Beginners’ Dutch course – Learn Any Language

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Introduction: about the course

About me:

About the course:

Why study Dutch

Dutch vs Flemish

Who decides?

Here are the references.

Part 1: Introducing yourself

Lesson 1: to be in Dutch and the pronouns

Lesson 2: your first Dutch dialogue

Lesson 3: the previous dialogue’s words

Download the vocabulary here. (fill in the words yourself, it’s good practice!)

Lesson 4: the Dutch dialogue read again

Lesson 5: the plural of nouns

Lesson 6: introducing yourself:

Here’s the vocabulary to download.

Lesson 7: Politeness

Exercises (review the lectures if needed, solutions below):

1) Translate the following dialogue into Dutch:

Hello mister.
Hello mrs.
Can I introduce myself?
Yes.
My name is mrs Vandevelde. You know my friend, mr Janssens.
Yes, great. Nice to meet you.

2) Translate the plural of the following words (plural words always start with ‘de’ as article):

the days
the verbs
the misters
the names

3) Give the plural of those Dutch words (they’re all according to the rules we’ve learnt, no exceptions there):

Het hotel (the hotel)
De muis (the mouse)
De auto (the car)
De plaats (the place)

Solutions:

Translate the following dialogue into Dutch:

Dag meneer.
Dag mevrouw.
Mag ik mezelf voorstellen?
Ja.
Mijn naam is mevrouw Vandevelde. U kent mijn vriend, meneer Janssens.
Ja, tof. Aangename kennismaking.

Translate the plural of the following words :

De dagen
De werkwoorden
De meneren
De namen

Give the plural of those Dutch words:

De hotels
De muizen
De auto’s
De plaatsen

Lesson 8: listen

Quiz

Question 1: Is the sentence read at the end of the previous lecture correct?

a) Yes b) Sometimes c) No it’s wrong d) I don’t know

Question 2: ‘Ik weet het niet’ means…

a) It is not wet b) I haven’t got it c) I haven’t wet it d) I don’t know

Question 3: The infinitive of ‘to be’ is not related to the conjugation in the present, just as in English.

a) Correct b) Wrong

Question 4: ‘Hoe goed ken je Sofie’ means…

a) Sofie is a great girl. b) Sofie knows a lot c) There’s a question mark missing d) None of a-c.

Question 5: Nee and neen mean the same.

a) Correct b) False

Question 6: ‘De kennis’ can be a person.

a) Yes b) Impossible

Question 7: Dag can be used for hello and goodbye.

a) Yes b) No, only for hello c) No, only for goodbye d) No, not for hello and not for goodbye.

Solutions:

1c. Zij can either be she or they, and meneer is always single and masculine. The sentence was ‘zij is een meneer.
2d.

3b. ‘Zijn’ is used for the whole plural.
4c. Ken je is inverted. It means ‘how well do you know Sofie?,’ with a question mark.
5a.
6a. It means an acquaintance, but can also mean knowledge. You studied your words well.
7a.

Part 2 is here.