How I learned Dutch in 6 weeks...

When people start learning a language they often over complicate things...but if you really want to learn a language quickly, then try out the baby method !
Als jij een taal snel leren wilt, dan zou jij de Baby Methode uitproberen !
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[@LaFerpection]

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[@houdinimagician1794]

I tried signing up but they don’t have Dutch as an option :(

[@gotbananas2369]

Same, im trying to learn Dutch and there is no option for the video course. But awesome youtube videos, very fun and inspiring.

[@elliebamberger3017]

Hey wich podcast do you recommend?

[@euanlewis5977]

DUDE IVE BEEN LEARNING DUTCH FOR LIKE 8 WEEKS AND UNDERSTOOD ALMOST ALL OF TBAT THATS SO COOL

[@G0d_ch1ld]

Cool I'm Belgian but I live in England

[@Ardjano234]

This is the most Dutch-looking Brit I've seen on youtube.

[@bahareh_rezaie]

Yeah right?! I thought he was Dutch at first

[@J17vw]

You know the anglo saxon settlers were from holland and denmark. They're the same ethnic group

[@MrMmuns]

Dutch native here, definitely fully understandable without much effort. Super impressive level of dutch for 6 weeks of studying!

[@leonaise7546]

He got 168hrs of Dutch so it makes sense

[@robbe8345]

As a Belgian myself who speaks Dutch, I can 100% understand what you are saying. You make rather little mistakes, it's really impressive you can talk like this already in 6 weeks!

[@SY-tk2eg]

You speak Flemish good sir!

[@Soso-nl2dh]

I’m a Belgian too, but native french.

[@Soso-nl2dh]

@@SY-tk2eg Flemish is more a term to talk about several dialects in Flanders but the official language is Dutch with some small differences with the Dutch spoken in Netherland. Just like British and American English.

[@smxnke]

Zeg maar dat tegen de west vlamingen!

[@jolanvreys2224]

@@Soso-nl2dh Fleming here, there is definitely a difference between Flemish and Dutch, yes it is the same language but there are apart from the pronunciation also other differences. It's more different I would say between BE and AE, since there are a lot more of different expressions and words. English only arrived in America in the 1600s so the evolution is way less; while dutch has grown apart over 1000 years.

[@LanguageBoost01]

Super impressive accent, congrats! Jan

[@LaFerpection]

Thanks mate :) now all i have left to learn is the grammar, the vocab and everything else...easy :)

[@jorenmathijs3716]

Hi, I am Dutch and I live in Belgium. I really think you speak really good Dutch and I understand you very well for speaking Dutch in only 6 weeks

[@juliapuspasari9753]

May u help me learning dutch?🙉

[@jorenmathijs3716]

@@juliapuspasari9753 and how so?🤔

[@juliapuspasari9753]

You might teach me Dutch in another app but that's only if you don't mind

[@jorenmathijs3716]

@@juliapuspasari9753 I have no problem with it if you know an app

[@juliapuspasari9753]

Shall we talk on telegram?

[@ramamonato5039]

I come from 'Dutch East Indies', now Indonesia. I live in Batavia, now Jakarta. Before World War II, the official language in Indonesia was Dutch. The Dutch had colonized my country for about three hundreds and fifty years. My first acquintance with Dutch language occured very slowly around 1986, several months before I learnt my first foreign language, English. In Indonesia at that time, people learnt English in the first grade of Junior High School. I have learnt Dutch since 1987 without any teachers. I was thirteen years old at that time. I was entering junior high school. My father gave me his English dictionary. It was small and old. I was happy, but not very because I was scared I could not make it. My father was not very friendly to me when I got bad scores at any subject at school. Later, he gave me a popular dictionary. It was a very old small book that many parts of it was cracked. I opened that dictionary and saw beautiful and chic writings, which I knew later it was Dutch. Those words were unique to my eyes. There was a pronunciation guide using Indonesian spelling, and not with phonetic symbols like I found in English dictionaries. The spelling of that foreign language was regular, which means that the spelling represents its pronunciation, just like Indonesian spelling, which later I knew it was made based on Dutch spelling. Then, I fell in love with Dutch language. I could not do anything. I just read the popular dictionary during my spare time. In my father's shelf I found my father's Javanese-Dutch old dictionary. I opened it and found many words which I also found in my father's German books, like "der, des, den". One day, it being several days before Eid-ul Fitr Day, some of my father's students came to my house. They brought a big basket in which there were gifts for Eid-ul Fitr Day. One of the gifts I found there was a tin of powdered chocolate drinks. I saw various texts written in various language on the tin, one of foreign language being Dutch. I was so happy and took good care of it well. The tin is still in my locker until today. My love for Dutch got more, but I could not do anything. My father did not like Dutch and Dutch people. I could not ask him questions about Dutch freely. Initially, I read German grammar books belonging to my father because I could not find books on Dutch in local bookshop and because I wanted to learn German, too. I really wanted to know why "der, des, den" could be found in Dutch books, too. My having done so, many years after that, I learnt why the Dutch call their country "Het koninkrijk der Nederlanden", why the church is named "Het huis des Heren", etc. BUT, books cannot say anything, and I was not satisfied. My father had a cassette. There was a beautiful oldie, which, my father said, it was sung in Dutch. It was "Sonja" (De Four Tak). I listened to the song again and again to recognize Dutch speech sounds. It sounds like German to my ears. Then, I found Radio Nederland, Deutsche Welle, BBC and VOA on shortwave. I had learnt foreign languages since. I listened in to those radio stations almost every day happily. I relied on my observant ears to recognize each speech sound of each language. Then, I tried to imitate all native speakers I heard from SW radio stations. Sometimes, my mother looked at me alone in my sleeping room, wondering why I talked to myself and might consider I was crazy. I made lists and notes in my books. I compared speech sounds of the three languages. I wondered why they looked alike. Sentences like "What is that? Wat is dat? Was ist das?" were my favourites. I did not know much about Germanic languages at that time. When I was nineteen years old in senior high school in 1993, I learnt that there were Germanic languages, with English, Dutch and German being their members. Now, I am almost fifty years old. My effort in learning foreign languages alone without any teachers becomes part of my past. It has no economical value. It does not give me any money. However, I was happy.

[@yentlrose3701]

In the subtitles it said seks instead of zes. Seks means sex while zes means six. No hate i just think it's hilarious

[@mascudabschir9611]

Yentl Rose no that is clearly hate

[@quebecaaa1238]

69 thumbs up you've got 😆

[@drummingninja1065]

Noticed that as well

[@trambus1144]

Maybe he confused it with the Norwegian word.

[@theiraqipilot]

@@mascudabschir9611 funny joke eh

[@Julia-qe9fn]

when i started watching the video you spoke dutch so well and clear that i thought i accidentally clicked on a dutch video. thats mad impressive dude holy shit just 6 weeks??? im belgian (on the dutch side) and i understood everything you said. this was 4 years ago too, i cant imagine how much your dutch improved since then.

[@barrymarshall7943]

As a student of some foreign languages, I totally agree with your approach to learning languages.

[@African_leo]

Looking forward to watch the upcoming videos, keep it up mate 😊

[@AlexanderJansen]

I was about halfway through the video, understanding everything before I realised my subtitles were in Dutch. Makes sense when you explained the vocabulary trick at the end.

[@jordanshana208]

I grew up with Dutch speaking parents, one from Nederlands and one from Belgie. You're doing such a great job! Unfortunately, I don't speak Dutch fluently because they insisted on their children speaking English.

[@ServJesus7]

Haha thank you, this is brilliant thinking and raised my confidence for learning Dutch. And you are hilarious man. Much love from New York!

[@leahbruce597]

Wow your accent is actually really good!

[@DeHeld8]

I'm a Native Dutch speaker and am fluent in English, but even I don't know how to translate "I am the pain point of contact for all customer queries concerning offshore trade" without writing it down or needing some considerable time to think about it. Learning languages is not about learning translations. It's about learning meaning.

[@markabc178]

Heel leuk om te zien!

[@kasper9697]

This is just an amazing video !!

[@MoMo-dm4ux]

I've been living in Belgium for almost a year, and my accent isn't nearly as impressive. Respect!

[@MrDuck313]

This is amazing! Dutch is not an easy language, especially when trying to learn it "grammar first", so your method is very impressive! I've been binging your videos for a while, and just found out that your channel is relatively small, even though you have such great content! Keep it up!

[@based9930]

You are very gullible.

[@qqleq]

Dutch is actually quite an easy language, especially for English speakers. For English speakers it is even classified as the easiest language to learn (well, Frysian is probably easier). The grammar is a bit more complicated than English, but WAY simpler than most other European languages, especially its brother language German. As a child I also heard the myth that Dutch was a hard language, but really... it isn't. Just those g's... However ANY language is difficult to learn grammar first, I agree wholeheartedly!

[@Kurdent1]

Dutch is way harder to learn than German

[@theOnlyFrans]

Wow you are terrific and amazing in the Dutch language! The method of learning with full interest and passive, or 'normale' way to comprehend and communicate 'Nederlands' is professional and effective! Groetjes en een welverdiende buiging 👏👏🧡

[@mddprozz]

This is so enjoyable to watch

[@MaximusFrisia]

Wow, this is really impressive. Goed gedaan!

[@amberruijtenbeek5622]

Echt fantastisch! You are So impressive doing this in 6 weeks. Ongelooflijk/unbelievable!

[@dobriykote]

This is genius - you’ve got talent!

[@abeldelapaz2153]

Wow mate, I have been learning Dutch for the past 6 months and haven't even got to your level. :) You are amazing!

[@gracelopezaguirre7282]

Bravo! This is what i need to do !

[@andreaacevedoviera4274]

Hola! Soy de Canarias y acabo de descubrir tu canal gracias al vídeo que tienes sobre las diferencias entre el español y el canario (que por cierto me ha encantado). Casualmente estoy ahora mismo de Erasmus en Holanda así que trataré de aplicar tus consejos, aunque sería interesante que compartieras tu lista de "palabras importantes"! jeje Gracias! PD: Un gustazo conocer tu canal y por cierto, mañana en las prácticas que hago en un colegio de holanda, 22 niños holandeses también conocerán tu canal jeje Un saludo de una nueva seguidora Canaria perdida por el mundo :)

[@LaFerpection]

Jaja qué guay, muchas gracias ! Espero que se inscriban tmbn ;) Dónde vas a estar en Holanda ? Al fi nal as palabras más importantes son las que tu personalmente utilizas mucho. Entonces si tu eres profe, vas a necesitar todo el vocabulario relacionado con tu cole y las materias que enseñas (pizarra, cole, profe, enseñar, aprender etc.)

[@broerenbroertjetv6592]

Dat is mooi om een taal die niet van jouw is om te leren en ik denk iedereen moet gewoon durven en later word je nog beter 👍🏽👍🏽

[@oceanbreezq8254]

moving to belgium having to do half me lessons in french and then do dutch at the same time but only being able to speak english *cries internally*

[@ffacade8391]

Ahhh trust me your not the only one, I'm nowhere near being fluent in french, but getting dutch over it, it really sucks.

[@WobblyCube]

I'd concentrate on only one language to begin with, depending on the region you are moving to. If you are moving to a region in Flanders: learn Dutch, if you are moving to a region in Wallonia: French. If it is Brussels you are moving too I would suggest French, as more people there will speak French than Dutch, although any of the two is okay.

[@oceanbreezq8254]

@@WobblyCube i live in flanders but in school half my lessons are in french

[@WobblyCube]

@@oceanbreezq8254 Then that changed to when I was in school, the only lesson I had in French was French itself. I am in university now, so lot's has changed over the years.

[@solaicardi]

Love this !! And the thumbnail 😂😂

[@sagalduraan3489]

Nice tips

[@monalisa3852]

Leuke video ! Ik ben uit België en ik leer Nederlands voor één maand nu. Bedankt voor de "tips". Ik zal uw method proberen :)

[@satchycollins3985]

Thanks

[@liselotterenardel]

wtf im so impressed this is so good for only six weeks, i can understand everything

[@gaiatani3640]

istg im going to start study dutch at the university in a few months and im already in love with this language. I have some dutch friends ive known for 5 years now so I actually know some words or really simple sentences and now im looking out for videos just to hear the language once again (even tho im meeting my friends again in a week) because I just love how dutch sounds. I am really excited and I dont even know why

[@detcader_]

I want to learn Dutch to insult my friends when we play csgo

[@fabriciocarraro]

Excellent!

[@LeviVanSluijs]

This is really good for 6 weeks of course there are a lot of mistakes but that is logical for only practicing for 6 weeks great job

[@francisolajide3769]

I'm not sure how to find your website. The link address is for a website name Typeform. Is that where you post your video courses?

[@thegreat4954]

Damn bro, that’s really good! 8 out of 10.

[@kellymarieoconnorful]

Wow, this is impressive! Ik vind Nederlands een hele mooi maar erg moeilijke taal

[@bluenorth3965]

What a cute baby :3

[@Cutepolishfannnnnn]

6 weeks, that is so so so impressive I must say.

[@damouredo]

Tu es vraiment doué, suis impressionnée par ton déjà super niveau en néerlandais mais à peine étonnée à vrai dire ! Et tes talents de comédien ahaha. Grosses bises

[@LaFerpection]

Merci bcp damouredo :) Et bon courage pr ton projet d'enseignement !

[@jembh5378]

Ofc you know much more than me in 6 weeks after I've been learning for over a year 😣

[@read5470]

U need help?

[@daanl0447]

maar nogsteeds ben je super slecht

[@whispz2590]

@@daanl0447 ik denk het niet

[@lakekuipers7302]

@@read5470 yeah uh I want them but where do yuu is think I can learn I’m trying to tak to my only family really and it’s hard

[@read5470]

@@lakekuipers7302 I am a Dutch teacher, don't know if you're interested?

[@DutchPhlogiston]

That is extremely impressive. I understood everything you said, no problem at all, and you are able to speak at normal (native) speed, seemingly without needing to think much about what you are trying to say. Your accent is hard to place btw. Its resembles a Spanish accent sometimes, but also English and Afrikaans at other moments. From a scientific point of view, I'm very curious about your method. You clearly demonstrate that it works, so I can't argue with that, but I've always read that the brain is only sensitive to acquiring languages in this way during a certain period in the early years of life. Is that notion actually wrong? Is your brain wired differently from most other people?

[@sherrifmarty00]

He could actually be on to something huge PauseChamp

[@daboydudus3912]

hij heeft gelijk, in het begin is het makkelijkste gwn de woorden leren en de betekenissen ervan. Dan kun je de structuur en zinsopbouw even skippen, want het belangerijkste is dat je de taal begrijpt. Daarna is het beste om boeken te lezen in het Nederlands want dan ga je de structuur leren. Dit werkt eigenlijk het beste voor elke taal, die rare taal scholen die je gaan proberen uit te leggen wrm het niet de raam is maar het raam is zo confusing, vooral als je de taal nauwelijks kent, later kun je dan zinsopbouw gaan leren in je eigen tempo. dan gaat dat veel makkelijker want je hebt al structuur voor een andere taal moeten leren. dus heb je al een beetje door hoe je dat wellicht kan toepassen aan een andere taal.

[@vista9434]

It's the comprehensible input method where you try to give yourself an input that you can grasp but not fully understand and then let your brain do the rest overtime. It was first discovered by Stephen Krashen and here's a video presentation on the matter from the 80's talking and demoing how it works kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ-4lJKNaN14Z9k

[@gazelle1467]

While no one retains the same sponge-like capabilities of a baby, you can still learn new languages to a near native level up until your later 20's (I think), and immersion learning like this is always the best way of doing it. Knowing other languages is a *huge* factor in this, bilingual people find it far easier to pick up new languages than monolingual people, and having multiple languages will also let you learn new ones later in life. (That's why polyglots often have dozens of languages, at that point picking up new ones is more like a hobby than a challenge) I don't know anything about this guy but I imagine this isn't his second language. (Edit: This guy is in fact a polyglot, which is why he has this ability!)

[@hugzpls]

@@gazelle1467 "Up until your late 20s" Me, a 30 year old: Well, I'm screwed huh? lol

[@beegee5305]

Well done... it actually sounds like you have had some German before embarking on Dutch. And yes you do look Dutch, you look like my cousin did from Holland.

[@8alakai8]

if this is after weeks its very good but you live in amsterdam so probaly got to hear some dutch around you i think that helpt

[@Polymath2.0-dm3hk]

Great and funny video! XD

[@definitely-not-daniel]

That’s exactly how I learned English and Spanish. Now trying to do with Dutch as well 🫣 best way of learning imo.

[@drummingninja1065]

Jij spreekt goed Nederlands! Ik ben ook Nederlands aan het leren.

[@alphadextrous]

There is no option for learning Dutch on your website

[@ISWI665]

zo goed nederlands binnen 6 weken... no way

[@ivanzq21]

*leuk idee* 👍

[@roxigrotenhuis2617]

6 weken? Hoe dan? Je kan echt super goed Nederlands!!! Goed bezig

[@dutchy187]

Sounds somewhat like a South African accent, but impressive non the less! 👍

[@mikepictor]

Got suggestions for Dutch music artists and/or Dutch podcasts? Considering at the start I will understand little, I am thinking just kind of nice conversational podcasts rather than ones that discuss complex technical concepts.

[@mikepictor]

I found Een Beetje Nederlands, which I think I will give a go.

[@8alakai8]

even as a kid of 4 years old speaking english it took me i think like 6 months to learn the basics

[@effloreescence]

dutch music, podcasts or movie recommendations?

[@benjaminroberts2298]

Je Nederlands is echt goed.

[@JordenM-_-]

Easy

[@ayastrations]

HOLY SHIT je Nederlands is zo goed❤

[@leesilva9597]

Omg I wish I had your dedication!!! All I've done is some Duolingo hoping that my English and French would help me but no! I need help!!!! Lol

[@BlacksmithTWD]

I don't think that knowing French is of much use to learn Dutch. As a Dutch person myself French was the hardest language to learn when I was in school, German and English tend to come easier to native Dutch speakers. I'm not sure what kind of help you need, but I'll do my best answering any questions you might have about our language.

Esto es oro jajaja crack!

[@oferzilberman5049]

My problem is that I am not a sponge of knowledge anymore... Children have a great sense of absorbing and taking in new information, usually without forgetting it, and as a 15 y/o I am no longer capable of keeping the knowledge in my noggin...

[@chrisgabrielmusic]

nice

[@Hawilabas]

Do I need to turn on the subtitles when I Dutch Netflix and Chill? Or I shouldn't? Thank you for the tips btw, I am coming to Belgium this September!

[@BlacksmithTWD]

It depends on your goal, if you just want to enjoy a movie do whatever you like best but if you want to learn Dutch, best watch dutch spoken movies or series with subtitles in your native language. Though it's hard to pick up a language by merely watching, you will also need to practice speaking (and writing) it yourself.

[@princesssz5557]

it’s a as life!’😢that was for me

[@Stango42]

Impressive and hilarious

[@sylviewheeler6237]

Prima!

[@Harry_potterOvO]

I grew up speaking english and Afrikaans and I want to learn to speak Dutch, German and Finnish. Dutch is sort of easy to understand and read because I know my Afrikaans but I want to actually speak the language like I've known it for my whole life

[@FlyHighPerspectives]

Jou Nederlandse aksent is baie goed, hoe lank leer jy nou omdat ek kan jy duidelik te verstaan!

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@@Potjenjks2988 klopt Afrikaans en Nederlands hebben dezelfde 'roots' maar zijn beide verschillende wegen ingeslagen. Nederlands is qua grammatica ingewikkelder geworden dan Afrikaans. In het Nederlands zijn wij ook meer leenwoorden gaan gebruiken terwijl men in Zuid Afrika gewoon creatiever zijn geweest en er eigenlijk 'Nederlandse' woorden voor gekozen hebben waar wij het hebben laten vallen. Ongeveer vergelijkbaar met het Duits.

[@lewis8032]

the course linked in the description doesnt have dutch :(

[@justalli710]

Ikkk it’s so annoying

[@jeniferpruijsen9171]

Im going to cry is moeilijk 😥

[@MJ-rv5ri]

Uiteraard klopt de grammatica soms niet helemaal, maar de uitspraak is echt heel goed! Alles was makkelijk te verstaan, indrukwekkend!

[@BlacksmithTWD]

Niet zozeer heel goed, eerder verbazend verstaanbaar voor iemand die pas zes weken nederlands leert. Bij een hele goede uitspraak denk ik aan een journaal lezer.

[@sleazy_voiceovers]

Subbed

[@marafty9726]

Imma do a combination of this and duolingo

[@alves6465]

Prachtig :)

[@o-o6326]

Opa um br aqui

[@fuzzyvideos3207]

This is painful. I'm going to fold up and cry

[@spike12250]

anyone got any dutch podcast

[@robertdegroot8302]

Indrukwekkend hoor! Zelfs je accent is goed

[@atzonaftaniel4798]

what's your native language?

[@unknownuser6757]

My boss is learning Dutch. For some reason

wow the British sense of humor is so sophisticated

[@erichlf]

Literally starts off by saying "I learn Dutch in sex weeks." Still you're doing pretty well.

[@thiagoaugusto9262]

I'm not a baby. I have to learn it as a adult.

[@Jeroen1983]

The issue here is: can you identify as a full-fledged speaker of a language when you've only completed the elementary levels (A1 and A2), or are you rather at the level of a well-meaning and admirable tourist?

[@fullnelsoncodes]

2:41 unexpected Goldmember XD

[@ProfessionalMusician74]

why did i read the subtitles in a british accent?

[@benjaminjoseph324]

Bro are you originally Afrikaans? Cause I know Dutch is very easy for Afrikaans speakers to learn

[@SuAva]

While Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch (95% of words have Dutch origin so of course it would be easy to learn each others language), Dutch is also relatively easy to learn for English speakers as it's linguistically the closest language to English after Frisian.

[@christiang.7926]

🤣🤣 wat een leuk idee

[@arnoldbissen9921]

You add english subtitles!! Think about it: who can/will benefit from this vid? Not the dutch nor dutch-speakers

[@arnoldbissen9921]

Correction: you *should* add English subtitles..

[@jdhao6498]

man, you are hilarious... 😃

[@myrthelensink4679]

zijn nederlands is super schattig

[@pwkh763]

Uitspraak is top. Probeer niet teveel op je accent te leten een perfect nederlands accent wordt je alleen mee geboren

[@mikeivanmusic]

Jij spreekt zo goed Nederlands. Ik leer dat taal sinds dertien dagen en vind ik dat taal super en interessant :D Ik spreek niet goed maar leer ik veel, hoe in dat taal spreken. (Sorry for any mistakes)

[@Hoihoihoi1910]

GDShadowDasher A few mistakes but i could still read and understand what you wrote, good job! 🤩

[@mikeivanmusic]

@@Hoihoihoi1910 Thank you, dank je! :D

[@BlacksmithTWD]

Hoe is je Nederlands nu we 2 jaar verder zijn?

[@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038]

I just started learning Dutch and I can understand most of this - I want to become super fluent fast...

[@BlacksmithTWD]

@@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 Veel oeffenen, niet bang zijn fouten te maken, hoe meer fouten je maakt en corrigeert, hoe sneller je de taal leert. (note how in the above sentence the word 'hoe' doesn't get translated as 'how' but rather as 'the', as in "the more.... the faster....".)

[@linguaEpassione]

Das hört sich aber richtig "lecker" an!! ;D

[@apostolospds2199]

I am trying to learn dutch and for some reason i can understand foreigners who speak dutch but i cannot understand the dutch natives that well...

[@CryptionProductions]

Because we Dutch natives don't speak proper Dutch. We always shorten our words or skip some because we know the other person will understand anyways if they are Dutch. Example 1: "I have to go to the toilet" Proper Dutch = Ik moet even naar de wc Native Dutchies = Kmoet effe naar de wc Example 2: "Can you say that once more?" Proper Dutch = Kun je dat nog eens een keer zeggen? Native Dutchies = Kun je dat nog ise keer zeggen? Example 3: "Did he say that I had to do dat?" Dutch = Heeft hij gezegd dat ik dat moet doen? Native Dutchies = Heeftie gezegd dak dat moet doen? Example 4: Proper Dutch: Goede morgen Native Dutchies: Moguh And many more..

[@amosamwig8394]

@@CryptionProductions bruh, je kon gewoon zeggen, we zijn net als de denen

[@rodrigorodrigues6226]

Bro Im still trying to understand the difference between "De" and "Het"

[@bkwrmgl]

LOL 😂😂😂 ¡¡Eres la leche, tío!!