Netherlands Three - Text
The subject is a Dutch high school student, male, born 1988 in Sao Paolo, but raised in Breda, in Brabant, Netherlands. The subject submitted this sample himself.
Recorded January 16, 2006. Running time: 04:44.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
Well, I was born in Sao Paolo, in Brazil, so, Dutch parents adopted me, and...and...ever since I have lived in Brabant, it's..one of the southern provinces of the Netherlands. At the moment I'm ordinary high school student, I am very interested in languages, I have really liked English, while there is--there's a few things I don't like about it, but yes um...I think it's--it's a very good language when it comes to...an international language it's--it's quite learn-able. Um...uh, I think it's a pity that I don't have French or German at school, I really like French, I used to..learn it some years ago, and my Dutch accent is a bit--prevent--prevents it. Uh, I like the Dutch language, but I can imagine foreigners have difficulty learning it because everyday language is quite different from standard Dutch and we have...some really diff--difficult sounds like /ei/, /ou/, and /sch/. Um...I have also created my own languages, which is called "*Conlanging." Um...I can, I can fill the gap between...what I w--try to say and...what I can't say in my own language or in English or whatever, so, I also write poems. I think I want to be...a linguist, or somebody related to culture...perhaps in Brazil, so I am going to learn Portuguese, yes um...I think it's a really pretty language, also Chinese is also pretty language and m-m-maybe I am going to learn it because I think it's the language of the future.