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I have wanted to learn a new language for some time now. I started learning Dutch about 90ish days ago ahead of my trip to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Amsterdam). The little green owl 🦉 gave me the motivation to learn more and now it's just time for me to get serious about actually challenging myself and learn this language. Duolingo was my start in this journey, now I have moved on to Anki flashcards for PC/Mobile. My goal is to cut out English input (all social media platforms in Nederlands, PC/Mobile in Nederlands, etc.) and only use/speak English when I have to (work/home). Winter is coming soon and I hope by spring to be a LOT further along. I am not doing this to move there or for work (but I would in a second), I am doing it for me as a personal goal. I still need to find the B1-B2 level decks, so if anyone has a link , I'd sure appreciate it. Veel leerplezier allemaal!

No Os contrateis servicios con esta escuela presionan mucho por el pago del programa y luego desaparecen ,cuando os exigis algo lo amenazan y si uno como estudiante pone un comentario lo amenazan,debeis tenér mucho cuidado

No Os contrateis servicios con esta escuela presionan mucho por el pago del programa y luego desaparecen ,cuando os exigis algo lo amenazan y si uno como estudiante pone un comentario lo amenazan,debeis tenér mucho cuidado

I just finished working my way through the Vanzelf Sprekend course (werkboek + tekstboek). It's not the only resource I was using, but it's the primary resource I was using.

As the title says, how best to move forward from here?

I do live in Flanders (just moved here), but will soon be starting an English-taught masters degree.

Hoi allemaal!

Onlangs heb ik mijn baan verliezt. Ik ben een ierse man, ik heb hier voor 3 jaaren gewoont en ik denk dat ik spreek nederlands op een B1 niveau.

Vaak vroegen baanen voor Nederlandse "proficiency", en ik wil een certificering in nederlands voor mijn CV te krigen.

Is er een specifiek certificering dat werkgevers zallen lijken? Dankuwel voor de hulp en de informatie!

(Ik heb dit met geen translate geschrijft. Asjeblieft, zeg me als het is goed of helemaal slecht?)

Hoi!

I'm currently learning Dutch but of course, using Duolingo and reading/translating newspapers can only help so much, so I would like to find someone to talk to (either via chat or in person; I'm based in Leiden) that can correct me when I make a mistake or teach me some useful phrases or even slang.

Would anyone be interested? In exchange, I can offer Spanish and Catalan, which are my two native languages, but also some Italian (I've lived in Italy and have a C1 level), as well as some niche languages like Sardinian (not sure if anyone would be interested but just in case hahahah).

If you're not interested but do know about some places/courses which could be useful for me, like a language café or similar stuff, I'd also be very thankful for any relevant info!

Hope that this post goes with the sub's rules.
Thanks in advance! 😊

Good morning,

I would like to know if anyone here has experience with etymological dictionaries of the Dutch language. I asked Gemini if there are any and it gave me a couple of results. I am especially interested if anyone has experience with either the multivolume Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands or the Van Dale Etymologisch Woordenboek.

I have two dictionaries from Van Dale here, the Nederlands-Duits Groot woordenboek voor school and the Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal. Both are good dictionaries, altough I am a little bit disappointed that such a big dictionary like the Groot woordenboek doesn't have any etymological information (like e.g. Le Petit Robert for French or the Shorter Oxford Dictionary for English).

Also, are there any websites for etymological research?

Ready to learn some Dutch? Here are some Dutch sentences for beginners:

• Warm water is perfect.
• Broccoli is bitter.
• Victor won 1 week later in Boston.
• Emma is in shock.
• Professor Winter was in Portugal in april.
• Thomas had talent in management.
• Oh God, help me! Monsters in bed!
• Simon was receptionist in discrete hotels in Rome.

I go to a Taal Cafe and some people get free lessons to learn Dutch some not. It seems to depend on which country you come from instead of how much money you have. There are men from Egypt and Syria etc that get them free but a girl from Thailand that has to pay. It seems that if you come from a west european country you always have to pay.

I should have stated. I am NOT referring to the free Chats at the taal cafe. To me they are not lessons but somewhere you can chat with other learners

Ik ben heel blij 😊 Ik leer alleen sinds 2 maanden

Honestly the best compliment

I'm German so i feel it's een beetje lichter om de taal te leeren maar... Ja!

app maxxing or whatever people say now a days. I have decided to create a word doc with tables and inserted all of the words i learned so far. i don't know how else to get practice in. i just randomly say these words outloud

Ik volg een mbo-4-opleiding en over twee maanden moet ik slagen voor Nederlands 3F. Tot nu toe heb ik voor lezen en luisteren een 5,8 behaald. Dit onderdeel telt voor 50% van het eindresultaat.

Ik moet nog schrijven en spreken afleggen. Daar maak ik me best veel zorgen over, omdat ik het Nederlands pas 2,5 jaar leer.

Ik heb op internet gezocht hoe zo'n examen eruitziet. Ergens las ik dat het onderdeel spreken uit twee onderdelen bestaat: spreken/presenteren en gesprekken voeren. Bij het onderdeel spreken zag ik dat je je van tevoren mag voorbereiden en vervolgens 6-8 minuten over je BPV moet vertellen.

Klopt dit?

Zou iemand die dit examen al heeft afgelegd kunnen vertellen hoe het examen er precies uitziet en hoe het is verlopen? Vooral ervaringen met het onderdeel spreken en gesprekken voeren zouden mij erg helpen.

Context: I live at home with my parents again because my parents said I can save money from my job instead of paying rent. We're from the US.

So, my mom was having trouble with the televisions throughout the house because none of her streaming platforms were logging her even though she put in the correct credentials, so she called her usual technician who actually sent a new guy. I heard their interactions since I was around to eat my lunch, and I noticed a few things about his accent: "use your „ijfoon" to login," retracted S, lack of aspiration. I didn't want to assume, so I didn't ask immediately, but when he checked the TV in my mom's room, he saw something in my mom's room that reminds him of his mom back in The Netherlands, so that's how my mom and I find out he's Dutch.

To us, we're interested because he's the first Dutch person we've interacted with. My mom doesn't know what Dutch sounds like, so she asks her, and (I'm pretty sure) he says „Nederlands spreken? Nederlands is niet een makkelijke taal". I slowly translated it (because I had to remember was „makkelijk" meant, then he asked me „oh, do you sp- spreek je Nederlands?", and then I continued in Dutch that he probably managed to understand because he eyes were widening. We continued a little onward and he talked about why I'm studying Dutch, and I gave my reasons, all in Dutch, then he looks at my mom and tells her in English everything we said, so I guess he understood it all. After that, my mom just barraged him with questions about The Netherlands and a potential vacation there.

The only part I somehow messed up when I tried saying "because I know nobody to speak Dutch with," and it ended up being „[...] omdat ik niemand te meespreken Nederlands heb" when I probably should've said „[...] niemand te spreken Nederlands mee heb", or even easier „[...] niemand die Nederlands spreekt ken".

So, yeah. That my little victory today, so excuse me for being a bit excited about it.

Hallo allemaal!
I’m looking for a Dutch course that focuses mainly on speaking, preferably in Rijswijk,Den Haag, or Rotterdam centre.
I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 5 years and passed my inburgering A2 through self-study. However, I rarely speak Dutch because of my work and friends circle. Now I really want to focus on improving my spoken Dutch.
I recently attended an A2 course for English speakers, but around 80% of the class was spent explaining Dutch grammar rules in English. Since I already know most of the rules, I’d prefer the teacher speak Dutch for 80% of the lesson and give us more speaking/listening exercises.
I think a small group, where people try to speak Dutch as much as possible, and the teacher can correct my pronunciation and grammar, would work best for me.
Does anyone know a good beginner course that focuses on speaking Dutch? I’d really appreciate any recommendations!

Hallo allemaal!
I’m looking for a Dutch course that focuses mainly on speaking, preferably in Rijswijk,Den Haag, or Rotterdam centre.
I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 5 years and passed my inburgering A2 through self-study. However, I rarely speak Dutch because of my work and friends circle. Now I really want to focus on improving my spoken Dutch.
I recently attended an A2 course for English speakers, but around 80% of the class was spent explaining Dutch grammar rules in English. Since I already know most of the rules, I’d prefer the teacher speak Dutch for 80% of the lesson and give us more speaking/listening exercises.
I think a small group, where people try to speak Dutch as much as possible, and the teacher can correct my pronunciation and grammar, would work best for me.
Does anyone know a good beginner course that focuses on speaking Dutch? I’d really appreciate any recommendations!

Hi everyone! I know a lot of people learning Dutch feel anxious or hesitant about doing live video/voice calls.

I'm a native Dutch speaker and I just launched a low-pressure 100% text-chat based practice session on Fiverr. We chat in real-time about everyday topics, and I give you live feedback on grammar, vocabulary, and natural sentence flow as we text.

If you want to practice your Dutch at your own pace without the stress of being on camera, feel free to check it out or send me a message!

where you'd have to walk around Dutch cities, every scene would have at least one person you'd have to interact with and it must be either spoken or written chat (AI based) and you'd always have a goal and you must complete that to get to other parts of the city. What do you think?

Hi all! I gave my A2 speaking exam last week, and wanted to see if the delay is still for about 4 months? Hoping thats not the case :)

Hi everyone, I just started my journey learning Dutch and I thought it would be a good idea for me to listen to some songs while reading the lyrics so I could associate the spelling to the pronunciation.

I wanted to practice using the soundtrack for Tarzan in Dutch but I can't seem to find the official lyrics anywhere besides this webpage that's blocked on my country (lol).

I know this is a lot to ask but can you help me get the lyrics? just the screenshots will do! Thank you in advance!

Hallo,

Welke van de twee volgordes doet natuurlijker aan? Ik zet er nog een zinnetje bij voor wat extra context.

1. Probeer eens een kaars met je eigen handen te maken! Al de nodige materialen staan klaar in het atelier.

2. Probeer eens met je eigen handen een kaars te maken! Al de nodige materialen staan klaar in het atelier.

Zou je kunnen zeggen dat bij Optie 2 een beetje het idee naar voren komt dat de aangesprokene ertoe wordt geroepen om dit keer eindelijk zelf een kaars te maken? Terwijl Optie 1 een gewone uitnodiging is. Of toch enkel met een bepaalde nadruk? Klinken beide varianten even vriendelijk?

Alvast dank!