beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everythingnos.nlexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1546arrow-down1external-linkThe Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everythingnos.nlbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1158275/the-netherlands-just-blocked-a-us-company-from-buying-the-app-dutch-citizens-use-for-eve
minus-squareDisasterTransport@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·2 days ago Helaas kunt u niet inloggen I don’t know Dutch but I choose to believe this says “hey cunt youre not logged in”
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoIf it was a conversation, you’d probably finish the sentence with “hoor” “You’re not logged in, hoor” I’m trying to learn it but some times my teacher saying things like this make it hard. Also people just pointing somewhere and saying “kijk” (look) makes me really think we’re out minority-spotting.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days ago‘U kunt’ is a valid Dutch sentence So is ‘Dank u’ , which is mildly amusing in English, but quite sordid in french (it’s pronounced similar to ‘dans cul’ which means ‘in the ass’)
minus-squarePierceTheBubble@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoThe first would be considered incomplete, and lead most to ask: “U kunt … wat?” (“You can do … what?”). “U kunt het” as “You (formal) can do it” would sound like “You removed head” but with a thick Dutch accent haha
minus-squarewpb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI speak Dutch and this is entirely correct.
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoSomething like “We couldn’t log you in” I think
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIt’s incredible how easy Dutch is to understand for a German lol
minus-squareironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCrazy, like they’re related or something.
I don’t know Dutch but I choose to believe this says “hey cunt youre not logged in”
If it was a conversation, you’d probably finish the sentence with “hoor”
“You’re not logged in, hoor”
I’m trying to learn it but some times my teacher saying things like this make it hard.
Also people just pointing somewhere and saying “kijk” (look) makes me really think we’re out minority-spotting.
‘U kunt’ is a valid Dutch sentence
So is ‘Dank u’ , which is mildly amusing in English, but quite sordid in french (it’s pronounced similar to ‘dans cul’ which means ‘in the ass’)
The first would be considered incomplete, and lead most to ask: “U kunt … wat?” (“You can do … what?”). “U kunt het” as “You (formal) can do it” would sound like “You removed head” but with a thick Dutch accent haha
I speak Dutch and this is entirely correct.
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Something like “We couldn’t log you in” I think
That’s correct
It’s incredible how easy Dutch is to understand for a German lol
Crazy, like they’re related or something.
basically