Hi Beautiful People, In this video, I had a shot down session with my husband where he shared how he learnt to speak Dutch fluently. I hope this video helps in some way.😎 #learndutch #lifeinthenetherlands #nigeriansindiaspora
Don't be afraid to make mistakes; Dutch is a complex language, and people will appreciate you making the effort to speak it even if the words come out a bit dodgy at times (voorspel/voorstel XD). A few days after my mum's funeral a Moroccan colleague of mine asked me "your mother is she bury or barbecue?" because she couldn't remember the Dutch word for cremated, and six months later we both are both still laughing about it. XD
Tips for Dutch language learners: - Read Dutch newspaper articles, magazines, children's stories, etc. - While reading, also read out loud to yourself. - Listen to Dutch songs and sing along. - If you listen to a dialogue belonging to your course, don't read along! Try to understand it using your ears instead of your eyes. Listen at least twice. After that, start reading and translating the words. Then listen again without reading along. Finally, repeat what you hear. Pause after each sentence and say it yourself, exactly as they say it in the dialogue. W i t h o u t reading! - If you've learned some functional sentences, like what to say in a shop, never say those sentences in English anymore. Don't wait a year before you start using those phrases in the real world. Use every phrase you've learned immediately in the real world. That way, your practical stock of useful phrases expands gradually and you enlarge your speaking abilities. - Learn a song or poem you like by heart.
I am a native English speaker. I started speaking Dutch from day 1. As soon as I knew a Dutch word I would use it, even if the rest of a sentence was in English. Never had lessons, but English programs with Dutch subtitles on TV were a big help. After about 3 months I could converse in Dutch.
That's a good way. Netflix also helped me a lot with getting familiar with Portugese (Brazilian). Watch something you really enjoy in the language of choice and the progress is free.
Summary of how he did it: 1. He had motivation to learn the language. 2. He followed a language course. 3. He chose a course that provided a teaching style that suited him: he wanted grammar. 4. He dared to speak and wasn't afraid to make mistakes. 5. He anticipated, he prepared himself for practical conversations in shops and so on. 6. He followed some additional online classes.
Good work guys,I tell people that living in Europe is a whole adventure It means you want to learn both language and the culture 8years in Germany and no regrets like I am so proud of myself for being bilingual and I will choose it over again
I just moved to the Netherlands and truly speaking, this has been really instrumental in helping me figure my way around learning Dutch. Thanks and big up! You are doing amazing.
i recently moved to belgium, after i got married, and i want to fully integrate into the system. learning dutch scares me, but this video has given me some sort of hope that i can infact learn the language as an adult! thank you so much. new subscriber 👋
Ik heb weer ontzettend genoten van deze video. En een groot applaus voor jouw man. Een prima uitspraak van het Nederlands. Écht goed voor iemand die hier niet geboren en opgegroeid is. Een voorbeeld voor iedereen. En ik heb ontzettend moeten lachen met zijn laatste "verspreking" tijdens zijn presentatie. Maar heel begrijpelijk. Ik vind het fantastisch dat hij de moeite neemt om Nederlands te kunnen spreken.
Bedankt Adriaan voor je reactie 🤗 . Ik denk dat mijn man er veel moeite voor heeft gedaan. hij is inderdaad een voorbeeld voor iedereen inclusief mezelf
Weldone, have watched almost all your videos posted so far. You are doing a great job. But just a little advice, it will be nice if you can also talk about educations (BSc and MSc in Netherlands and immigration course it will help your viewers to share with those interested. Especially your Nigerian viewers. Thank you.
This one is interesting, your huisband "dared to speak" and he "anticipated" his discussions beforehand to enable him master the dutch language. But his juicy mistakes was a thick- icing on this journey, I can't stop laughing 😄🤣😁. Help tell him, that he made my evening unaware of it himself.
I enjoyed it so much I can't stop laughing (vorspiel) well am your new subscriber loving your video am living in Italy, Italian language is easy to read and write but difficult to speak for me I have been trying to learn this language for 3yrs now and am able to improve just small and this country is where you can't get a job easily let alone when you don't speak their language very well. Well any time I listened to this Dutch language I love the way it sounds and I feel like speaking it I don't know why I wish I can feel the same way with Italian language and not forcing myself to learn.
What a lovely analytical husband you have Its like he said..............don't be afraid of mistakes as long as they understand what you're saying. I have my sister living in Fance and I just speak with the French even making mistakes. I don't care at all if I make mistakes as long as they understand me.
I'm Dutch and in high-school I had to learn French; German and English to get my high-school diploma (Mulo). I'm bad in languages so it took me 6 years instead of 4. Somewhere around 45 I did a high-school course in Spanish, because the company had some projects in South America. Now I'm retired and live with my Dominican wife in her country. German and English is good enough for a professional environment, French and Spanish is more for friends, family, restaurants, bars and our local carwash :)
Well said , I might add only : Don't be afraid to mess up as you said and remember most people will so appreciate your effort to learn their language they will forgive you anything . True from personal experience in French and Spanish and German . Not so much with English, since the English speaking community all over the world seems to think everyone ought to be speaking English .That was true for the English Colonial Empire as much as it is for the current US empire.
Thanks so much Alex. I’ve had a great experience here in the Netherlands. People are more forgiving especially once they see the effort. As an English speaker with an accent 😄, I totally understand what you mean.
Jullie zijn hilarisch!! En je man heeft echt gelijk, alleen door te spreken zul je de taal leren. In Nederlands hebben we een uitspraak: “Van proberen kun je leren”
Hey, This is a fabulous video. I am actively looking for jobs in Ntherlands and most of which requires Dutch proficiency. Can you also tell me which school did you enroll for learning the labguage.
Ik heb 2 maanden geleefd = I have lived 2 months…. Never ever be afraid to make mistakes, but also don’t be surprised that I’d giggle hard, because that was hilarious. Oh dear, the others are even funnier. My very first boyfriend was Angolan, and he found the words knoflook en uien, too similar to knuffelen en aaien. As for tips, I’m currently learning Korean, using an app, Duolingo. Just the free version. It’s a different method than all the other languages I’ve learned in school, but I’m doing it everyday for 2 months now, and there are certainly more and more words hanging around in my head. So now when I watch a Korean tv-show, I recognize words. That’s another tip: watch something on tv you’re interested in. And in the past, I’ve lend my comics (Suske & Wiske) to a manager who’s Austrian, but wanted to learn Dutch.
Dank je veel. Thanks so much for your tips and yes it's okay to giggle hard cos it's soo funny sometimes. I'm still.learn Dutch and I try to watch some Dutch shows. I find myself recognising words and even sentences 🤗
Another great tip: watch Dutch vloggers, every day 20-30min of constant Dutch, while its also entertaining if you finally understand it! This is my favourite: www.youtube.com/@GameplayWorldXL Dont be distracted by the link name he's a vlogger! Also, on RU-vid, don't turn on subtitles thinking it will improve your Dutch, because these subtitles are half of the time wrong.
Great tips. It is even the case that in the French Foreign legion, they take the approach that only and I mean ONLY French is allowed to be spoken. They start with simple training, so you can just watch what people who understand are doing and derive the meaning of the instruction from that. (unlike us regular citizens, they get punished when caught speaking other languages, but that's besides the point.) If you are only able to use the language you are learning, you are forced, have no easy escape back to an international language, so you pick up quickly. The legionnaires are astoundingly quick in picking up a language that is completely foreign to them.
I am a french born polyglot and whenever people ask me…I genuinely don’t know what to say. I am able to learn any language and also sound exactly like a native. I like it because I can get away with things😀. And I don’t like people knowing where I am from as I believe the world is home to me not a specific place. But one thing I know for sure is when I travel I stay away from anyone that speaks a language that already speak cause I have no interest of being friends with them lol.
I am in the process to migrate to the Netherlands. I need to learn Dutch for my work. I am currently using a language app to learn basic Dutch but i dont feel like its working .kindly share recommended online courses for expats who need to learn Dutch from basics to advanced level for proffessionals(C1, B2). Thank you.
These are great tips for new language skills. I am learning my language Māori and Korean. I enjoy it though I’m not vocally confident. Planning anticipated situations and conversations is a great idea.
Hi. Im moving the netherlands soon with a partner visa. Can you share which online platform did your husband use to prepare for Civic integration Exam?
Hi, My husband didn’t need to write the civic integration exam. But there are practice exams on the civic integration exam website. www.inburgeren.nl/en/taking-the-integration-exam/practicing.jsp
This is so nice! Please do have the nerve to speak a new language, it is the only way to learn and it is very much appreciated i think. My friend had an American neighbour (in the Netherlands) who tried to learn Dutch. She spoke about the rent (de huur) which was high. Because of her accent she pronounced it in an American way and she said: de hoer is zo duur! Which translates as: the prostitute is so expensive.
I'm dutch speaking, but married a man from Curacao, and it is so difficult for me to speak fluent papiamentu! Not everybody learns a language fast. Somebody are fast learners, because they have feelings for!!
Hi Ayuba, Thanks for sharing your story. I’ve found learning Dutch a bit slow too but I think with more time and practice, your papiamentu will be better🤗
My most memorable mistake, when talking to one of my wife's relatives: De huizen aan de overkant zijn hoerhuizen. (Should have been huurhuizen, of course).
I'm South African I find Dutch very familiar to what we have here Afrikaans since Dutchies were our colonizers... I understand 50% of Dutch when I read it without translating.
Youre lucky, I didnt even learn that much Afrikaans because the govt dropped it the minute it was not compulsoru. (Transkei). @Josephine do you recommend the Duolingo app to study Dutch? I noticed your husband spoke about studying through grammar or through conversations/words and their meanings. Im more analytical but i dont know which app would be good for that. Im in South Africa, planning to move.
Wel "velen malen dank" might be something Flemish, because this is not being used in practice in The Netherlands. "Hartelijk dank" is the most common way.
@@valiantgold442 Which confirms what I say, that it is not used in The Netherlands, but it is used in Belgium (or perhaps in Dutch parts near Belgium).
Hi guys, I very much appreciate your channel and your ‘struggle ’ to learn Dutch. But as a Dutchman with an Asian spouse, I think I should warn you that the Dutch are much more considerate with a non Dutch speaking female than they are with a non Dutch speaking male. Probably more a “sexist” thing than “race” “thing”. A female struggling with the language is much more charming to many Dutch than a male. Shame on us Dutch ☺️. But don’t let any of that keep you from working on your Dutch. Your hard work is much appreciated. And especially for the not native male, very necessary. My apologies for that. Looking around me that just seems the way it is. But hey… always welcome to have a beer in any language…. 😎
Thanks so much Jan for the heads-up. What an amazing time to be a woman😁😁. I dunno why but it feels slightly good to have the advantage but I’m hoping to get better in Dutch as soon as possible. Thanks for the invitation 🍻🍻
4.00. The lady has been here 3 years and little effort. That, with the lack of care from the Dutch concerning their language and culture to survive ánd their laziness to assist a foreign person, easier to blab in their ‘steenkolen’ English, is a problem and quite ridiculous. I’m moving to Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and am learning Amharic. Pro-active.
I do not recognize a Nigerian accent in your husbands speaking. That alone is enough to know he can learn other languages fast. Your Nigerian accent is far away, but I can hear it.
