What Are Good Tips For Learning Dutch? - Den Bosch

Learning Dutch can be a challenge, there are difficult sounds, difficult sentence structure, and many Dutch people would rather speak English than hear you struggle with Dutch. But in this video, I ask Dutch people on their advice to conquer this and learn Dutch!
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[@exploringtheforeign]

What do you think of the advice shared in this video? I agree with all of the points mentioned; they definitely have been helpful for me in my journey learning Dutch!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Some of them aren’t good - the one about the G, ppl should use the soft Gs / zachte Gs instead of the hard Gs, and the one about not using subs is also wrong, because one must focus on the Dutch subs a lot at first to get the right way of expressing oneself in Dutch and to get used to the sentence structure and to see the words and how they are spelled, which is key to learning proper Dutch fast! And the one about the bar is beyond wrong, and all wom’n are the exact opposite of vrouw - I am the only vrouw / vrouwen etc! The best way to learn Dutch fast is by learning as much vocab as possible and grammar stuff / sentence structure, and once one knows over 5.000 words, one will easily pick up new words by watching videos with Dutch subtitles, especially if the video also has English sub under the Dutch sub, so one will focus on the Dutch sub mostly and when there’s a new word, one can look at the English sub - that’s how I learned Dutch to a quite advanced level in just a few months, having learned over eight thousand base Dutch words!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Thing is, one cannot just jump into a conversation in Dutch without at least being at an upper intermediate level, because that way one won’t even understand when others reply in Dutch, so one can definitely embarrass oneself that way, and it will also annoy the Dutch speaking ppl because they even said it themselves that they aren’t there to teach someone and have no time, which also explains why most speak so fast, so trying to jump into conversations in Dutch with random strangers when a beginner is a very bad idea - the best way is to learn it to an advanced level before trying to communicate, and only communicating when one knows enough words to understand at least basic sentences, and the best way to achieve that is by learning a lot of vocab, starting with the most used 1.000 words in Dutch, and the more vocab one learns, the easier it is to understand what others say!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Even though most that teach languages say one shouldn’t learn a lot of vocab and instead speak, one cannot speak and one cannot understand without first learning the words - memorizing many thousands of words is the only way to learn a language fast, even though it may feel boring, so I usually try to memorize the most used 1.000 words and then the 2.000 words in the vocab videos, while also watching videos on grammar and sentence structure, and now I am quite advanced in Dutch, so I am at that point where I can look mostly at the Dutch sub and can understand over 98 percent of the words / sentences at normal speed (without playing the video at a lower speed) and most ppl speak very fast, and when the speaker has a higher / clear / lighter voice I can even understand the spoken words / sentences in Dutch at normal speed, and I am sure it will get even easier to understand once I learn 3.000 more new words in Dutch and most idioms, as there are still certain verbs and idioms that I haven’t seen before, so there are a few new words in every new Dutch video I watch, but luckily I already know over 95 to 98 percent of the words used in most of those videos, so now I learn new words naturally, and it’s always the beginning that is very difficult, but it really gets easier and easier, the more words I learn, the easier it feels!

[@robvanosch9132]

Mijn advies zou zijn, ga met veel Nederlanders om en praat met ze in het Nederlands, geef aan dat je aan het leren bent en dat je wilt dat ze Nederlands met je praten. Dat kan je hier gewoon tegen iemand zeggen. Een ander advies is om een lijst te maken van de meest gebruikte woorden in het Nederlands en daar spraakoefeningen mee te doen. Dus samen met een Nederlander (vriend of vriendin) alle woorden uitspreken. Soms helpt het om de woorden in lettergrepen uit te spreken, dat is makkelijker en efficiënter om een woord in zijn geheel goed uit kunnen spreken.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Top advies!!

[@AssBlasster]

Yeah these tips definitely explain why I didn't retain my spanish from high school, but I had no way to really practice with people in the community back then. Look forward to start learning dutch soon for my visit next year.

[@rondotexe]

Great tips! Thanks for the video! 🙌🏾

[@exploringtheforeign]

Glad you liked it!

[@i2pjd6hRw5P]

Man I just went to Den Bosch a few months ago, I'm an American too, I just thought it was the most amazing place, so charming, I dream of living in the NL some day.

[@exploringtheforeign]

I love it there! What brought you there as an American?

[@i2pjd6hRw5P]

@@exploringtheforeign I went for an electronic music festival that I've always dreamed of going to. And it was a dream come true! 😁

[@SwordOfHeimdall]

Some great advice here. I think it works best to immerse youself with Dutch people and hopefully those that don't shy away from correcting you so you'll learn. When my mum came to the Netherlands she only spoke basic Dutch but had trouble writing it. She read a lot of magazines and later books to help her catch up.

[@exploringtheforeign]

I agree! Immersing yourself with Dutch people can do wonders. And that's a great tip, reading also helps a lot.

[@dutchyjhome]

Excellent Video about one of the most important questions you can ask! See It's basically all about enabling yourself to communicate. And communication is so powerful as an instrument for anyone just to get there where you want to be... I mean, one communicates here in The Netherlands in Dutch, so if you wish to communicate, well Dutch it is ! My advise would be: become a member of a Dutch club. Any club at all; sports, cultural, you name it. Look into yourself and find a thing you like, and then find a club nearby; preferentially one without any foreign members, so just like you said: you're forcing yourself into Dutch. And indeed at work or anywhere else for all that matters: demand that people talk Dutch to you, maybe if necessary short English explanations, but that's it ! You'll see that a whole new world will open up to you ;-)

[@exploringtheforeign]

Thank you for watching and sharing some other advice on learning Dutch and why it's important!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Some of them aren’t good - the one about the G, ppl should use the soft Gs / zachte Gs instead of the hard Gs, and the one about not using subs is also wrong, because one must focus on the Dutch subs a lot at first to get the right way of expressing oneself in Dutch and to get used to the sentence structure and to see the words and how they are spelled, which is key to learning proper Dutch fast! And the one about the bar is beyond wrong, and all wom’n are the exact opposite of vrouw - I am the only vrouw / vrouwen etc! The best way to learn Dutch fast is by learning as much vocab as possible and grammar stuff / sentence structure, and once one knows over 5.000 words, one will easily pick up new words by watching videos with Dutch subtitles, especially if the video also has English sub under the Dutch sub, so one will focus on the Dutch sub mostly and when there’s a new word, one can look at the English sub - that’s how I learned Dutch to a quite advanced level in just a few months, having learned over eight thousand base Dutch words!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Thing is, one cannot just jump into a conversation in Dutch without at least being at an upper intermediate level, because that way one won’t even understand when others reply in Dutch, so one can definitely embarrass oneself that way, and it will also annoy the Dutch speaking ppl because they even said it themselves that they aren’t there to teach someone and have no time, which also explains why most speak so fast, so trying to jump into conversations in Dutch with random strangers when a beginner is a very bad idea - the best way is to learn it to an advanced level before trying to communicate, and only communicating when one knows enough words to understand at least basic sentences, and the best way to achieve that is by learning a lot of vocab, starting with the most used 1.000 words in Dutch, and the more vocab one learns, the easier it is to understand what others say!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Even though most that teach languages say one shouldn’t learn a lot of vocab and instead speak, one cannot speak and one cannot understand without first learning the words - memorizing many thousands of words is the only way to learn a language fast, even though it may feel boring, so I usually try to memorize the most used 1.000 words and then the 2.000 words in the vocab videos, while also watching videos on grammar and sentence structure, and now I am quite advanced in Dutch, so I am at that point where I can look mostly at the Dutch sub and can understand over 98 percent of the words / sentences at normal speed (without playing the video at a lower speed) and most ppl speak very fast, and when the speaker has a higher / clear / lighter voice I can even understand the spoken words / sentences in Dutch at normal speed, and I am sure it will get even easier to understand once I learn 3.000 more new words in Dutch and most idioms, as there are still certain verbs and idioms that I haven’t seen before, so there are a few new words in every new Dutch video I watch, but luckily I already know over 95 to 98 percent of the words used in most of those videos, so now I learn new words naturally, and it’s always the beginning that is very difficult, but it really gets easier and easier, the more words I learn, the easier it feels!

[@sirenasilverstorm2177]

One of the main ways I learned English was watching a lot of tv shows and movies at first with Dutch subtitles and then with English subtitles and then none which should work with pretty much any language also reading books starting with easier children's books and writing down the words I don't know to look them up, listening to podcasts and music just try to consume as much as possible in that language and practice speaking with someone who's fluent.

[@r.a.h7682]

these videos are so fun you should make them longer.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Thank you for the feedback! It was my first time doing a video in this format so I was kind of testing it out, but I plan on doing another one soon and will definitely make it a bit longer😃🙌🏾 thanks for watching!

[@tonyf315]

I'm envious of the WI guys moving there! I'll be lucky to visit in my lifetime!

[@liam_lusophile626]

Dutch is a beautiful language in its own right because it has nuances to it that other languages don't possess. *Afrikaans has entered the chat*

[@Hristiyan1991]

The man at 2:14 gives the best answer :). Real man advice!

[@exploringtheforeign]

haha

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Feel free to email me with questions about languages.. :)

[@momaboovo1260]

Is it important to learn Dutch when all people there are fluent in English!?

[@chiautorepair]

Last time visiting took me like 2 days to start picking it up again, I have to mention Nederlands is spoken much faster than English.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Hey! Where were you visiting from? And yeah, when Dutch people are speaking with other natives, it can definitely go quite fast haha.

[@chiautorepair]

@@exploringtheforeign born in Netherlands moved to the USA in 96. Even though Nederlands was once native to me, it became foreign lol, even my friends from Nederland speak to me in English now. The sad thing is there's no one in the USA for me to speak Nederlands to...

[@exploringtheforeign]

@@chiautorepair haha, I could imagine how strange that might feel to have other Dutch people prefer to speak with you in English

[@chiautorepair]

@@exploringtheforeign it is funny that they actually cater to me in that aspect. I mean sometimes they might blurt out a Dutch word and they know I understand it. I actually still have some Dutch comic books and when I read it since I do it on my own pace, I do still understand it.

[@OverSeaToo]

Maak uitstapjes met mensen uit verschillende steden. Vraag hen of ze jou willen rondleiding in hún stad. Alleen Nederlands spreken. ( eventueel woorden laten vertalen, zodat jij er van leert). Zo LEER je Nederland(S) kennen . 🍀🇳🇱❤️

[@exploringtheforeign]

dit is top advies!

[@LindaCasey]

Those are indeed some good tips .. for ME, the most important things to Iearn were conjugating the most used verbs (past, present, future), getting the ACCENT down and Iearning the articIe that accompanies the new word (i.e. HET paard or DE hond, etc). Grammar and conversation wiII be so much easier if you just Iearn those basics first. 🌹

[@exploringtheforeign]

Great tips, Linda!

[@theburnix]

Kijk dat is het probleem, ik ken een aantal mensen die het hebben opgegeven om nederlands teleren terwijl ze hier in nederland wonen, puur en alleen omdat wij nederlanders te snel omschakelen naar het engels.

[@exploringtheforeign]

Haha ja ik snap het. Ik probeer heel sterk te zijn met blijven in het Nederlands te praten als ze omschakelen naar het Engels.

[@robertboender5816]

Best advice is stop speaking English and only talk Dutch.

[@lukealadeen7836]

Tough to do in South Africa

[@robertboender5816]

@@lukealadeen7836 Why, been there for 5 weeks without any problems.

[@lukealadeen7836]

@@robertboender5816 were you speaking dutch in SA? How did it go?

[@robertboender5816]

@@lukealadeen7836 yes just Dutch but a bit slower. And in certain parts where the don't speak Afrikaans you speak English

[@lukealadeen7836]

@@robertboender5816 yes and I live in those English areas, very few Afrikaans speakers where I live

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Talk with people, and study Grimm's laws, and the history of words, English is 50% old Dutch, pronounced very badly...Basically English is rotten Dutch, tap into this.. How do words change, how do sounds change? English, Dutch, Frisian, Low-German, High German , Scandinavian, Afrikaans and Yiddish are closely related languages. If you know two, you should have no troubles with the next one... example: German: hand, Dutch: hand, Swedish : hand, Low German: hand...I wonder what the English word will be...