"Tijdens mijn geboorte aten mijn ouders vla."

Translation: During my birth, my parents ate custard.

[alexinIreland]

Wh...wha.....what?

[AlexisLinguist]

I know someone whose father was eating watermelon. ;)

[GeniusJack]

Vla:

[Yoel.]

caramel vla:

[Aling14]

Just curious. Could "vla" possibly be a cognate of the Spanish (or French) "flan"?

[PaulineStinson]

On this site http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/vlade you can find that it is connected to all kinds of foreign words that mean flat/broad/wide, because vla(de) used to refer to a flat piece of cake or pie, topped with a custard-like substance. In Limburg, "vlaai" still does mean that (although the topping is usually a fruit preserve instead of custard), but "vla" has become the word for just the topping.

[Aling14]

vriendelijk bedankt, mevrouw!

[PaulineStinson]

Heel graag gedaan, Aling14! I hope you didn't notice that I didn't answer your question ;) But it seems flan and flan de leche have the same origins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8me_caramel

[Jason29715]

Just doing the end test as a Dutch native.. What is this Duo?? lol

[Elise676113]

Wrong pronunciation here: the "a" sound at the end of "vla" should be long (as in the word "kaas").

[mausy5043]

"During my birth" really?
"At my birth" I would consider better because during my birth I guess my mother was too busy...

[TimvdGermo]

I myself am Dutch too, and I would translate this as: "At the time of my birth, my parents were eating custard." That's fine too right?

[Tijs228362]

ik ging stuk jezus man

[mausy5043]

I translated "vla" as "pudding" should be just as (in)correct as "custard"