Phrases

Greetings

As in English, Dutch has many different ways of greeting others. The most common one, which you can use all day, is Hallo.

An easy way of greeting people throughout the day, is to say the time of day and add goede- "good" in front of it - just like in English.

If the time of day starts with a vowel, you squish an -n- in between (an exception being "goedendag"). As follows:

Time of day	Greeting
Morgen (morning)	Goedemorgen
Middag (midday)	Goedemiddag
Avond (evening)	Goedenavond
Nacht (night)	Goedenacht / welterusten
Dag (day)	Goedendag

Common Phrases

Ja/Nee	Yes/No
alsjeblieft	please
doei/dag/tot ziens	goodbye
Dank je wel / Dank je	Thank You
Bedankt	Thanks
Sorry	Sorry
Excuse me/Sorry	Pardon
Oké?	Okay?
Hoe gaat het? / Hoe is het?	How are you?