Zal ik dan ook maar?

autofan · Post by **autofan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:20 am

Hello, I'm Anne-Jan. I come from Holland. I'm 19years young and drive a BX GTi the Swedish version with some seatwarming.

I use the username Autofan, because I used is over the hole Citroën-forms (how do you say that?)

My English is very bad. I'm sorry!

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:00 am

hi Anne-Jan
and welcome

what other forums are you registerd on, have you tried the FCF (french car forum) it is very freindly,

or even the CCC (citroen car club)

regards malcolm

mechuccio · Post by **mechuccio** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:17 am

hahaha another Dutch member

slowly we're taking over!

Mind you, now we're writing in English but give us a couple of months and you all will be talking Dutch

autofan · Post by **autofan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:56 am

I'm only registred @ Dutch forums. One time I had registred on Planete Citroën. But I don't post there and my account is removed, I think. I don't care. That French, I can't read it

@ Mechuccio: Great plan to learn them to read Dutch here!

Father Ted · Post by **Father Ted** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:33 am

Do I will then also but? (which is the literal translation of the thread title)

I can read a bit of Dutch, and know how to say "please", "thank you" and "how much?" but thats only from the time I spent working my passage over in Ijumedan

Anyway - I think this sounds right, but gramatically may be a bit duff...

Verwelkom naar BX club. Wij zouden houden van te foto's van uw voertuigen zien alstublieft.

mechuccio · Post by **mechuccio** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:10 pm

Or is it Shall I then also but?

anyhow.... hahahaha

very good!

How long have you been working in IJmuiden?

The Dutch sentence is much more then I'd expect from anyone who has lived in Holland for a breef periode!
Understanding is one thing but writing it down is a lot harder.
No spelling mistakes too in the sentence!

Alcyone · Post by **Alcyone** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:01 pm

Welcome Anne-Jan, how nice to show up here. Interesting topic title, as you can see it spreads some confusion. The sentence is a grammatical oddity and it's even difficult to translate. Probably the best translation is "Shall I go ahead, then?"

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:53 pm

Understanding is one thing but writing it down is a lot harder.

For me, a few weeks of evenings spent in Dutch bars aided "informal" understanding a long time ago. Or perhaps I should say, it seemed to help at the time. I could at least order

in several different quantities by the end of that time, and understand a few people around me.

When I tried some formal language learning after returning to the UK, I found it much more difficult. I quickly decided that I would need more time in the bars just to get familiar with all your many vowel sounds. Sadly, I haven't returned since then ....

If anyone's still reading this, I'd like to say "Dank u wel!" to your country for that pleasant trip, mostly spent near the IJsselmeer.

Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:24 pm

Welcome! The only Dutch word I know is one I learnt very quickly when driving an H van through the country - Drempel!

H vans are not as comfortable as other Citroens over speed humps...

mechuccio · Post by **mechuccio** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:00 pm

Dollywobbler wrote:Welcome! The only Dutch word I know is one I learnt very quickly when driving an H van through the country - Drempel!

H vans are not as comfortable as other Citroens over speed humps...

haha

tell me about it!

everytime after a long drive in my H or HY as we call them, it's unbelievable how comfortable my BX is. But those H's are soo much fun to drive and camp in!

autofan · Post by **autofan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:07 pm

Pictures (foto's) will I place wen I have time. Maybe over a hour.

autofan · Post by **autofan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:53 pm

Foto's: (Pictures:)

The plates with 'Citroën' are made by a Dutch man:

The Light Metal Rims: I has fixed them selve en give them a colour that matched more by Gris Dolmen.

Whit the steering wheel on the best side

Nice

This are the pictures from now on. Maybe I make some more pictures when I have changed something

Vanny · Post by **Vanny** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:20 pm

What is with the dutch invasion, its not just this forum either, in two weeks i'm being dragged to rotterdam by the missus, and its looking like i might be on a training course for a week in amsterdam before the end of the year. There are already plans in the making for Citromobile Utrecht next year too.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:25 pm

mechuccio wrote
"you all will be talking Dutch"

i think on this forum it will end up as double Dutch

regards malcolm

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:30 pm

citronut wrote:
i think on this forum it will end up as double Dutch

Double Dutch at the sign of the Double Chevron!