#west flemish

[translating-to-west-flemish]

zieme der allichte

[spyld]

favorite word?

in my dialect? right now i'm thinking of:

tie'mie

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fun vocal sound that is a short way of saying "i think it's like that / seems like it's that way"

[impishdullahan]

I'm visiting family in Belgium, and I popped into a shop for something. I tell myself I should try and make any interaction last as long as possible in Dutch/Flemish, just for my own practice, but everytime I step up to speak to a clerk or other employee it's always "Spreekt u 'n bitje engels?" Do you speak a little English?

This is mostly a holdover from when I first started spending time here when my Flemish was still very poorly. I've improved a lot since, but my Flemish is still a really weird mix of features.

In the shop today, the clerk said that he didn't speak much English. Some mixed feelings here: a little "Yay, naturally imposed practice!" but also "Oh boi, I have to actually use it now..." I took a breath, and I think my face must've screwed up a little, because I could tell the clerk was preparing for some broken Dutch as I tried to find my words.

What slipped out, though, was this weird mix of Dutch syntax with competently composed sentences, Flemish contractions, very local vowels and -en suffixes, all the while stumbling over the less than English rhotics and clusters. My man went from "Oh here we go, a foreigner," to "Wait, this one's maybe a local, heh??" in about half a second.

He became very friendly after. Folks are always so endeared when they learn the English speaking foreigner knows a little of the local dialect. I went to the Passendale war museum last summer and it was the same thing: "Ah, I guess this is this week's requisite Canadi- hold on, did they just say klapm??" klapm being the local word for 'to speak'

Just young foreigner learning Flemish from their local grandma things, I guess.

[impishdullahan]

Aje gie dit kunt lesen, ton moede gie e vroagje na mie sturen, asjeblief. 'k wil ekik e bitje vloams oefenen.

Más féidir leat seo a léann, cuir ceist orm, le do thoil. Ba mhaith liom mo ghaeilge a chleachtadh.

[fictionalred]

Smoel, tote, bakkes, mulle

Give me some more flemish words for 'face'!!

[fictionalred]

stop the flashlight / torches discourse is it piellamp or taslamp?

[fictionalred]

kzien t’end

[whataboutminions]

Brihang - Oe ist