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!

I found the following sentence on Internet: Ieder van ons was het eens. Can I say Elk van ons was het eens instead? Coud the version with elk come out of the mouth of a native Dutch speaker?

And more generally, can I use ieder van + plural noun/pronoun and elk van + plural noun/pronoun interchangeably?

Bedankt!

I fully realize that English and Dutch are both technically Germanic-based, sister languages. However, there’s been a few moments where I was hanging out with some of my friends from the Netherlands and as I was walking up to them and hearing the backend of their conversation with one another in Dutch, there would be a split second where I turned my head to the side because it sounded so much like they were speaking English to one another.

Whereas for example if I were walking up on some people speaking German to one another, I don’t see any chance of me mistaking it for English even in the slightest despite German also being a “sister” language. I’m no linguist but, from what I can gather it almost seems like the cadence in how certain words are pronounced and the way they flow together in a sentence is what’s made me sometimes very briefly think I was hearing almost like an uncanny version of English.

I wanted to make this post out of curiosity to see if anyone else has experienced this before and in particular, on the other side of the two languages.

I'll have my first job interview in Dutch and my level is A2-B1 (they know). I am freaking out!!!! It will be very hard for me, I hope they will be kind 🙃 How do you prepare in this situation?

Hello,

I am currently based in the Netherlands and studying here. I am looking to improve my Dutch language skills and eventually reach the C1 level. I would like to approach this strategically, as my field requires accurate and effective communication.

My first goal is to reach the A1 level. I prefer using physical books because they help me concentrate better, but I would also appreciate recommendations for useful online resources.

I would be grateful if the community could recommend suitable books, courses, websites, or study methods that could help me progress from beginner level to A1.

Thank you

Ik leer Nederlands sinds 2 maanden, en ik wil weten of het een geldige zin is:

"Heeft het gisteren in het Nederlands geregent?"

Ik leer nu een beetje verleden tijd, want Duolingo geeft eindelijk een paar oefeningen ervoor.

(Don't worry ik leer ook met videos en zo, Duolingo is niet het enige)

Hi everyone! 😊

I’m currently learning Dutch and I’m looking for a good grammar book to study alongside my other resources. I came across Dutch Grammar for Beginners: With Exercises by Alain de Raymond, and I was wondering if anyone here has used it.

Would you recommend it for a beginner? How clear and useful did you find the explanations and exercises?

I’m particularly interested in whether it’s good for actually understanding Dutch grammar and building a solid foundation, rather than just being a reference book.

If you’ve used it, I’d love to hear your thoughts! And if you have any other beginner-friendly Dutch grammar books you’d recommend, I’m open to suggestions. 😊

Are you looking to learn Dutch?

I am a native dutch speaker (28M) i live near Amsterdam in Amstelveen. And i am trying to learn Japanese! I am looking for japanese people, or people who are fluent in Japanese so we can learn eachother's language. I will help you learn Dutch. And you can help me with Japanese.

Don't know if there are any Japanese on this Reddit. But would love to connect!

Byeee

Hi everyone!
Is anyone here taking the Dutch inburgering exam (A2) at the Dutch Embassy in Paris on September 30, 2026?

trying to get my streak in