Even though they spoke Dutch and English, they just didn't understand.

尽管他们说荷兰语和英语，他们就是听不懂。

Yeah, it makes me feel more assertive when I'm speaking Dutch because you just get straight to the point.

对，当我说荷兰语时，我感觉更有自信，因为你可以直奔主题。

He grew up speaking Dutch in his house.

他在家里说荷兰语长大。

They learned to speak Dutch right away.

他们马上就学会了说荷兰语。

And Otto already knew how to speak Dutch, the language of the Netherlands.

奥托已经会说荷兰语荷兰语了。

I had lived long in Holland, pursuing my studies at Leyden, and I spoke Dutch well.

我在荷兰生活了很长时间，在莱顿 (Leyden) 求学，我的荷兰语说得很好。

The largest of the two pirate ships was commanded by a Japanese captain, who spoke a little Dutch, but very imperfectly.

两艘海盗船中最大的一艘由一位日本船长指挥，他会说一点荷兰语，但非常不熟练。

The children were also beginning to forget their English way of life and began speaking Dutch and doing things in the Dutch way.

孩子们也开始忘记他们的英语生活方式，开始说荷兰语并以荷兰方式做事。

For children, this isn't very hard, because even though one schoolyard speaks Dutch and the other schoolyard, a mix of French, Turkish and Arabic, they all speak the universal language of play.

对于孩子们来说， 这并不是很难，因为尽管一个校园讲荷兰语， 另一个校园讲法语、土耳其语和阿拉伯语， 但他们都说游戏的通用语言。

I spoken Dutch tolerably well; I told him who we were, and begged him, in consideration of our being Christians and Protestants, of neighbouring countries in strict alliance, that he would move the captains to take some pity on us.

我的荷兰语说得还算不错；我告诉他我们是谁，并恳求他，考虑到我们是基督教徒和新教徒，是邻国的严格联盟，他会促使船长们对我们表示同情。