Leuk hoor, depending on intonation (I could not over emphasize its importance!), means either that it really is not nice at all, e.g. Mooi and lekker are often used in combination with weather (weer in Dutch), leuk never. It would not be considered sarcastic, which it litterally is. When someone says: ‘I had a puncture’, you could reply ‘lekker dan’, out of sympathy. ‘Lekker dan!’ Most certainly means that something is NOT lekker/nice at all. And please be aware of intonation in Dutch, as it can completely turn the meaning of a word upside down.Į.g. Well, I certainly appreciate your attempt to analyse the meaning of the words, but don’t overdo the ‘man’ add on. Good luck with the dutch! And using this 7 words does sound as a smart thing to do!

‘Ja,hoor’ is weaker than ‘ja,natuurlijk’, allthough when said in the same tone of voice it can be quite the same. It is used as a way to make the word before it stronger, but not very strong. I think pretty would translate more as ‘knap’. Mooi really translates as ‘beautiful’ but is indeed used for a wide range of thinga. Only way to make make something enthousiastic out of it is by adding word like echt leuk, heel leuk, etc. This is why you wouldn’t say taking a bath is ‘leuk’ very soon, but would say ‘lekker’ probably. You can also say something like ‘lekker shoppen’ which indicates that you found it really relaxing for instance.

You sense your food as tasting good, you sense a massage as being good and say its’s lekker, you say somebody is ‘lekker’, because you’re imagining some next steps ‘Lekker’ does mean ‘tasty’ literaly, but can be used to anything that has to do with sensibility. It could sound very 80’s or just very childish. I would’nt ‘man’ too much, it very much depends on the slang of the group of people you’re in. Hi, nice article, but some things are not entirely true or complete 🙂

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