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I grew up speaking Pennsylvania Dutch, and it was my first language. I learned to speak English before I started school, but I spoke Pennsylvania Dutch pretty much every day of my life until I left home at age twenty-five. My oldest daughter's first language was Pennsylvania Dutch because I thought it was weird to talk to babies in English. But my ...
None of my kids can speak the Amish Dutch language. But my second daughter has been wanting to learn German. So she's been taking some lessons on Duolingo. And it has been interesting to compare PA Dutch words with her German words. A lot of words are similar, and I know what the German word means. But we would pronounce the word a little different...
"Hello" in PA Dutch is basically the same as in English. Because of the Dutch accent, it is said with a little more of a "Hallo" sound. And that is one reason why I thought that giving lessons on YouTube would be more beneficial than just writing the words. Because you probably won't know how to pronounce the words without hearing the accent. PA Du...
"Good morning" is translated as "Gude Mariye". Although we weren't really that Dutchified. At our house, I think we always just said "Good Morning". Some Amish use more Dutch or German words for everything. But we used a lot more English words in our Pennsylvania Dutch.
Boy = bu Girl = maedel Mom = mam Dad = dat Grandfather = dauddy Grandmother = mommy Sister = shveshta Brother = brueda I = ich You= dich or du
It would probably take a long time to become fluent in Pennsylvania Dutch. And you'd probably have to live with someone for a while who spoke the language. I keep seeing people asking if they could join the Amish. You would have to learn their language because they speak Pennsylvania Dutch all the time. And their sermons are all preached in PA Dutc...
So I have created my first-ever YouTube video to teach you how to speak PA Dutch. Click on this link (Learn Pennsylvania Dutch lesson # 1), and don't forget to hit the subscribe button (little bell icon) on my video, so that you get notified whenever I upload another lesson. And I just discovered that Amazon sells a "Pennsylvania German"book that l...
Oct 10, 2014 · PA Dutch 101: Video 41 - Subjunctive Mood.m4v. PA Dutch 101 is a series of videos to help people learn the Pennsylvania Dutch Language. The videos cover grammar topics and vocabulary...
PA Dutch 101: Video 39 - Conjunctions.m4v1.8K Views- PA Dutch 101: Video 40 - Passive Voice.m4v1.9K Views
- PA Dutch 101: Video 33 - Comparative and Superlative.m4v2K Views
- PA Dutch 101: Video 32 - Adjective Endings.m4v2.2K Views
- PA Dutch 101: Video 16 - Describing what you like3.6K Views
- PA Dutch 101: Video 12 - Nominative Case3.8K Views
- PA Dutch 101: Video 2 - Greetings and Introductions.m4v84.2K Views
PA Dutch 101 - Vocabulary Videos. This playlist of videos covers vocabulary topics in Pennsylvania Dutch. For more information, please visit: http://padutch101.wikispaces.com.
Mar 20, 2024 · Learn More. This is a Pennsylvania Dutch dictionary with words and phrases used by native speakers. Some older Deitsh words found in The Heilich Shrift (Bible) or the dictionary are no longer as commonly used among native speakers.
