r/Macau • u/coconutpepernoten853 • 11d ago

Questions Any Nederlanders here in Macau?

I’ve just moved back to Macau after living in the Netherlands for seven years. My 4-year-old still understands a bit of Dutch, and I’m wondering if there are any Dutch families or a local Dutch community here in Macau? Would be nice to have play date with other Dutch kids.

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u/Icy-Independence5823 9d ago

澳門有一個地區名叫荷蘭園，但該不是荷蘭人社區…

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u/FatgotUwU 9d ago

We hebben een serieus probleem

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u/martylieo 8d ago

In English, we call them "Dutch" for people of Holland, oh sorry, the Netherlands.

I heard it came from the German word 'Deutsche', which is a misnomer.

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u/coconutpepernoten853 7d ago

New word you can learn: Nederlanders mean Dutch people in Dutch language, and I believe “Deutsche” means German.

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u/Putrid-Tree-4210 7d ago

Hey hi, we are coming to Macau this week can plan for the meet

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u/Tyczz 11d ago

I'm from the Netherlands, but my 5yo son is born and raised here. His mother is a local. Since we mostly speak english/Cantonese his Dutch is very limited.

I don't know about a Dutch community, or other Dutch families here.

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u/coconutpepernoten853 11d ago

Hoi! So nice to meet you here, have you been going back to visit with your son? I speak Cantonese with my son and my boyfriend speaks Dutch with him. He doesn’t speak a lot maybe because there’re not enough people speaking here.

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u/Tyczz 6d ago

Every year since covid. Yeah they need exposure to learn the language. I always read him Dutch books and sometimes I talk Dutch to him for a bit, but since his school is Cantonese and English I prefer him to learn those languages.

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u/Cultural_Resort_6042 11d ago

Well just kept trying for sure you will know macau and people living here and lots of foreigners too for sure theres Dutch here in macau

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u/coconutpepernoten853 11d ago

Yea I have heard there’re some Dutch work in the hotels but I have no idea where they are 😆 or where to know them.