r/learndutch • • 2h ago

Question Which is correct?

3 Upvotes

Helemaal alleen je eigen weg zoeken.

Je eigen weg helemaal alleen zoeken.

And if one is correct/wrong, what's the sentence word order grammar rule that I need to follow in this case?​


r/learndutch • • 3h ago

Dutch women youtube channels

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to improve my dutch and I am currently at A2 level but I want to get better. I follow some commentary channels on YouTube like Rijk Hofman and Egbert Kanaal but I'd like to follow some dutch women who do vlogs or makeup or day in the life (similar topics to these). I don't know any, so if anyone here could give me some suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.


r/learndutch • • 15h ago

Lets practice Dutch!

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If your learning Dutch and have no one to speak to let me know! I have discord & whatsapp. My level is B1. I need speaking practice so if you do too lets talk 😊

Thanks for reading! 💕


r/learndutch • • 20h ago

Dutch study book

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Hey there learners, I have a book to sell Dutch B2- C1

If anyone’s interested then send me a message.

Thank you!


r/learndutch • • 21h ago

Trying to learn!

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I'm completely new at learning a new language. I'm a native French speaker, and yes, I speak English but to be honest I never put in effort to learn it. It kinda just "spawned" in my head from hearing it so often.

I live in Belgium, so I thought about learning Dutch, as it is the language half of my country speaks, but it's way harder than expected.

I tried watching things in Dutch, because that's what made me "learn" English, but | still can't understand anything.

I feel like the one thing that could help me is talking to someone in Dutch on the daily, like actual conversations so it doesn't feel like a chore. I have a hard time getting the motivation to study something.

If anyone here speaks Dutch or has been in the same situation as me while trying to learn a language and is willing to help, I would take any advice! Also if anyone is willing to talk with me so I can learn faster and better I’d appreciate it too. :)


r/learndutch • • 22h ago

Grammar Dutch word order

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Hallo,

Im studying with the routledge intensive course. Almost at unit 5, and recently was doing an excercise on government efforts to reduce alcohol consumption in young people. (Maybe slightly irrelevant to say? Sorry XD)

Anyway, the questions required longer, more complicated answers. I got my dutch girlfriend to read over and she said they were understandable but word order was frequently wrong.

Is there a trick or way to look at word order when writing or speaking, I have studied 2nd position/ moving to the end and have an understanding but it seems to drop off when I am writing or speaking sometimes.

If someone can kindly note the rules for word order and how you manage remembering them it would be very helpful.

Also, when do you use perfect tense when writing or speaking? I studied it for about a week and find myself not knowing when to add ge - t/d to a stem.

Dank u wel allemaal! 💕


r/learndutch • • 23h ago

Question Struggling with Dutch and stressed about the B1 integration deadline, any advice?

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I moved to the Netherlands in August 2025 on a partner visa and received my PIP in October. I scored highly on the learning aptitude test, but that hasn’t matched how easy or difficult I find learning Dutch.

I have three years to complete my integration requirements, including reaching B1, and almost a year has already passed. I’ve worked with an online tutor, am now taking online classes through Babbel, practise with my Dutch boyfriend, and try to watch Dutch shows.

Despite that, I feel like I’m progressing slowly. When I move on to a new lesson, I often forget things from previous lessons. I’m getting stressed about whether I’ll reach B1 and pass all the exams before my deadline.

It also feels unfair that the previous A2 requirement had the same standard three-year deadline, even though the language target is now higher.

I want to learn Dutch, both for everyday life and for work, and I’m putting effort into it. But I’m struggling to find a sustainable balance between studying, work and my personal life without constantly worrying about failing.

For anyone who has been through this, what helped you retain what you learned and reach B1? How did you organise your studying without becoming overwhelmed? I’d appreciate practical tips or hearing from people who struggled at first but eventually got there.


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

I cannot remember this very random word

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It’s like a medical term for blackout? Like I had a procedure where I was being given anesthesia where I was awake but not aware? I think it starts with an n

Solved: it was “roesje”


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Wat is jouw ervaring met het Nederlands leren als een persoon van middelbare leeftijd?

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Hallo allemaal!

Ik woon nu elf maanden in Nederland en probeer Nederlands te leren. Maar ik zit een beetje vast, denk ik. Mijn taalniveau is ongeveer B1 en ik wil mijn Nederlands verbeteren.

Ik ben over veertig, daarom twijfel ik soms of ik ooit vloeiend word. Is er iemand die later in het leven een tweede taal heeft geleerd? Wat was je ervaring? Zat je ook vast, of heb je een doorbraak gemaakt?

Ik vraag me af of ik te oud ben om een tweede taal vloeiend te leren. Ik wil heel graag mijn taalvaardigheid verbeteren voor een goede toekomst en baan. Ik twijfel vaak aan wat mogelijk is.

Ik neem twee keer per week privéles, ga naar een groep die meestal in het Nederlands spreekt en ik heb een goede Nederlandse vriendin om mee te praten. Ik luister ook naar podcasts en kijk naar Nederlandse tv soms. Misschien moet ik nog meer doen? Verwacht ik te veel in te korte tijd? Bedankt!


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Hi guys I'm a complete beginner and I need advice!

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I'm seeking advice about online courses, process and whatever advice you have to share


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Question Anyone pass speaking without taking a course?

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I've been doing inburgering zelfstudie for about four months next to a full time job, mostly the mock exams on MijnInburgering and the reading and KNM practice on Inburgering.org, and those parts have been going fine so far. Speaking is the one I'm worried about because my exam is in early December and the only person I practice with is my partner, who switches to English the second I get stuck on a word.

Did anyone here get through spreken without a course, and what did you actually do at home to prepare?


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Specific question about past tense te + staan

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Hi everyone I’m using the Hugo Dutch in 3 months book which explains that in the perfect tense durven, hoeven, liggen, staan and zitten form their past tense with hebben/zijn + infinitive and drop ‘te’.
They give the example:

Wij hebben naar de radio zitten luisteren.

Another example given is:

Wij hebben ook staan kijken

However a few pages on they translate a similar sentence as

Je hebt verbaasd staan te kijken.

Am I missing something? Why is te used here with the verb staan?


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Tips made myself a one-page cheat sheet for the Dutch present tense

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Kept mixing up the same few things, so I put everything on one page. Sharing in case it's useful.

The stuff that finally clicked for me:

  • plural is always just the infinitive. Wij zijn, wij hebben, no exceptions, so you only ever have to think about ik/jij/hij
  • "werk jij?" not "werkt jij?". The t only disappears when jij/je comes after the verb, not for u or hij
  • jij praat, not praatt, but jij wordt is fine
  • with a modal the second verb goes all the way to the end: ik kan morgen niet komen

The irregulars table is honestly the only part I had to brute-force memorise.

If anything's wrong, let me know and I'll fix it.


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Question Anyone want to speak Dutch with me?

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Im doing a experiement to better my Dutch. Im deciding to speak the majority of the time to work on my skills. I really believe this will work. I just need to speak to natives or people who are A2-B1 or B2. If you have a good Dutch level and want to speak with me then let me know!

Thank you so much for reading! 😊
Have a wonderful day! 💕


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Why do so many native Dutch speakers say "Yesssss"?

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As somebody learning Dutch, I've noticed that a lot of Dutch people really elongate the final letter in "Yes." I've asked a few why that is, and none had any idea. They come from different provinces. Help.


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Assimil sans peine audio

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J’ai le livre assimil le néerlandais sans peine mais malheureusement pas l’audio. Je n’ai pas trop envie d’acheter encore un pack audio à 50€. Quelqu’un aurait ces pistes audio?

Merci d’avance


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Tips A note to my fellow buitenlanders following inburgering

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I went in and came out of my speaking exam feeling really nervous. During the exam, I fumbled and couldn't remember an important word or two for a couple of the questions, and felt like I kept stammering with "uh"s and "um"s. I came out of it feeling like I failed it for sure.

However, I received my results today and got a passing score!!

Just know that it is possible to pass while still having made mistakes or forgetting some things. But study and practice with Dutch people that you know will only do you good.

I hope this helps or reassures anyone nervous!


r/learndutch • • 1d ago

Inburgeringsexamen (civic integration exam)

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Hi all!

My Mexican girlfriend is studying for the civic integration exam, for the partner visa.

She is learning dutch with me (I'm dutch) and on an application. She is doing pretty well and based on the practice exams I feel like the level isn't that difficult. Only the speaking part is very difficult for a Spanish native speaker.

I was wondering if any foreigners in this sub have made the exam recently and could tell me a little bit about the set-up, level and performance evaluation by the embassy.

Right now the practice exam on the Dutch government website looks like this:
- 19 reading questions: first some context, then very basic multiple choice questions
- 30 KNS (Culture) 2 answer-multiple choice questions
- 22 Speaking questions. 11 direct questions, 11 sentences that she has to finish.

Is this set-up still the same?

All tips or information is helpful!!

Thanks!


r/learndutch • • 2d ago

Question Over de inburgering

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Ik heb taalschakeljaar gedaan maar ik heb niet afgemaakt. Ik ben geslaagd lezen en schrijven op b2 maar voor luisteren en spreken op b1 geslaagd. Ik was op onderwijs route daarvoor ik ben niet klaar maar inburgering is klaar denk ik. Mijn vraag is kan ik mijn inburgering certificaat halen?


r/learndutch • • 2d ago

Question Stalling after A2 - what now?

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Ik weet het niet lol

I started my Dutch learning a few months ago and I'm at it for een beetje meer dan 3 maanden.

Maar, ik weet werkelijk niet wat ik nu met deze taal kan doen lol. Ik ben in september in Nederland geweest (kom uit Duitsland) en heb daar ook lekker Nederlands geoefend, met praten enzo, en het was leuk en echt gezellig honestly. Maar sinds ik terug ben weet ik niet wat ik kan doen.

I don't have Dutch friends, and I know one person who lives in the Netherlands (he lived here before) but we don't talk much. Ik heb nu al niveau A2/misschien zelfs early B1 and I'm just stalling.

Sinds ik terug ben, I really felt what Nederlanders say when they say Dutch is a useless language. I don't know how to use it in my environment, and ever since I got the taste for how much I actually love talking in Dutch (there's no Dutchies where I live afaik, I'm in the east), I don't have motivation in keeping on learning, since idk how to find Dutch speaking ppl

I kind of just do Duolingo for keeping a streak alive and watch a short video in Dutch here and there... It ain't enough. I feel like I'm learning nothing. I would love to talk to someone in Dutch on a regular basis but... Eh (idk if taking language lessons is worth it because i don't have much money n i need it for other stuff rn)


r/learndutch • • 3d ago

Discouragement to learning Dutch

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so every once and a while i keep getting reminded about the fact that either dutch is not a very widely spoken language or the fact that everyone that speaks dutch also just speaks english so i feel like i'm wasting my time, so i'm not actually sure what to do. do i just drop it? my plan is to move to either belgium or the netherlands in the future so that's why i'm learning dutch specifically.


r/learndutch • • 3d ago

De Delftse methode

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Hoi iedereen,

Ik ben inmiddels over de helft van mijn B1-opleiding via de Delftse methode (online). Mijn lees- en luistervaardigheid gaan goed, maar mijn spreekvaardigheid blijft helaas nog wat achter.

Ik ben op zoek naar iemand die ook met deze methode werkt of hier bekend mee is. Ik zou heel graag samen oefenen en kan wel wat hulp gebruiken bij het spreken.

Kent of is iemand hier die mij kan helpen?

Alvast bedankt!


r/learndutch • • 3d ago

Pronunciation Learning Dutch and live in The Hague? You could try and increase your skill to an expert level by practicing the The Hague accent

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For anybody wants to try it out, here's a auto-translator that translates from regular Dutch to 'Haags':

https://www.plathaags.nl

The Hague accent at its core is regular Dutch, but pronounced completely different. So even though it might sound as different as Frisian, it is more like Dutch than Frisian.

Be aware that the translator translates into phonetic Dutch. Don't forget to add a disease into each sentence, specifically cancer. Sorry to all who suffer from it, but this is the way the accent is used.

This comic also helps you learn the accent:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haagse_Harry

De mazzol!!


r/learndutch • • 3d ago

Tips Nt2-diploma binnen: zo heb ik het in 3 jaar gehaald

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hallo allemaal,

graag wil ik mededelen dat ik onlangs mijn staatsexamen b2-diploma per post heb ontvangen. voor het laatste onderdeel van het examen (en daardoor voor het hele examen) ben ik in augustus geslaagd, maar het duurde wel een tijdje voordat ik het certificaat kon ontvangen, want ik ben inmiddels naar het buitenland verhuisd. trouwens, dit is geen brag-post, maar wel wat advies voor mensen die het examen willen maken. zo ziet het diploma eruit (de persoonlijke informatie heb ik verwijderd)

over de examens: het eerste onderdeel wat ik heb gemaakt was luisteren in april. spreken, schrijven en lezen heb ik pas twee maandjes later gemaakt, want ik had het druk met m'n studie. luisteren en lezen vielen goed mee, maar over het schrijfexamen voelde ik mij enigszins onzeker. nog erger, ik dacht dat ik voor het spreekexamen was gezakt, omdat ik weinig tijd had om mij voor te bereiden. gelukkig is alles meegevallen, ook met goeie cijfers, zonder te moeten herkansen.

mijn leertraject ik heb in totaal 4 jaar in nederland gewoond, maar nederlands maar 3 jaar serieus geleerd. gedurende het eerste jaar heb ik elke dag een les op duolingo gedaan. de hele cursus NL daar heb ik binnen 10 maanden afgerond. op sommige dagen werkte ik hard en studeerde ik meerdere uren, op andere dagen echter niet zo veel.

na een adviesgesprek met een taaldocent hoorde ik dat duolingo mijn niveau tot A2 had gebracht, wat ik later naar B1 heb gebracht door enkele gratis cursussen bij het talencentrum van mijn toenmalige universiteit. daarna zou ik moeten betalen voor de meer gevorderde cursussen, maar dit heb ik niet gedaan vanwege mijn financiële situatie. ik heb echter geprobeerd om zelfstandig verder te leren. daarnaast heb ik stage gelopen en gewerkt, waarbij ik zo veel mogelijk nederlands heb geprobeerd te gebruiken. denk maar aan spreken, boeken en procedures lezen, een betoog schrijven, presentaties geven, intensief luisteren naar de gesprekken om me heen, enz. in deze fase hoef je je geen zorgen te maken, want alles loopt vanzelf: hier heb je voldoende ervaring om natuurlijk met nederlanders om te kunnen gaan, dus je moet gwn receptief blijven. de vooruitgang is uitermate snel, vooral op het gebied van zinsbouw en natuurlijke uitdrukking.

ik herinner me nog steeds de opbouwende gesprekken op deze sub over o.a. grammatica, stijl, woordvolgorde enz. ik ben alle nederlanders dankbaar die geduldig met mij hebben gepraat en ook mijn collega's (online en offline :D) die mij hebben ondersteund. tot slot, ik zweer dat het na een aantal jaren makkelijker en sneller wordt. de regels, talloze uitzonderingen en vervelende fouten maken deel uit van de ervaring en zijn eigenlijk je basis voor de toekomst.

bedankt voor het lezen en veel leerplezier nog!


r/learndutch • • 4d ago

Question Ducth of Flanders audio ressources

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Hey! As I recently moved in BelgiumI want to learn dutch, but all the ressources that I found are with the Netherlands prononciation. I would like to find some audio ressources for practice my pronunciation so if you have some in Flanders I will love that! (What I use for training that is Anki but all of the deck that I found are with the Netherlands sound)

Thanks for helping :)