Do Holland people speak English?

I would like to communicate with somebodies in Holland for some reasons.
that nice lovely girl is also in this website.
But sounds like they speak only Dutch,
i'm not sure if they also speak English like a second language?

I would like to say
' i dont have any bad intention,
i would like to get to know you.
Long like one year already I know you from my side
but to protect your feeling I kept quiet and did not show up.
Now I just would like to say hi and i hope you not mind to be friends.'

anybody who can speak both languages please help.

I grew up in a very small village in the Netherlands. I think its completely bullshit that only people from the city can speak English in a decent way. We all get the same education. So don't tell people from abroad that when they go to village most people don't know how to speak the language.

And I do know for a fact that in most village a lot of people speak English in a decent way...

Luckily I can say I speak English fluently, after being married to a US citizen and worked on a US army base where I did all the customer support. I did not get any more English classes than anybody else and my god I sucked at that class... practice does a lot more then just sitting at school following these classes...

Everybody can learn English no matter where you live...

dutch people can speak better english then they think haha

Uitspraak van Skorm op woensdag 7 januari 2009 om 23:22:

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a guy that lives a few blocks away from here doesn't even know what a tv is O_o

really?!

Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 13 januari 2009 om 18:56:

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Everybody can learn English no matter where you live...

yes but the question is
do we want to learn it

I just fell with my nose in the butter

I'm going to do poopoo right now

Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 13 januari 2009 om 18:56:

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I grew up in a very small village in the Netherlands. I think its completely bullshit that only people from the city can speak English in a decent way. We all get the same education. So don't tell people from abroad that when they go to village most people don't know how to speak the language.

And I do know for a fact that in most village a lot of people speak English in a decent way...

Luckily I can say I speak English fluently, after being married to a US citizen and worked on a US army base where I did all the customer support. I did not get any more English classes than anybody else and my god I sucked at that class... practice does a lot more then just sitting at school following these classes...

Everybody can learn English no matter where you live...

ya i see, but i think most of people in Holland they understand what I am saying in English,
the difficult thing is to listen their accent i can't understand so much. and that made me not sure about they would understand what i tried to say to them.

I think these day most Dutch peoples do speak [ or read/understand ] English..
Why? The Internet.. [ personally i like to be on international boards, so my knowledge about foreign languages expands.. ]

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zaterdag 17 januari 2009 om 11:53:

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not sure about they would understand what i tried to say to them.

writing/reading won't be any problem for most, english is something everybody learn at school nowaday....
About pronouncing, it suxx to listen to Dutchies speaking english....they've got this strange accent...

Many people have a strange english accent. Spanish, Italian, French...

If I speak english with a native speaker, he knows my english accent is not perfect

well i need a help.. i cant find where people upload their photos

Uitspraak van DanM op zaterdag 17 januari 2009 om 15:01:

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think these day most Dutch peoples do speak [ or read/understand ] English..
Why? The Internet.. [ personally i like to be on international boards, so my knowledge about foreign languages expands.. ]

I agree! It's important to learn as many languages as you can. Atleast the ones that matter.

Uitspraak van #Daniellee. op woensdag 7 januari 2009 om 17:57:

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I have tomorrow a english test fuck that.

I would have helped you study if you would have promised to buy me a beer on my next trip to Holland.

I've farted...and it's a bit smelly
But i don't smoke

Uitspraak van paradini op woensdag 14 januari 2009 om 11:48:

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dutch people can speak better english then they think haha

And some people can't

then = dan -> "als... dan..."
than = dan -> "groter dan..."

I think in general we speak better English then for instance the German people

nevermind

farmers from the south don't speak english and dutch

Uitspraak van -Dikkie- op vrijdag 23 januari 2009 om 12:20:

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I think in general we speak better English then for instance the German people

LOL _O- indeed. You might as well add France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain to it!

I don`t know so many dutch people, but the people i know can speak perfekt english, and at the moment it is the only way to talk with this people, because they don`t can speak german and i don`t can speak dutch.

I`m still learn dutch but the hard thing on this language is to talk it, so it is not a big problem more to understand the write or listen the sound, but how i can say it for best??

Dutch is not so soft like germany many words are hard and this is really different from german.

But to say Netherland people don`t can talk in english or only people in big citys is so stupid, because it is not true.

Everybody can learn it when he want it okay it is sometimes not easy but everybody can do it.

Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 2 januari 2009 om 14:14:

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In the big city's you could say that they're fluent.
But in smaller places, sometimes it can be a mission impossible..
But most Dutch people speak ok english, they can save themselves in tricky situations..

your rite there ,
the dutch are a handy nation when it comes to communcating with lanagues

oh ya btw for anyone who goes on holiday to holland and visits friesland (fryslan) , one of the provinces dont forget your passport cos they consider themselves there own country hahahaha

no offence to the friesians

Living in Londen right know since 3 months..
I've also studied Cambrigde at the Britische Council in amsterdam.
Finished it with a B.
I think the Dutch people can speak the most lanagues in the whole world.
At school we got to learn proper english, german, french and spanish..
That's more then any other in the world we should be proud on this!

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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since 3 months..

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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Britische

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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lanagues

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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we got to learn

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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more then any other

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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proud on this

wtf???

Uitspraak van Misslouie op woensdag 11 februari 2009 om 17:02:

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Finished it with a B.

?????

????

Uitspraak van -Dikkie- op vrijdag 23 januari 2009 om 12:20:

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think in general we speak better English then for instance the German people

Most Dutch people speak English and German quite well

But we have to, we are a country with many business relationships abroad

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 21 december 2008 om 15:03:

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Dutch

Uitspraak van verwijderd op zondag 21 december 2008 om 15:03:

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speak English like a second language

I used to watch He-man, GI Joe, BraveStar, Inspector Gadget, Mask and all that kind of stuff in English when I was 6. That's where I learned..
..nowadays everything's dubbed for the youngsters

I saw 2 bears making sandwiches, oh it was an miracle!

why does the rest of europe, not speak dutch instead.

I spreak engelish ferry good

this has been responded to quite often already, but i'll post my remarks anyways..

compared to the inhabitants of a lot of other european countries the dutch speak english pretty well

in my opinion one of the main reasons for this is that movies and sitcoms on TV are not dubbed, but only subtitled.
this way they (maybe subconsciously, maybe not) learn while watching tv.
i have talked to people that were actually quite surprised how well they spoke english without any real practice), however because of this they make a lot of spelling-mistakes when writing..

a dutch friend of mine was in germany a few weeks ago and it was quite hard for her to just have a short conversation in a restaurant, simply because of her lack of knowledge on the german language and the people there didn't speak english or dutch..
i'm austrian myself and there i have a couple of friends there that don't speak english at all and i need to translate everything..

when moving to the netherlands i was really glad that the general level of english is that high, so i never had any issues communicating with people before getting a grip on the dutch language (unlike France, which was a disaster when i didn't speak french at first)

Every dutch human speaks English

we try

Uitspraak van verwijderd op vrijdag 23 januari 2009 om 14:46:

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and Spain

Emilio Botín, President of the Spanish bank Santander, he speaks English very well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLDoWqIq2M

I think it's funny that if you'd speak English to a Dutch person their English is 'ok'.
But then if you question their English vocabulary they bring out the big guns.

They'r doing their best and the English vocabulary of most dutch people is much better than the Dutch vocabulary of most expats living in the Netherlands for a couple of years.

The dutch people should be proud.

Yes i do!

You can assume that must Dutch people do speak English. Since we all have to take English classes in school(also german and french but that depends on the level of education your doing).

Uitspraak van Nik, op zaterdag 18 april 2009 om 19:07:

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You can assume that must Dutch people do speak English. Since we all have to take English classes in school(also german and french but that depends on the level of education your doing).

I have had both, but speak neither German nor French
English is just a very easy language to learn and use, I actually prefer it over dutch.

Quote: Do Holland people speak English?

Dutch people do...

Uitspraak van Theeleut op dinsdag 28 april 2009 om 21:53:

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Quote: Do Holland people speak English?

No we dont..
We are stupid people..
Pfffff..
OF COURSE WE DO..
But when you go to a dutch site..
You can expect that we talk dutch..
You would do the same thing in your language

They do.

Almost every Dutch person I have met speaks English, and the only ones that didn't were much older. What surprises is me is how often they will ask me "Did I say that right?" or "Do you understand what I'm trying to say?" even though it is perfectly clear. I don't think they are giving themselves enough credit for how well they actually speak the language.

As for me, I'm American. Here if you speak more than one language you are either gifted or from another country.

we learn english at school...

I learned engilsh by watching cartoons and cheap porn


great

lol @ DNB