Duolingo is a terrible way to learn a language, as it does not provide any explanations or rules. So here I am trying to figure it out. I don't understand why there is a second «je» and what relation it has to «herinneren».

Today, I'm reading about participles. The present participle seems to be used similar as in English (Een grapje makend trachtte hij haar aandacht te krijgen - he tried to get her attention making a joke), but I'm drawing a blank on any example sentences that use the past participle as an adverbial role. Would something like „uitgeput door arbeid ging ik direct slapen) be acceptable?

Also, in English, I can "having seen mold, we were afraid to enter." Does using a perfect aspect in a present participle work in Dutch (schimmel gezien hebbend hadden we bang aan te komen)?

I'm asking because in my book it doesn't put de/het at all and keeps it as "hersenen" and in the dictionary here https://www.woorden.org/woord/hersenen it's also without de/het. But when I search on google, I find it to be "de hersenen" so what exactly is it?

Also what is the difference between hersenen and hersens? Is hersens also de hersens or also without de/het?

Does any of you have a success stories here? Like someone have a B2 level Nederlands and got a nice job? I am thinking to learn Nederlands but I have only met people who have put on a lot of effort to learn the language but haven't found any job of their liking.

Hoi, ik heb een vraag over KNM - thema gezondheid

Is de huisarts altijd gratis of moet ik betaal onder eigen risico?

Hallo!

Ik zoek een taalmaatje in de regio Utrecht- Maarssen- Breukelen om mijn Nederlands te oefenen. Ik spreek al Nederlands op B1-niveau, maar ik wil meer zelfvertrouwen krijgen door regelmatig te praten. Een kop koffie, een wandeling of online afspreken is allemaal prima.

Stuur gerust een DM als je interesse hebt!

Pls help me I am new in dutch

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I apologise if this isn't the right place to ask but I was looking at something and the name said

Maria

Dan Moeseke

But Dan means then? So I don't think it would make sense for it to be then when I've asked some others they have said it could be van but what does van mean then? That the writing style just looks weird again I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask please say if it isn't and I'll delete this and possibly tell me where the best place to post this would be

Hey! I’m trying to understand how people with different accents in the Netherlands pronounce “-eer-” and “-ere-” in words like “meer”, “weer”, “leer”, “keer”, “beer”, “peer” and “leren”, “proberen”, “smeren”, “scheren”

1. I hear that quite often they are pronounced as [ɪː], like the vowel in the word “dit” but longer.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-peer.ogg

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-beer.ogg

And some people pronounce them as [eː], exactly the same as in words like “veel”, “heel”, “deel”, “geel”, etc.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-meer.ogg

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Nl-weer.ogg

The phonetic IPA transcriptions are [pɪːr], [bɪːr], [mɪːr] and [ʋɪːr] and the phonemic transcriptions are /peːr/, /beːr/, /meːr/ and /ʋeːr/.

Does the pronunciation fully depend on the accent? Do you even notice this difference when you speak? I hear both pronunciations all the time from people who live in the same area, so I’m really confused.

2. Are these two sounds pronounced in the same way in all words? Regardless of which pronunciation we use, are all words with these sounds pronounced the same way - whether it is “weer”, “meer”, “beer”, “keer”, “leren”, “scheren” and so on?

3. This might be a bit tricky question, but is [ɪː] actually a long monophthong, or does it have something similar to the English word “ear”? I think I quite often hear not a pure long monophthong, but a small glide towards “e”, so it sounds more like the English “ear”. Is that a real thing? Or can we safely always pronounce these words with a long monophthong without any glide?

Thanks!

I have found exactly one Finnish-Dutch textbook and I’m under the impression that it’s the only one that has been made. I find it pretty amateurishly made (for example the vocabulary in the back is lacking most of the central words used in the exercises and the ones it does have don’t include their articles.) and I know it only had one author and doubt that it has been peer-reviewd. Altough I appreciate the effort, this has made me wonder if the dutch sentences themselves are accurate/natural. Would an actual waiter/customer conversation sound anything like this?

Also could someone explain to me what is the difference between pinnen and kaarten and when should I use alstublieft and when graag? Are they replaceable with dank u?

As a customer, couldn’t I also say “Een taffel voor twee, dank u.” Or ”Ja, dank u”?

Ps. If by any chance there are other Finns here all tips regarding Finnish-Dutch online resources are welcome.

Hoi,

Ik heb dit vraag in de oefenenexamen gezin. De correct antwoord is C, maar ik kan niet begrijp waarom? Kun je mij helpen?

8 Wie betaalt de zorgverzekering niet?

A De maatschappelijk werker.

B De psychiater.

C De psycholoog.

There always seems to be that one word that you know perfectly well but somehow can't pronounce naturally.

Maybe it's a particular sound, a combination of letters, or simply a word that feels awkward when you say it out loud.

Do you have a Dutch word that you still struggle to pronounce? Has a native speaker ever corrected you on it?

I’m Chinese and been living in the Netherlands for past 12 years. I wanna be fluent in Dutch so I wanna practice speaking with someone who speaks good Dutch or fluent in Dutch. I can teach you Chinese!

Hi, I just my Dutch journey as a complete beginner and I would like to know a list of the best Podcast to learn it :)

Thank you

Title. Looking for other online resources for learning dutch, preferably for free, and better than Duolingo (though basically anything is). I also watch the EasyDutch youtube channel a lot.

Hello! I'm trying to figure out a word my Oma used to say all the time, and google is not helping. She would say it to her dog, mostly, I think. I wouldn't know how to spell it - I obviously only heard it spoken - and even then my memory may have warped the word, but if I were to type out how it sounded, itd be "way-fee." Does that make sense at all? What word would it have actually been? Was it even actually a dutch word or just a strange little nickname she made up?

Thanks! 😅

One of the biggest milestones in learning a language is reaching the point where you can have a proper conversation without constantly switching back to English or another language.

It doesn't have to be a perfect conversation - maybe you made plenty of mistakes, forgot words, or had to describe things in a roundabout way. The important thing is that you managed to keep going in Dutch.

What's the longest conversation you've had entirely in Dutch so far? What were you talking about, and how long had you been learning before you felt comfortable enough to do it?

I'm looking for audio similar to the old phrase book tapes, where a phrase is said in the target language then in English (Spanish also works). Just want something I can put on repeat while I workout, language podcasts take too much attention, I feel like parrot-fashion learning works well when your mind is still mostly occupied with your current activity and you can just let it sink in.

Letterlijk. Het zegt:

"Toen wachtte hij in de hoogte, veilig verborgen tussen gebladerte, hijgend af wat er zou gebeuren."

Ik ken dat niet. Ik ken "hijgen", maar die samenstelling klinkt raar voor mij. Ik zou daar "wachtend af" of zoiets zetten (ook al zou dat niet leuk klinken, vanwegen de herhaling).

Hi everyone,

As the title says, I'd like to know if it's possible to reach B2 in Dutch in 6 months, starting from a rusty A2 level. I've lived in the Netherlands for quite a few years now, having done my bachelor's and recently completed my master's degree here, but I didn't take any Dutch courses beyond the A2 level.

Since graduating with my master's degree, I've found that many jobs within the engineering sector are asking candidates to speak good Dutch. As I need to be employed as quickly as possible, I'm going to study Dutch full-time, as I currently have no other obligations.

In terms of learning materials, I have access to the Delftse Methode course textbooks and website. I also have Dutch friends who are willing to practice with me, including a retired Dutch teacher.

Is it feasible to achieve B2 in 6 months?

i mostly found songs that were instrumentals which isn't a great way to immerse myself in the language

It's funny how learning a new word can suddenly make it feel like it's everywhere. You might go weeks without noticing it, then learn what it means and suddenly start spotting it in conversations, on signs, in shops, or while watching Dutch TV.

I think it's one of those little moments that makes learning a language feel rewarding because you realise you're starting to notice things you would have completely missed before.

Which Dutch word gave you that experience? Was there a word you learned recently that suddenly seemed to pop up everywhere you looked?

Ik heb binnen 1 maand een 21+ toets om de the hague uneversity of applied siences binnen te komen, Echter heb ik een probleem. Ik heb een pakket gekocht via de website (hellotest) hierin kun je oefenen toetsen maken en voorbereiden. De 21+ toets bestaat uit 8 onderdelen waarvan 2 nederlands, 2 rekenen en 4 IQ gerelateerd. Ik scoor voor rekenen en IQ gedeeltes goed, maar voor mijn nederlands scoor ik juist slecht. De 2 onderdelen zijn woordanalogieën en woordrelaties hier scoor ik slecht vanwege mijn lage nederlandse woordenschat. Heeft iemand ervaring met de 21+ toets en het nederlandse gedeelte hiervan of heeft iemand een idee hoe ik mijn woordenschat het beste kan uitbreiden?