Uut eetn goan
BeginnerOrder food in a restaurant
Story context
Intro
You want to go out to dinner with friends. The waiter comes to your table and only speaks West Flemish...
Setting
A cozy brasserie with a view of the fishing boats in the harbor
Challenge
Your friends expect you to be able to order in the local dialect!
Vocabulary (11)
| General | West-Flemish |
|---|---|
| to eat | eetn |
| plate | taloore |
| fork | fersjette |
| knife | messe |
| spoon | leepel |
| glass | glas |
| account | rekenienge |
| sauce | sause |
| fish | visch |
| meat | vlèès |
| potatoes | patatn |
Exercises (27)
You come to the brasserie. Maria asks: 'Are you coming to eat?' Learn the verb.
The word 'bord' is very different in West Flemish. What is it?
'Fork' also has a French loanword. Learn the transformation.
What changes to 'bill' in West Flemish?
You come walking. Question: 'A table for two people'
You want to see the map. Question: 'Can I have the menu?'
Maria asks what you want. Say: 'The daily special please'
You order the main course. Say: 'Fish and potatoes'
You're done. Question: 'Can I have the bill?'
Maria brings you food on a... What is 'plate' in West Flemish?
You need cutlery. What is a 'fork' in West Flemish?
Connect the restaurant words with their West Flemish translation.
Make the sentence: 'I would like fish and potatoes'
You want to pay. Make the sentence: 'Can I have the bill please'
What is "glass" in West Flemish?
What is "account" in West Flemish?
What is "sauce" in West Flemish?
What is "fish" in West Flemish?
Connect the Dutch words with the West Flemish translations.
From the window you look at the Visserskaai. Maria says: 'Do you see that boat over there? That's the Amandine, the last Icelandic passenger!' A fact about fishing.
You see all the yachts in the harbor. Maria says: 'The yacht of Nieuwpoort is the largest in Northern Europe!' A fact about the coast.
You ask about the specialty of the day. How do you ask what the fish of the day is?
You want to order a portion of gray shrimp. How do you say that in West Flemish?
Maria says: 'The fish was caught today'. What does she say about the fish?
You want to look at the menu. How do you ask that?
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