An interesting with this phase - Next Saturday.
For us, it is next week Saturday.
But for some Dutch, 'Next Saturday' = 'Coming Saturday'. For e.g.,
On Wednesday, if they told you 'Let's meet next Saturday', this actually means it is 3 days later, the coming Saturday.
My college told this was due to their Dutch language has no direct translation to 'coming Saturday', and they knew it is different from what the rest of worlds means by 'Next Saturday'.
The Dutch guy that though 'Next Saturday' = 'Coming Saturday' wasn't realize about that different. We almost make a 'date' on wrong day :p
So, next time if you met a Dutch people, and have any appointment on 'Next Saturday', just ask to confirm the date.
It is always good to be double verify :p. I learn this recently in many incidence happen to me.
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i also learned something. when you ask "is the traffic bad?", they will probably answer you "nope", to confirm you, the traffic is really bad.
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