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Practise your Dutch quickly and efficiently. No long explanations or talking in English, we dive straight into a dialogue for you to repeat. Practice your pronunciation, anchor expressions in your mind, and get to know typically Flemish ways of saying things. Perfect for those who just moved to Belgium or have plans to do so; you'll be making friends over beer and fries in no time!
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Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise all the expressions you need when explaining your Flemish hairdresser what you want. Translate and repeat a Dutch dialogue about curls, bangs, and a bald boyfriend.
1Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise your Dutch with a dialogue about reporting a theft. This is a great episode for intermediate learners, because a lot of things come together: asking questions, talking about past and future, basic vocab... Up for a challenge? See how well you can translate and repeat this dialogue!
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise using prepositions in Dutch. You translate and repeat a challenging dialogue about a weekend spent at the Dutch coast, with lots of prepositions like op, onder, tegenover, langs ... for you to practise.
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise talking in Dutch about concerts, movies and plays. You learn how to ask a friend to join you, or to ask what kind of music they like.
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise the use of the pronoun 'zich'. You get to translate and repeat a story with lots of 'zich' in it. Oh, and I've added music for the first time - let me know what you think! One address: nononsensenederlands@gmail.com
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise talking about things that are unlikely to happen, using the modal verb 'zou'. Translate and repeat, and gain fluency with every practice.
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise the past tense of strong verbs: those verbs that change vowels in the past tense, like kijken > ik keek. All the most common strong verbs are used in this beginner to intermediate text about a beloved cat. An active practice to make you progress faster!
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise lots of words about winter weather: from ice (ijs) and glad (slippery) to lawine (avalanche) and een winterslaap houden (hibernate). Perfect for when you need a small talk topic in Dutch.
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise the pronounciation of the soft g, a challenging sound in Flemish Dutch. There are two dialogues packed with g's for you to translate and repeat. Have some water ready? Then start your Dutch workout.
Send us a text In this grammar episode, you get to practise Dutch sentences with omdat, want, daarom, dus. These are not easy, because some take inversion, some don't (and sometimes you can choose). Take ten minutes to translate and repeat, to make real progress. Don't forget to check the transcript to support your learning!
Send us a text In this episode you practise Dutch words related to families by listening to, translating and repeating a short text. You learn common words like broer en zus, moeder en vader (brother and sister, mother and father), but also more challenging ones like gescheiden (divorced) or tweeling (twins). A quick and efficient practice for all levels.
Send us a text In this episode, you practise the past simple of 'weak verbs' in Dutch: those verbs that keep their vowel. So 'Ik maak - Ik maakte'. You get to translate and repeat sentences with lots of these verbs in them, through a story about childhood. Try it and see how many you had right!
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise some useful, real-life Dutch vocabulary on traveling, and you brush up on some verb tenses as well. Translate and repeat, for a quick and efficient Dutch learning workout!
Send us a text Some Dutch sounds are notoriously difficult for non-natives. The 'ui' and 'ou/au' for example. In this episode, you get to translate and repeat sentences full of ui and ou. Enjoy there tongue twisters!
Send us a text In this episode, you get to practise the small but not so innocent word 'er'. It's used in many different ways in Dutch, which puzzles most learners. Here, you get to listen to a dialogue riddled with 'er', with time for you to translate and/or repeat, depending on your level.
Send us a text In this beginner to intermediate episode, you get to translate and repeat a job interview dialogue with lots of questions. A quick and effective way to practice word order in Dutch!
Send us a text Dutch learners sometimes struggle with when to use 'heel' en when to use 'veel'. In this episode, you'll get to practice the distinction. 'Heel' and 'veel' and their different uses are worked into a short text for you to translate (intermediate learners) or just repeat (beginners) out loud.
Send us a text In this episode, you practice vocabulary that will help you on your doctor's visits. The sentence structures are on a beginner level, but you get to translate more difficult health-related words and repeat typical phrases as well. So there is something for every learner in this episode to help you quickly improve your Dutch.
Send us a text In this intermediate episode, you'll learn and practise words for feelings like relieved, surprised and disappointed. They're worked into a realistic dialogue for you to repeat, with some typically Flemish expressions.
Send us a text 'Hij' versus 'zijn', 'ze' or 'zij' ... Many learners of Dutch struggle with using these pronouns correctly. In this episode, you'll get to practice them with a fun dialogue for you to translate and repeat.
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