I Learned Dutch in a Week to Reclaim my Heritage. 🇳🇱

fluency, here we come.
this one is for all my dual nationality kids who weren't raised bilingual. I see you. I feel you. I dare you to engage with your family's language! 🌟
My Mum is from Friesland and my Oma speaks limited English. A huge motivation in this is to have better conversations with her! My process in this video used only free resources on the internet, but I'd love to find a more structured way to commit myself over time! I'm going to ring a Dutch subscriber, friend or family member once a week to keep improving ☺
Bedankt voor het kijken! 🥰
✨ CONTACT ME ✨
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Instagram - @unjadedjade
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Casual Magic of the Day: I watched the final episode of Wie is de Mol! I understand so much more and it makes me really happy 🥰
Song I'm enjoying: Het Spijt Me Niet by Tabitha
What are YOU grateful for today?
FAQ:
How old are you? ~ 20 (woah, what!! i feel old, sigh)
Where are you from? ~ The UK! Near London.
Where do you go to university? ~ Minerva Schools at KGI. I just spent my first year in San Francisco!
Did you take a gap year? ~ Yes! From 2018-2019, I interrailed Europe, worked in London, backpacked Australia, did a French language immersion in France and spent 3 months in Uganda.
CURRENT FAVOURITES - things I love recently (these are all affiliate links):
Laptop stand: tinyurl.com/y7fvdglm
Pip and Nut Almond Butter. Just yes: amzn.to/3eSEOaG
The productivity apps To-doist and Notion (both free!): todoist.com and www.notion.so
The book I'm reading: amzn.to/3ePMU3U
One of my fave hair products: amzn.to/3ePMU3U
I also love the Chrome extension Momentum!: tinyurl.com/ped7kbq
if no one has told you today, you are enough. 💛

[@UnJadedJade]

The video speaking to my Mum and Dutch friend will be up tomorrow! ✌️✨ bedankt voor het kijken!

[@tiktokvideos208]

That is sooo cool Jade!

[@nyahacke]

graag gedaan

[@zaracmz341]

Hey Jade. Hope you and your family are safe/well? I had a really rough day today, I got 42% in an exam and I just wanted to make my parents proud. If you see this then I’d love to know what you’d do. So sorry for the negativity. Z x

[@marcypan8219]

Hi Jade! What an inspirational video :) One thing I would suggest to make learning pronunciation in any language easier is to learn how to use the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). It's a way of writing out pronunciations with symbols, which makes it easier to learn pronunciation because it's more precise than just listening to the words. I personally learned it by using Wikipedia's help guides for the IPA with commonly used symbols (just search Help:IPA/Dutch on Wikipedia for Dutch IPA symbols) and by doing some research on how the IPA in general works. After that, you can memorise the symbols and their usage by transcribing texts (I used song lyrics, but you can use anything) into their IPA pronunciation. Hope this helps!

[@ambersmeets6736]

Thanks! Het is zo leuk OM jou in het Nederlands TE horen spreken 😜

[@quintym7090]

As a dutch person, this is soo cool to watch!! Since dutch is not a very commonly spoken language it's so delightful to see an English person trying to learn our language!!

[@EmmyBaylee]

Quinty M She is dutch and english, that's why she's learning

[@juliacalismusic8572]

Precies!

[@sterrededoncker7726]

Quinty M yeah your right. She’s doing really good

[@morwennaforatenner604]

I'm another British (Welsh) person learning it, I've been quite neglectful of it recently but am trying to pick it up again. It's just such a lovely language!

[@britte848]

Ikr

[@e.n.a.2855]

This is soo cool to watch as a Dutch person. I've never seen someone actually learn the language on youtube. You are already so good!

[@romyleep8772]

for real!! she did so well :) especially the goede morgen was on point hahahahahah

[@maartens9933]

Hahahah so true I was really amazed too because I always though Dutch was one of the more 'easy' languages. Also loved she watched Wie is de mol 😂😂👌🔥

[@brittvoskamp8970]

Idd

[@romyleep8772]

Maarten S same lol

[@melanievandienst9150]

@@maartens9933 some say Dutch is 1 of the hardest languages to learn so it is pretty tough 😅

[@VicodinGH]

The Dutch language is basically: Here are rules of the languages, and here are just as many exeptions!

[@loiclejeune2877]

french has sometimes exeptions in exeptions so i don't think it's as bad as french

[@thereisnofinishline5773]

Ja waar

[@zackamor8043]

German in that regards is way tougher

[@fizzbee5137]

It isn't that bad tho, I'm learning Latin, French and Germany and those are harder. English is just an easy language

[@Bergen98]

I have learned Dutch as a Russian native speaker. En ik moet zeggen, je kant niet over uitzonderingen praten als je geen Russisch hebt geleerd

[@yigoh8437]

Dutch people 0.2 seconds after they see the word "Dutch" in the title: *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@ambroseasylum9777]

😂😂😂

[@catwire_2358]

👏Prachtig

[@hiddemak1737]

Echt zo

[@croissantje8001]

Ga geen andere comment nakken🙄

[@rejihistory3155]

Lol

[@kaasbroodje1329]

someone: posts a dutch video dutchies: hippety hoppety your video is now our property

[@danielwilke7574]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@ravenambrosius9759]

Daniel Wilke WHAHAHA dacht ik ook

[@denachtconducteur7070]

Colonized

[@elainevandenheuvel8979]

GEKOLONISEERD

[@Lisa-wr1gx]

Lol

[@lilian5215]

"You have to speak really slowly for me." Esmee: Isgoedikzaldatnietdoenmaarhoegaathetmetje?

[@Mayra9148]

ik ging echt stuk

[@Smikkell1001]

Ze sprak zo snel dat ik het zelfs niet allemaal begreep en verstond.

[@liesgoris]

haha ik dacht exact hetzelfde! 😂

[@djynavalentina]

lmao fr tho ik vind dit zo grappig om te kijke

[@kosine7741]

😂

[@freyalesschaeve8060]

I love how she's learning and I immediately expect her to sound Belgian but she actually sounds like someone from the Netherlands. (There's a *big, enormous* difference)

[@henkdevos590]

I'm from Belgium and it sounds like she doesn't have an accent to me, she kinda sounds like how we sound

[@Lisa.H.]

The steps Jade goes through in this video: 1. Memorise 300 most commonly used words. 2. Immersion > movies and music. 3. Grammar, tenses and conjugation + 50 most used verbs 4. Call a Dutchie and talk to mum > who are both native speakers.

[@Kim-em9cn]

13:29 that was the dutchest goedemorgen I’ve ever heard

[@baranderksen]

That sounds very Dutch

[@woutdenoudendammer458]

Die wel goed ja

[@Mila-mg2wj]

Het is zelf beter als die van mij lol

[@o_6501]

Mila ja maar echt 😂

[@Djwdaan23]

dat is zeker waar

[@loekverhagen4166]

somebody posts a dutch video dutch people: G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@stijndhane9821]

F R I K A N D E L B R O O D J E S K E C H B E S

[@saltysovet]

W A A R I S M I J N K R O K E T B R O O D J E?

[@apacheopenoffice4.1.14]

R U I K I K D A A R S P E C E R I J E N ?

[@riddertommy]

V O C I S C O O L N I F F A U

[@Tinytinytintiny]

B L I J F M E T J E P O T E N V A N M I J N F I E T S A F

[@JBDazen]

Jade: "Kun je langzamer praten?" Esmee: rattles on at lightning speed.

[@PetraStaal]

Hé man, ben jij ook nog steeds actief? Jouw filmpjes waren leuk maar ik kan je 'hagelslag' video niet meer vinden. Heb je die verwijderd? (sorry very off topic!)

[@JBDazen]

@@PetraStaal hey! Grappig dat je dat nog weet! Die heet Hackenslacken

[@christineguo5912]

“I never learned grammar” Don’t worry Learning the Dutch grammar is really confusing Even for Dutch people themselves (wOw 1.7K likes thank youu, i forgot this comment existed HAHAHAHHA)

[@marijnvis1714]

Kamrat_ett #woordbenoemingen #ontleden

[@quintentas3326]

Hahaha echt well wat een stom taal

[@christineguo5912]

Kamrat_ett ja door al de spellingregels zoals “d & dt” “t’ kofschip” en meer

[@marijnvis1714]

Quinten Tas stomme*

[@RaoulRamsaran]

@@quintentas3326 stomme**

[@Tntpker]

Not going to lie your dutch accent is actually good. Typically when you hear foreigners speak (fluent) dutch they still have a strong accent. However, I don't find this the case with you at all. With enough practice I think you could learn dutch more quickly than the average person trying to learn dutch.

[@taniamanik2012]

That's probably because she's heard her mother's side of the family speak Dutch while growing up so she's able to recognize some words and learn it without a foreign accent. Her case is similar to mine actually. I'm an Indonesian who grew up in Canada but couldn't speak Indonesian. So when I moved to Indonesia, it took me a few months to learn the language but I ended up speaking it fluently without having a foreign accent because I subconsciously already internalized my parents accents when they were talking to each other.

[@adriennesamantha]

@@taniamanik2012 that's the scientific (linguistic) aspect of it lol

[@coriannem5208]

@@taniamanik2012 why didn't this work for my English then I probably got the short end of the stick cause my father is an american and my accent is as bad as Louis van Gaals accent

[@JeroenvHolland]

When you said "goedemorgen allemaal" at 10:10.... THAT'S A DUTCH GIRL! Haha, loved this video!

[@brakkaboj8176]

@@aimy2780 leuk amy!

[@jamylaloisx97]

Jaa precies

[@matzzz3671]

OMG JEROEN

[@jurrehightree4195]

Als je nederlands wilt leren. Vraag het dan aan Jeroen. Want jeroen is van Holland

[@Loesoeman]

I can tell the ‘goedemorgen allemaal’ got so much better that it sounded like an actual dutch person

[@tessavanderzijden1893]

I love this, you can speak dutch better than 50% of the people living in Amsterdam 😂

[@davidbos2621]

Love this

[@deathboy4119]

Waarom?😂😂❤️

[@Blaznchicken]

Friesland dan 😂

[@bertjesklotepino]

@@deathboy4119 geen retorische vragen stellen alstublieft.

[@vinh_nguyen0411]

Thats cos half isnt even Dutch

[@yeeehees2973]

This makes me want to learn Dutch tbh.....as a Dutch person

[@noorakodad7899]

@Kaja Maaswinkel uh-

[@emilysophia2541]

Ha ha ha ha.. basic comment

[@menymen]

echte wahahahhahahahahahshsh ben gwn blij dat ik een taal kan die mensen niet goed kennen en leren en daarvan krijg ik motivatie om koreaans te leren

[@daansuidgeest6212]

@Kaja Maaswinkel dat is niet eens correct nederlands XD

[@fizzbee5137]

Ja haha same

[@annevanmierlo3771]

As a Dutch person; this is mad impressive. Dutch is difficult, even for a dutch person sometimes. Ik ben een hele trotse Dutcie :) And if you don't know a word, just substitute it for the English, we do that all the time too!

[@sannevandenberg5635]

@@m.v.e2237 dutch is proven to be one of the most complicated languages to learn! So this is very impressive

[@niels7555]

@@sannevandenberg5635 Depends on where you're from tho.

[@bonkbonkbonkbonkbonkbonk]

@@m.v.e2237 French is way, way easier to learn than Dutch

[@jimmydaamen]

Good to know that other dutchies just substitute the english words in conversation. I was raised speaking both dutch and english here in New Zealand and so I'm never surrounded by other dutch speaking people except for my parents, so I find myself getting things wrong all the time XD

[@B_men_apo]

Dutch is one of the hardst language in Europese learn

[@Dropjedropjedropje]

As a Dutch girl who grew up speaking A LOT of English, this was so interesting. Whenever you’d switch between the languages it would take me a few seconds for me to realize that you actually switched speaking languages. Weird. But I reckon that’s also ‘cuz your pronunciation is VERY good, regardless of the fact that your mum is Dutch. It’s a very difficult language (also my worst subject in school lmao) you should be very proud of yourself! ❤️

[@pieterdewit5335]

That was actually pretty good ! My grandmother spoke 30 languages, before she passed away and my mother is also really into languages. She studied Chinese and taught here self Arabic. But they both used to say this all the time: Dutch is one of the single most difficult languages to learn, for a non native speaker ! Good job ! 👍🏻

[@AsceticCommando]

Also, you sound really dutch when you say: "Goedemorgen allemaal," that really threw me off xD

[@annejansink6259]

Goedemorgen

[@Zuurstok]

Ik had precies hetzelfde!

[@chiara_x]

Haai goede avond🤣

[@knappedennis]

Did think my 4 grade teacher came in

[@xrodz8256]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@stalinus_]

Wees eerlijk, je hebt dit niet opgezocht het stond in je recommended

[@douwelive]

Godverdomme ja

[@mick8982]

Hahaha 😂

[@semneijts2474]

Ja zekers

[@meneermeneer2890]

Gvd ja how did you know

[@gametopia6048]

Jij bent (psycick, schrijf ik het zo goed??)

[@alexawalton4499]

I’m half German as was spoken to in German as a kid but we moved to the uk when I was three and lost most of my understanding for the language, but in the last year I have been working hard, speaking to my mum and am almost fluent again. It’s so cool that you are taking the time to learn your second language, I have someone who I can relate to 😅 Good on you jade!

[@AlbertWettin]

I am German by blood but my parents and I were born in Britain, I learnt German when I was 3 years old thanks to my mother's efforts but I never used it so it rusted, now I am working to recover my lost native language.

[@sebastiaananco]

This is actually amazing hahaha. You brought a smile to my face, and I'm truly amazed to find out there are people who want to learn our impossibly difficult language!

[@ravenvanreijsen1626]

2:18 the notebook just screams HEMA

[@dilaapaydin827]

Raven van Reijsen JAA HAHAHA

[@takemeaway5548]

Omfg ik heb die notebook😂

[@lieselottedal7240]

Her: irr verbs are so hard The DT rules: Hunny, you got a big storm coming

[@mariakr681]

Oh good lord save her soul 😂😂

[@marijke313]

*throws 't kofschip at her* 'GOOD LUCK!'

[@hugovanderwel]

stam+t

[@B_men_apo]

The kofschip be like I’m gonna ruin this woman’s whole career

[@danielwilke7574]

wouldnt blame her if she just skipped it

[@jessesimons6537]

"Je moet heel langzaam praten oke?" "Is goed..." *Begint te ratelen*

[@nottjonathan]

This is amazing! As a native English speaker who is currently learning Dutch, you've picked this up and understood the fundamentals sooo well and so quickly! Congrats! You've given me a ton of motivation to double down on learning ☺

[@Diedela]

Tbh If you would say: “ik ga meer Nederlands leren vandaag” in an every day conversation, no one would notice the wrong word order. Native speakers do it too.

[@Sophie-cm2un]

Diede Kaak eh I don’t know anyone who does that tbh

[@fritsmartin8528]

Oprecht, wat is er fout aan?

[@rivkavermeij]

Het was mij in eerste instantie niet eens opgevallen dat het niet klopt

[@whyisgamora4191]

Meh, het klinkt een beetje onnatuurlijk. Dat is het soort zin dat je vormt zonder echt na te denken over wat je aan het zeggen bent. Niet volledig fout maar ook niet geheel juist.

[@xSunnyDaysx]

‘Ik ga vandaag meer Nederlands leren’. Volgens mij is dat de juiste volgorde. Ik denk doordat mensen nu ook veel Engelse programma’s kijken, dat ze daardoor de zinsvolgorde fout hebben. Een andere variant is: ‘Vandaag ik ga meer Nederlands leren’.

[@rivkavisser3783]

Her: i learned dutch in one week Dutch people: WaAaAAuUuuUWwW Wat GoOOoEeeEdD

[@extraaccount8713]

Rivka visser G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@Robbedoeske17]

NeE eCHttttt

[@giliampie8574]

K l. O. O T. Z. A. K

[@hansdegroot6472]

Hahahaha je hoord nog in de comments klootzak

[@timveldhuizen9559]

lekker wijnen er bij

[@alwinuding8926]

This is so impressive!👍 There are people who come to the Netherlands from all over the world and they take years to learn. You study for a week and you're almost as far as some people are after all those years. You really have a great feeling for languages.👍🏆🇬🇧🇳🇱

[@trix3042]

I never realized it was so hard to learn dutch, as a Dutch person

[@mswho3568]

Dutch is one of the easiest languages

[@anoukbrons]

Lyric Town I once I thought it was, but other people say it's really hard. I can't say, cuz it's my mother language and I'm really good at Dutch in school. But from others, I heard it's really difficult to learn

[@roccoandmurphy]

I learned Dutch in 3 months. For me it was easy but my mother tongue is German and imo German grammar is more complicated.

[@kwando472]

@@roccoandmurphy Nou meid laat je taal kunst eens zien want je typt nu alleen maar Engels.

[@roccoandmurphy]

@Kwa ndo is het de bedoeling dat ik een heel verslag ga schrijven of wat is nodig om je ervan te overtuigen dat ik niet uit mijn nek lul? Woon inmiddels al 18 jaar in Nederland dus zou wel erg zielig zijn als ik het nog niet zou kunnen dus ik kan niet bewijzen dat het maar 3 maanden duurde voor ik het onder de knie had. Het helpt uiteraard als je vrienden hebt die weigeren om Engels te praten. Dan leer je het best snel. Nederlanders hebben vaak de neiging om op Engels over te gaan zodra ze merken dat iemand (nog) niet zo vloeiend Nederlands spreekt. Uit beleefdheid en om te laten zien hoe goed ze Engels kunnen hahaha maar dat is juist contraproductief als je de taal wilt leren. Ik zie dat elke dag bij mijn Italiaanse collega. Ze doet zo haar best maar wat doen de Nederlandse collegas, ze lachen als ze probeert Nederlands te praten en dan praten ze in het Engels terug. Op die manier leert ze het nooit en dan krijg je weer die gasten die zeggen, kijk weer zo'n buitenlander die al 3 jaar in Nederland is en geen woord Nederlands spreekt. Dat is de reden waarom het voor sommige zo moeilijk is om Nederlands te leren. De taal zelf is echt niet zo moeilijk. Ik kan trouwens urenlang doorgaan maar moet nou na mijn werk ;)

[@SnelleJaapie]

that 'goedemorgen allemaal' sounds absolutely perfect. if you showed that particular couple of words to someone they would think you are dutch

[@dutchgamingvaultNL]

Yeah I was shocked as to how good that sounded.

[@EsmeeSeptembervL]

Same

[@jolieberkvens9145]

Dit is echt zo leuk!! When you say "goedemorgen", you sound like a real dutchie honestly.

[@JUSTlN]

Precies wat ik dacht haha, sowieso klinkt haar engels gek genoeg ook wel een beetje alsof ze een nederlands accent heeft

[@robinfontijn8562]

Oh wauw inderdaad

[@hdryjo]

You have has given me so much motivation! I´m American, my fiancee is Dutch and we just moved to the Netherlands together. I actually found this video looking for more resources to help me learn Dutch. You are so right, vocabulary isn't that difficult but sentence structure is a killer. All of his friends and family are so encouraging in my language learning, but they always ask me why I would try to learn because it's so hard. If you can make so much progress in a week, I can do it too!

[@ManonVelasco]

I love how you did this! You did so good!! I love that you really tried to pronounce it like dutch without an english accent. You did great!

[@stijndhane9821]

Plot twist: she's already fluent in Dutch... just listen to her saying 'goedemorgen'!!

[@tymen9989]

Deze video was een beetje clickbait aangezien het eindresultaat muh meh pittig slecht was en veel google translate

[@Mimi-vt3yc]

@@tymen9989 Gast serieus? Dit is best good voor 1 week..

[@tigonooijen6508]

Misschien aan haar moeder gevraagd hoe het moest / maybe she asked her mum how to pronounce it correctly

[@blikjewater]

Idd, goedemorgen is lastig en de G die ze vloeiend uitsprak

[@jesusrodriguez2533]

@@blikjewater Nederlands is de makkelijkste taal te leren voor engelstalige mensen, maar alsnog was het veel beter dan normaal voor een persoon die maar één week bezig is

[@adeliiiiine]

“There are a lot of irregulars” Me: I think our whole language is irregular.

[@xANDYOUx]

HHAAHAHAHHAAHAH THIS.

[@DerekKraan]

I learned Dutch for the same reason as you (grandparents all moved to Canada in the 50s) and let me tell you, it took me a LOT longer to get this far than a week. You are doing great! Keep up the good work :D (inmiddels woon ik al bijna 10 jaar in Nederland)

[@GovertKrook]

dat is heel leuk.

[@constanzajacial6718]

Will be moving to the Netherlands in 3 weeks and you just gave me all the motivation I’ve been lacking to finally get on this journey. I’m fluent in English and my first language is Spanish so wish me luck! I must say your diligence is impressive and this was super fun to watch!! Would really appreciate if you provide some of the artists or a Spotify playlist with the Dutch music you were listening to :D

[@penelopebunce]

Btw dutch grammar is really hard and even people who’ve lived here a long time (or even native speakers) get it wrong. I think that you will be alright after many weeks, but you’ve already come *so* far in such a short while! Your accent is a bit english sometimes but I hear so much potential for an authentic Dutch accent too 😊

[@julieannelovesbooks]

It's soooooooo easy for dutch people to get their own grammar wrong hahaha. I've always read a lot of books so I feel like seing the grammar that way has always made sense to me but I know whe I was 13 I was the literal grammar police. (Not proud of it, but goes to show that we're so bad at our own grammar that people feel inclined to take up the role of grammar police)

[@langoverload]

I think that is the case in most languages.

[@quentinreusens3208]

@@langoverload Dutch is worse than other languages, trust me. It's easier for me to learn French and English and write a text in those languages than by using my native language lmao, especially English: French is hard as well.

[@ronaldbrugger4770]

I think German and Russian grammer are still harder than Dutch

[@antoniov4012]

Dutch is like mix of english and german

[@Anny-wu5sf]

Dutch in the title *every dutchie runnin to the comments with GEKOLONISEERD*

[@shannonswildworld1894]

I'm currently learning Dutch on an app called Duo Lingo. I'm on day 3 and I thought I was doing so well with the basics. But watching this has shown me I'm sooo far off being fluent 😂 I really want to try and become fluent in Dutch. You've motivated me to do this 😂

[@royal_bee4534]

Same here, ive been learning on Duolingo too but haven't been consistent lately. If you don't mind, we can connect there.

[@SSoulDiamond]

If you need anyone to practice with lmk. I live sharing my language, I do this to learn german as well, talking to people helps me out a lot.

[@daan_vr5527]

Nou veel plezier dan met die klote grammatica zelfs nederlanders snappen het niet😁

[@GovertKrook]

@@daan_vr5527 eh dat verschilt wel per persoon maar zolang ze de grammatica ongeveer kunnen is het goed genoeg. want wij nederlanders zijn snugger genoeg om gebrekkig nederlands te kunnen begrijpen.

[@isabeldc4998]

I LOVE this. Watching this as someone who speaks dutch (from Belgium though) this is so much fun to see.

[@seemslegit.4538]

“I never learned grammar” Me: ooh thats gonna be baad.

[@user-jo6dg3ry6r]

Fun facts:Nederlanders zijn niet grappig

[@gimlin101]

@@user-jo6dg3ry6r fun fact: dat slaat negens op.

[@jonasvanaalst2030]

Nazopiki Nazopiki fun fact: that’s not true

[@4ngelheqrtz]

jonas van aalst funfact: it is very true

[@findlayrobertson4985]

Grammar is not so bad compared to others

[@katinka5397]

“Ik ga meer Nederlands leren vandaag” and “Ik ga vandaag meer Nederlands leren” are both correct ways of saying that sentence :0 In dutch, there are multiple ways to form a correct sentence, some words can be placed in different orders, I understand that can be quite confusing haha

[@aaronwassen4140]

katinka eigenlijk is ik ga vandaag meer Nederlands leren is de enige grammaticaal correcte zin. Maar veel Nederlanders zeggen beide dus je kan eventueel allebei wel zeggen.

[@TsukiMxri]

@@aaronwassen4140 je kan ook zeggen vandaag ga ik meer nederlands leren

[@mayyluus]

@@aaronwassen4140 Nee hoor! Mag allebei, heeft met de groene en rode woordrijvolgorde te maken. In het Duits bijv. is het werkwoord altijd aan het einde van de zin, in het Nederlands kan het beide :)

[@itsTheCarlChannel]

Something I really like about this too is that I can genuinely tell that everyday you sounded more fluent as you continued on, your pronunciation at certain moments sounded SUPER fluent, and then moments after it went back into your accent again, overall you're doing amazingly and I think you'll be fluent in no time hahah

[@Giant_Dutchman]

I used to visit my grandparents alot who were neighbours to this woman and her son who were from England. Your accent sounds exactly like how she spoke Dutch too! Loved watching this.

[@maskdanger]

She could understand a conversation within 1 week that is impressive.

[@Meggie3113]

She did grow up with the language so she didn't start at 0

[@andreaesther1991]

Much respect for trying to learn so well the Dutch language! Amazing! I am dutch myself and I really liked your video and loved to see your experience learning my language!

[@BlackStarSymphony]

Je hebt het heel goed gedaan! And now back in English because I think you understand that better and so does everyone else. It was very humbling to see someone who hasn't really learned Dutch to try and learn and speak it so they can talk to their family. I definitely encourage you to try and talk to that family as they will help you grasp pronunciation better as well as the cadence of a sentence. Really great video, very inspiring and I think we'd all love to know where you stand a year from now.

[@borisdebruin6240]

I noticed you said “goede avond” when u went to bed. “Goede avond” is more like “good evening” and when you’re saying “good night” you should use “welterusten”.

[@itsluca8282]

U said that whell boris

[@sammiehagemeijer1932]

Or slaaplekker!

[@JVER]

10:07

[@buurtkidz3332]

100 procent waar

[@Nikki-xo8up]

‘Slaaplekker’ and ‘welterusten’ mean like sleep well or goodnight

[@bozjeemma]

Dutch is so difficult because literally every rule has an exception. So even when you know all the rules, you might still get it all wrong. You did great!!

[@josefinamaria]

youre so amazing at this! you pick things up extremely quickly, GREAT job!! 🌻 greetings dutch person

[@BramLastname]

I like how you corrected the word-order on ik ga meer Nederlands leren vandaag. Despite there being a rule in Dutch that allows for time and place indications To be at the start or end without changing the meaning, Except for some emphasis, but if you take that into account You actually did it better the first time. PS: G E K O L O N I S E E R D !

[@youtubefreak5935]

As a dutch person I hate dutch songs and movies😂. I’m surprised you’re doing so well, in just a week?! Wow

[@Potjenjks2988]

Ameriboo

[@baggedmilk7982]

Dutch singers don’t even sound very dutch. They just have this like rapper accent to it.

[@yourmomgay893]

yeah same. the music from our country is terrible.

[@yourmomgay893]

Bagged Milk that’s true. most of them also put on a fake Moroccan accent to sound cool. cringey af.

[@Nebuloid1]

Yep ! Wanted to "like" your comment but it's at a nice 100 so...

[@britte848]

Your “goedemorgen allemaal” sounds like you’re a native Dutch speaker. I really think you have the potential to become a really good Dutch speaker!❤️

[@lilaclona]

I applaud your effort. I'm a Dutchie myself by the way. And "wie is de mol" is awesome :)

[@laurencejanssen8079]

Amazing!!! This is truly awesome to see how much effort and exceptional progress you made!! Heel goed gedaan en wees enorm trots op wat je nu al kan!!

[@ImogenWhite]

Hey Jade, You've done such an amazing job at learning Dutch in a week, language learning is so HARD! Also thank you so much for checking out my videos last week I really appreciate it! For anyone in the comments interested in Dutch university, I've just made a video all about it so be sure to check it out!! 😀

[@lucysmith2994]

Hi. I've just watched some of your videos, they're really good!

[@ImogenWhite]

@@lucysmith2994 Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed them :)

[@ame4195]

13:30 when you said 'goedemorgen' it really sounded like you were dutch, there was like zero english accent. Als ik Engels praat hoor je meteen dat ik Nederlands ben haha

[@mr.eastbridge2127]

ja vond ik ook

[@dennisrbn_9186]

Ze zei het beter dan mij en k ben gwn nederlands😂😂

[@mr.eastbridge2127]

Dennis rbn_ haha ik merk wel dat je niet zo goed bent in nederlands: Het is namelijk dan ik

[@footballegends538]

13:29

[@Shirley_3701]

Nooo dutch people dont have accents at all!! Make that the cat wise! 🤣

[@stefa22]

I love the fact that your listening to Dutch music as well. This has helped me to learn to speak Dutch by translating the lyrics of songs and reading the lyrics.

[@thundah9729]

"I'm not going to learn grammar" We have grammar, but half of the situations where the rules apy it's an exception

[@iclalakbas8292]

The “maar het is zo lang geleden” at 15:20 sounded so good! Just like everyone else here in the Netherlands :)

[@jesusrodriguez2533]

Het is gek want die zinnen leer je niet met boeken, ik denk dat haar moeder haar geholpen heeft zodat ze natuurlijker kan klinken, maar eerlijk gezegd ik denk dat ze meerdere dingen van te voren wist (alsnog vind ik haar Nederlands zo cute :c) P.D: k ben buitenlander en ben twee jaar in NL 😂

[@renskemeerschaut5645]

Het is zo raar want ik echt bijna niemand die nederlands leert

[@speedymon4412]

10:11 The "goedemorgen allemaal" sounded perfect. just like you where a dutch person.

[@Leonhavenify]

Were*

[@giliampie8574]

Ja klopt

[@maritleonieee]

Jup

[@itsluca8282]

That, goeiemörge

[@pepijnboshuis1525]

Love thuis vid, super leuk om te zien hoe je steeds beter word

[@elsad5810]

This is so encouraging being half Dutch and trying to do the same thing!! I didn't even know about a lot of these resources

[@lieuwerekers3226]

The dutchies in this video be like. Everyone is talking to their screen ahaha XD

[@joliensmets4533]

You're accent is actually really good especially with the 'simple' word like goedemorgen en Dankje etc.

[@bnz_saber08]

Why is this so weird to see as a Dutch person lol. (To all Dutch people: : *"D E C H E F I S A A N H E T K E U K E N I N D E K E U K E N"* )

[@jensvanderweijden4984]

SaberBro08 - Brawl Stars aan het neuken in de keuken

[@hellcat69420]

@@jensvanderweijden4984 oké

[@tomwander9051]

Koken in de keuken

[@ShirleySenpei]

De chef is aan het koken in de keuken.

[@bnz_saber08]

ik weet dat het koken in de keuken maar het is grappig

[@zoe-janeveldman7577]

You’re awesome! I’m a dutch teacher for people who move to the Netherlands and need to learn the language and girl I tell you: you are awesome. Also your pronunciation is almost flawless on many words. If you can get here in just one week, just imagine what you can learn in a month! This got me super hyped hahah Keep it up!

[@louisjoemcmanus]

As someone else who's from the UK and learned Dutch (Due to living in the Netherlands for 8 years btw) This is really fucking funny Trouwens, ff voor de Nederlanders G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@gametopia6048]

Hoi

[@YKW37]

Dit wordt gewaardeerd!

[@loreslise6782]

Gekoloniseerd 🥺🙏😔

[@iDor2]

dit is de beste display van nederlandse youtube cultuur

[@iDor2]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@DePieks]

7:31 Actually, that word order was fine. Your correction was also fine. Dutch isn't that strict in where you put words that indicate time or place. "Ik ga meer Nederlands leren vandaag", "ik ga vandaag meer Nederlands leren" and "vandaag ga ik meer Nederlands leren" are all correct examples of the same sentence. You did great for only learning Dutch for one week! It's a super difficult language so I was very impressed :)

[@pphnxxx]

Ja het is heel moeilijk en ze kan het best goed

[@lyv7647]

Precies dat

[@erikwestermann4616]

Op zich heb je gelijk, maar heb je in de gaten dat je in je derde voorbeeld inversie (werkwoord en onderwerp omdraaien) moet toepassen, om het te laten kloppen? ;) Toch wel iets van eisen daaraan hahaha

[@eaglebrink]

Ik ben erg onder de indruk van wat je al geleerd hebt in één week!! Succes met het vloeiend Nederlands leren, waarschijnlijk kan jouw moeder je er ook wel mee helpen voor de uitspraak. Hats off to you!!

[@hayatiiLove]

It’s to fun watching her say goedemorgen better everytime

[@amel-mz5lg]

i was born and lived in the netherlands up until i was 7. since moving to the uk, i’ve forgotten the language which is so saddening. but this has inspired me to re-learn!

[@will0w01]

Good luck and have FUN

[@bramvanbeurden731]

Succes!! Je kan het!

[@israa5989]

Same I moved from the Netherlands when I was 7 and now I have forgotten

[@orangejuice4425]

I moved here when I was 7 aswell haha, but I speak it with my siblings and go back regularly so am fully fluent.

[@seonaid6382]

omg exact same! i moved when i was 10 and I've forgotten so much

[@JustLisa007]

As a Dutch person it's always so fun to watch people learn! You did so good! Ga zo door! ☀️

[@jolandavanwestering8826]

Hi Jade! For some reason I just feel very proud as a Dutch person watching this. You are doing so well. Pronunciation is a big part but you are doing so well! Veel Plezier! 🇳🇱

[@nuljeon]

Bro your progress was INSANE !! Like I’m amazed, you should be proud honestly. And it’s awesome to see a video on the dutch language in this format, goed gedaan ;)

[@suzanneknol7156]

Your “goedemorgen” gets better with the day, this is so funny to watch.

[@arvidleroux4152]

Familie van de Knol?

[@fleurbrethouwer834]

I think the hardest things in the Dutch language are: - the G sound - the fact that both 'de' and 'het' mean 'the' in English - separate verbs - the fact that in grammar, we have 2 pages of exceptions on one rule

[@s2grabbarna806]

De meesten hebben ook moeite met het uitspreken van de "ui" klank

[@fleurbrethouwer834]

Dardes 0 dat ook inderdaad! Of combi klanken in het algemeen

[@iVo42928f]

G sound, though a bit further back than most ch/kh/x sounds than German/Slavic/other European languages, is not that bad to learn. 'ui' is a lot more of a nightmare since vowels are typically a lot tougher to learn. Speaking only English you require 'u', 'eu' (you could argue some accents already use this instead of 'o' sometimes), 'ij' (which is built up of 'e' in "bed" and 'i' in "bid"), and hardest of all 'ui' (which is built up of /ɶ/ and 'u', and /ɶ/ does not occur in any Standard Dutch word). As for separable verbs, we simply glue them together in some forms (the infinitive and participles only tho) whereas in English they are always separated.

[@T7d534]

En dt fouten

[@marcelgalesloot3483]

Dankjewel voor deze video! Was leuk om te zien, veel succes en plezier met Nederlandse les.💪😊

[@abenaopoku7424]

Dit is zo indrukwekkend!!! Girl you are such a inspiration. You did so well. Ik ben echt trots op jou!

[@GameTubeBesartBesfort]

65 days in quarantine and people are learning whole languages in a week edit: thank you sooo much everyone. I've never had more than 120 likes.

[@femkedevent3436]

TwinZzTV ja echt zo😂

[@thijs6027]

69 likes

[@Lovelyladykiss]

The way you say "goedemorgen" sounds just like you are Dutch. Well done :D

[@wolfgangwaha7666]

Loved this! You got my motivation to learn Dutch up and running again!

[@BartV95]

It was really fun to watch this video, you did it really good and I'm impressed. Don't forget that natives can struggle with Dutch too, even professors sometimes need a dictionary to check whether they did it right. Keep on practising, watching videos, listening to music, expand your vocabulary and maybe even start reading Dutch books. Another advise I would like to give is to ask your mom to introduce one day a week to talk only Dutch with you or agree on talking Dutch at home when you're not having visitors of course.

[@calvinnl2451]

That “goedemorgen allemaal” at 10:10 sounded soooo Dutch

[@tomboogaard]

Stiekem is ze gewoon nederlands

[@aliix8621]

IKR

[@aliix8621]

Tom Boogaard WHAHAHA misschien wel eyy

[@chloemarie9775]

Dit is geweldig! Zo trots dat je onze taal wil leren, want het is zeker niet makkelijk. X

[@zooweemama2405]

Do u know the song name at 8:08?

[@madje1512]

@@zooweemama2405 it's: Tabitha - Het spijt me niet

[@zooweemama2405]

@@madje1512 thank u so much ☺️

[@anne-lottevanmoorselaar3516]

Ik ben het helemaal met je eens

[@nyx8082]

I love you as a KZbinr and I love that you learned dutch cause my dad is dutch and its also not like my best language and it was pretty hard but I love it (my mom is Czech and I live in Czechia so I know Czech very well) I know how to speak dutch and I love that you are trying to reconnect with your heritage and it sucks that you weren't raised bilingual cuz I have been raised trilingual and even though I hated it when I was little I am so grateful that they raised me that way. It opens up so many opportunities. (I went to an English school so that's how I know English). I love you you are one of my favorite youtubers.

[@elinetheresiaberg5681]

I love this, inspires me so much. I have been to holland to visit two friends wich are dutch and both live in fluent dutch familys. I find dutch superfun and I wanna learn it one day too!

[@liesjopie2087]

this is so fun for all the duchies. you sound like my teachers when you said: "goedemorgen allemaal, alles goed? oké." je kunt het al aardig goed! :D

[@lincymoonen228]

When you finally know words you really do sound dutch. I can indeed hear your heritage.

[@teamswt6198]

This is really impressive as a dutch person you are actually soing really good i had the same struggle when i was learning chinees

[@garytaylor4014]

Thanks for the upload! Inspired me to learn some new techniques! Moved to the Netherlands a few years ago but never motivated myself to learn and to enjoy it!

[@gummynoodles9036]

I just don’t get international parent who don’t learn their kids their native language!

[@michaelazangeres]

In this case it's probably because most Dutch people are bilingual ☺️ we don't dub shows, uni courses are often taught in English and if you live in a city you wouldn't have to know a single Dutch word to get around 🤷‍♀️ lots of internationals work in retail and restaurants. Speaking Dutch isn't required to get around here☺️😀

[@maraverlaan7893]

Well, Dutch isn’t really a language that’s a lot in use. Only the Netherlands, part of Belgium, Luxembourg and some Antilles speak Dutch. If you don’t use it, and it’s not important why would you teach your children Dutch? Dutch is a really hard language with a lot of rules, it’s not easy to learn.

[@EmilysStar]

@@maraverlaan7893 if you speak dutch to your kids from when they're born they will pick up the language easily though. And yeah dutch might not be used in many places, but she still has family in the netherlands so it would always be handy to know, even if english is pretty well-known there. Not every dutch person is fluent in english.

[@Nynke_K]

I agree that it's a huge missed opportunity for kids not to be raised bilingually! But it can feel like hard work for the parent whose native language isn't spoken where the family lives: you have to always speak your native language to your kid and often that means switching from another language, for instance if you were having a conversation with the other parent too and then they leave. And kids often go through a phase where they don't want to use your language because you're the only one using it, and then you have to stick to it. So it can be hard, but it is so worth it!

[@MrSeanmcgall]

I'm Northern irish/Dutch raised bilingual, it freaks all my friends out when I switch between language

[@casparbosch5615]

Aren't "r" sounds a bit similar?

[@dennisrbn_9186]

Caspar Bosch yeah it does

[@bbqtoecrisp]

Her now becoming one of us. Us: *gekoloniseerd*

[@nique6382]

Haha! Caught that reference 😂

[@mrlahey5995]

@@nique6382 his name is more fun

[@emilton6804]

@@mrlahey5995 LOL

[@William-Janssen]

Wow goed gedaan!! Nederlands is een van de moeilijkste talen ter wereld, en jij doet het in een week! Geweldig om te zien!! Ga zo door