Learn Dutch: OVT (the Simple Past tense) - with Niels!

[@Lyposuction]

I wish you still made videos. I’ve learned so much just from watching two videos than I ever did in a 6 month programme

[@dariadariadariadaria]

I completely agree!

[@VloeiendVlaams]

@@dariadariadariadaria Indeed, hij geeft goed les, beetje zoals ik het zelf ook doe, alleen ik geef meer oefeningen.

[@victoriaokwor4528]

I swear, you're one of the best Dutch teachers I have ever came across online. I would be glad to have you as my personal Dutch teacher. Thanks for the explicit explanation.

[@iqraali2068]

You are a creative teacher. The simplicity of speech and constant calmness make even complex concepts a lot easier. I'm jazzed!

[@sambrimo7086]

you are more than amazing teacher . I am a big fan of your lessons . you make the dutch taal easier and more funny. bedanket

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

I'm glad you like the videos, thanks for your comment!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

For this lesson, I've chosen a more basic, fundamental topic, because I need to be able to refer to this for some of the future videos I have planned. I hope you like it! Check out the flashcards I've posted in the description

[@tesfomgebreyesus856]

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[@stella-20141]

Learn Dutch with Niels! you are amazing thank you very much. this is helping me alot 😊

[@stella-20141]

thanks alot im really enjoying your lessons and understanding much easier 😊

[@safaanaffaa3659]

Learn Dutch with Niels! Hi Thank you so much for all the useful videos. I was looking to the video of VTT but couldnt find it. Did you make this video?

[@versietolenaars7025]

Thanks so much Neils for ur very nice video. I learned a lot. More power!

[@altonbrek]

I am so glad that I keep coming back to watch your teaching videos. I learnt so much.

[@FamilyFunMusicToysReview]

Thank you Niels for the easy explanation about ovt

[@dindindark666]

wow, i love the "SOFT KETCHUP" part. Make everything elese simpler! You rock! Kudos!

[@nataliyasoltys8616]

Thank you. A lot of things become so clear now. I am extremely happy that I found your channel. Again... bedankt!

[@tomc3300]

Great work! People should go to Patreon. His work deserves it.

[@metihoseini906]

You taught us past tense in a very clear and concise manner and I really enjoyed your video and I hope that you keep up the good work 💯

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

A little exercise for you, to practice the OVT: "Wat deed je 5 (of 10) jaar geleden?" Je kunt spreken over: werk, school, hobbies, activiteiten... You can leave a reply with your answers. My answer: 10 jaar geleden ging ik naar de universiteit. In mijn vrije tijd speelde ik gitaar en piano.

[@CharieVanWits]

Learn Dutch with Niels! 5 jaar geleden was ik een derde jaar (Third year?) op universiteit in Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika. Ik heb niet geweten dat ik nu Nederlands zou leren. (how did I do?)

[@nydineberroa5247]

5 jaar gelden ik werkte voor een office compeny :)

[@billykristianto3818]

6 maand geleden ging ik naar de Erasmus om Nederlands te leren. Ik heb veel dingen geleerd.

[@nicoleanne967]

2 jaar geleden studeerde ik informatica. Vorige week heb ik voor Nederlands Niveau 1 geslaagd!

[@jieli7280]

10 jaar geleden ik werkte in China.

[@sarah.brookss1954]

your simple explanation helped me understand this lesson. Your teaching method is really helpful.

[@fernandabros]

You’re the greatest teacher I have ever seen!! Please come back!

[@Messalinaist]

Niels, I've taken SOOO many Dutch classes and none have explained grammar as well as you! Your explanations stick so well. I think it's becaus eyou are answering potential questions in your explanation. Well done and bedankt!

[@Kanchan704]

I found you that you are the best teacher for Dutch learners

[@mikepictor]

Your teaching style is so perfect. So easy to follow. Your videos are a joy.

[@klainmaingr]

My body is ready for the VTT and how to tell between past tenses. A man can only hope... By far the most helpful videos on YT.

[@karlee7120]

How amazing it is to have a guy who shares his knowledge to the whole world for free... I hope all the good you give to the world will come back to you ten times more...

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Thank you!

[@jennybason5191]

I have been searching for good 'how to learn Dutch' for ages and thank you- yours are exactly perfect!! Your videos are helping us hugely!!! thanks so much and please make more!!

[@isaiditsjohnny]

Thank you for this!!!!! Hope you continue your videos. Much love from Singapore!

[@crystalkuong]

Thanks Niels for the amazing explanation and effort for the video!

[@TheNancyhd]

This is the most epic lesson about the simple past tense form. Dank je Niel.

[@kaylebacayan417]

Hi Niels! Hope you are well, just want to say thanks for your lessons. We hope to see more videos from you, really really helpful in learning Dutch. Stay safe!

[@LuisRomaUSA]

Just wanted to say that you videos are great! My gf who is Dutch says that there are few rules to the language, but you manage to find those few rules which make my learning far more comfortable. Cheers!

[@robartvalk2286]

hats off to this channel!please please continue.

[@salehrage9956]

Thank you man..... You are the best teacher in both of the two languages. English and Dutch. I'm study datch but I don't get a teacher like you.

[@othishka]

This is the best Dutch lesson I have ever had . Very clear and understandable . Thanks I am struggling with learning Dutch so I am asking you to please make your lessons a bit longer and if it is possible to sign up for private lessons on the net? Thanks

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Hi Othishka, thank you! That means a lot to me. I try not to make the lessons too long, because most people only watch for about 6 minutes. For more complicated topics, I'll make several videos discussing different aspects. This way, it's easier for people to find the right info. A 20 minute video already takes half a day to make, so longer videos aren't really possible for me right now, either. I don't currently teach classes, unfortunately. I used to be a teacher, but now that I have a different job, I make videos instead (because I enjoy teaching too much to stop doing it altogether :)

[@gideonwoode371]

thak you so much. you are the best teacher on the internet so far

[@greggentili1404]

finally, someone that explain the construction of the phrases with a sense!

[@hocinesaiah374]

I really thank very very much for these lessons especially with Belgian accent. We are waiting more

[@مهنازوطنخواه]

Hi Niels I don't know you read these comments or not but you see after a years I use it and happy to understand the points that I have problems in your explanations are very amazing I hope you continue teaching

[@salimjamal8799]

waw i love your teaching method, it helps us to study dutch easier .thank so much Neil

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

You're welcome Salim! Thanks for your comment

[@amydepriester6558]

Are you still making these videos? You are really amazing!! I was struggling with this quite a lot and this has helped me a ton!

[@sexymate8654]

can you pls make a video with voorzetsels ( aan/op/naar/in/ over/met/tegen/voor/van) Thanks alot!!!

[@erick2herrera]

Take it into account niels. I'm also madly keen on knowing what means "op" and the others ones 12343 said there.

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

That's a good topic, I will make a video about it. I already have a nice lesson for it, which could work on video too, so I'll try to record it soon.

[@hitomim1339]

Wonderful video! Thank you very much for putting a lot of effort to make this and other videos. What I like the most about your channel is that you put videos up to genuinely help people learn Dutch. I know from experience it takes a lot to make a good lesson. Heel hartelijk bedankt, Niels!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Graag gedaan Hitomi! That means a lot to me. Compared to other languages, there aren't that many resources out there for Dutch, so I wanted to make clear videos that answer specific questions. A lot of people learning the language get told "That's just the way it is -- you just have to learn it', but I believe that there's always an explanation, or at least a trick to help you.

[@PoTyStoronySebya]

Less stress grateful You , dear Niels! Thank You very much!🙏 You are a perfect teacher✨😊👍

[@suhconradndem3570]

Niels thank you so much,these lessons help me a lot to improve,you are a genius in teaching methodology.

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

I'm glad it's helpful. Thank you for your comment!

[@toryhardjopawiro]

Eindelijk vind ik jouw video nederlands leren. Het helpt me zo .... 👍👍👍👍

[@kathybui1918]

In Vietnamese language we don’t have tenses for the time and we don’t have much final consonants so let say Dutch is extremely difficult for us to gain the rule in our brain and once we have it in our brain we need to practice how to articulate it. Thanks alot! The way you talk is very calm :))

[@marianogueira4290]

Thank you sooo much. I'm Learning Dutch and beginning the Past now. Your video is very clear and helps me a lot. Thanks for the Flashcards too. I'll follow the next videos.

[@nicap8642]

Hi Niels! Thank you very much. You are such an amazing teacher. Clear explanation. You also share not only the regular form of the verb but also the irregularities. I admire you for sharing your knowledge with us. Really appreciated. It helps us a lot. Keep it up. Hope you can still make more videos. ❤️

[@frankhooper7871]

I remember [many years ago] when I first studied German, we actually learned the verbs as kaufen/kaufte/gekauft or gehen/ging/gegangen. I've tried to do the same with Dutch. English, Dutch and German are quite similar in how we form our verb tenses - but we English have lost our 'ge-' prefix for the past participle along with the use of to be in lieu of to have as the auxiliary verb.

[@mep6302]

That actually makes English simpler. It's interesting in Spanish, we also lost the verb to be (ser) for perfect tenses but Italian and French still keep it. One thing English and Spanish have in common even though these languages come from different language families.

[@aswinisekar16]

Hello Neil, great videos. Clear explanation. I want to appreciate you and motivate you for more videos. Please post more videos for dutch sentences and grammer. Looking forward.

[@mq46312]

Great video. No trashtalking! Thank you!

[@bignoog100]

You are a wonderful teacher! Please keep continuing the nice work. Heel erg bedankt leraar!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Thank you Pavan! I hope I'll have some more time to make a new video soon.

[@halash1552]

Thanks for the videos they are really helpful. I live in the Netherlands and I'm learning Dutch now but I find the grammar really difficult and I find sometimes the way they combine words to form a sentence and give a specific meaning to it, just doesn't make any sense! So if you could please make more videos about grammar and about other things in Dutch. That would be great!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

I'm glad you like the video! If you have any examples of things you don't understand, I'll try to explain them in a future video.

[@halash1552]

Thanks for your reply. Maybe you can make a video about not only using " aan het" but all the usage of the word "aan" in sentences. And I also find a problem when I see the words "wat" and "wel" in sentences and don't know why they are there or how we put them in a sentence properly! Thanks a lot.

[@tomobeirne5378]

Wow! I've been really struggling with learning Dutch, I had loads or words but couldn't put them together, didn't understand to well, your videos are awesome I've come on far already and I'm starting to understand 😀👍👍

[@IsackDebesay1]

U are a good teacher u are teaching by relaxing u students

[@sarasantos1269]

Thanks you so much Niels! You rock!!! Please do more videos :) You are an amazing teacher!

[@yt-mca]

Still the best Dutch teacher out there!

[@sandraramirez9009]

Hi Niels ... I like very much your videos, you are one of the best .....

[@melerence]

How amazing was that! I love the calm and wise way you are teaching, dankjewel!

[@jamalmurphy5904]

You are an excellent teacher I very appreciate your hard work and we can easily understand your well explained videos .

[@aapurvavekhande3290]

I love your teaching method, it helps us to study dutch easier .thank so much Neil.When are you planning to add VTT explaination video?

[@nazimraza9710]

Sir Niels , We are eagerly waiting for your next video on VTT Dutch past tense........ try to upload so soon as possible please !

[@jasonvorva9164]

Excellent description, helpful.

[@a.clover5487]

Thank you so much! I can't wait for your video on when to use which past tense

[@Luis-MFG]

Oh man this ir GOLD! Do you have a full dutch course?

[@fivestars6094]

Erg bedankt Niels.

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Graag gedaan Muhammad!

[@jeebiah]

Great teaching method that it is understandable by the listener. Many thanks for your efforts.

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Thank you Hisham!

[@hossainmahmoodtuhin3536]

Hi, great content of learning Dutch in easy way. Thanks a lot!

[@littlehooman2774]

Hello, Sir. I'm your new subscriber. Your video is really helpful, thank you :)

[@yassinabdelrhman5875]

thank you teacher, I really appreciate your efforts

[@lollyfong1834]

Looking forward to the VTT video and also the difference between OVT and VTT. Bedankt voor jouw les.

[@gp2272]

Grazie mille ! Troppo chiaro ! Fantastico

[@吴筱-h4m]

your videos are really amazing ! thanks for your help ! can't wait to see more!!!!

[@wedihamiewedihamie6315]

you are genius teacher. pleas continue the teaching method .bedankt voor u videos.

[@birdsecret6906]

Dude thanks so much! You are my hero of the week :D

[@yassinebenzouine6921]

Thank you so much NIELS ❤️

[@caseykilmore]

Was the video lesson on VTT ever made??? desperate for a clear explanation Thankyou neils for the videos they are a lot of help!!!!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Not yet Casey! Sorry about that. It's been hard to find time to make videos. I've been working and traveling a lot

[@erajesh81]

Good one, clear and simple explaination

[@oishd6077]

Thank you so much for making it so easy!! New sub , i am loving it here!

[@IgorTraciuc-r4x]

the best video on this topic that I saw! Dank u!

[@vonseven]

есть хорошее объяснение грамматики Once upon a time in Belgiё

[@SnowWhite-oe7oj]

Your way of teaching is very good thankuu so mch for explaining so nicely.. i really like your videos and indeed I’ll definitely keep supporting to u.. May u Success n Flourish..💐

[@omsundaram4377]

Nicely explained Niels.. Bedankt voor het delen!

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

Graag gedaan Om!

[@tonyyule283]

Dankjewel Niels. Het was heel goed.

[@MrSaralozada]

Thank you so much! You deserve more subscribers 😊

[@leatherdolphin]

Thank you very much.The lesson was explained fully and very interesting.Thank you

[@valeriepenny4022]

Thank you so much Niels I will definitely be subscribing on Pelton. Do you teach other languages?

[@frankhooper7871]

A parallel to English: the 's' in the plural of words (or the third person of present tense verbs) ending in unvoiced consonants (t, p, k) is actually pronounced as an 's', whereas the 's' in the plural of words ending in voiced consonants (d, b, g) or vowels is actually pronounced as a 'z'.

[@jefferygriffith]

"I've got some bad news for you." You KNEW it was coming at some point but it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected :-)

[@ccv123]

You are a great teacher! Thank you!!

[@charoperticone5485]

That’s a good tip, im a new lerner and love languages, bedank!

[@azharaslamshaikh9174]

prima uitstekend uitleg hartelijk dank

[@patolog2675]

Wow, you explained this so well!

[@standups2072]

You should make decks with anky flashcards I used it for IT studies that way people can download your decks and study

[@ladanhabibvand4361]

hoi niels thank you so so much for this video it helped me so much for undrestanding ovt verb.it was so hard for me now it is so easy to learn.thank you so much going to watch another videos^^good luck

[@taniadutta4052]

❤ thankx , ur video is simple n easy to understand...❤❤

[@behroozra2664]

one of the most helpful videos to learn dutch . Thnk u so much✌🏻

[@roberthambrook150]

I have been getting the impression lately that Duolingo is okay for practising what I learn but it does not explain enough. I have to keep referring to youtube videos. I just bought a Basic Dutch book, on kindle, written by Jenneke A. Oosterhoff. It goes into the grammar much more than Duolingo. I use an audio book to practise my speaking called Pimslers Dutch. I am wondering if Dutchpod101 would be worth trying too.

[@lcapitan4468]

Hi Niels, when are you going to upload new videos?

[@LearnDutchwithNiels]

This week, I promise! I was abroad for a few weeks

[@xeliss2302]

wow you’re such an amazing teacher!!! thank you

[@chrisieridis2336]

Amazing video and very good explanation

[@Islamicbachy]

Very help full sir.

[@leenobody3249]

Thanks Niels !

[@dollpell3100]

Thanks a lot. It’s so clear and understandable.

[@WendyRisoli]

This lesson will take more practice for sure

[@td_7577]

Hello, Niels! It is so helpful! But the link of flashcards of flashcards is lost. Could you please send it again? Thank you!!!