sorry

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  8. AnonymousFriday, April 04, 2008 11:48:00 AM

    How funny. My (probable) abviser just told me I might want to learn Dutch. We can complain about it to each other, should we ever actually do it.

    Anyway, I think I will be in NYC learning French this summer, so I will certainly be seeing you then.

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