Tour Around Utrecht (in slow Dutch) | Super Easy Dutch 2 

I have the same problem, native speakers speak extremely fast

No we don’t. To foreigners it may seem like we do but we actually don’t. It’s just normal speed also compared to native speakers of other languages (our speed is similar to native English or German speakers). This is simply a matter of not being fluent (in understanding) a foreign language. If you were learning a different foreign language, you’d have the exact same problem. We Dutchies usually have the same problem with speakers of a Romance language like French, Italian or Spanish. On average, as a nation, we are not fluent enough in those languages to be able to deal with those languages when spoken at a normal speed.

@@speerboom Well yeah, obviously this is true for anyone learning any language. I was simply saying that indeed as someone learning Dutch I often find it sounds really fast to me, as the foreigner learning Dutch. As you said hopefully that will improve in time

@@leeeeuwtje I had the same problem. I HAVE the same problem. I can speak English, German and Spanish well enough so that those languages don’t cause me a lot of problems when spoken at normal speed. French however fucks me up all the time. I had French at school so I do know a lot of vocabulary and enough grammar to actually sort of sound okay-ish. (What I mentally do is I speak Spanish and replace all the words with the corresponding French ones. This usually works fine and I can even speak French at a fairly decent speed). This however tricks the French into thinking that I actually speak decent French. (Which I don’t because underneath it’s all Spanish). That makes them talk to me at a normal speed. And then I’m fucked because I need more time understanding French than I need to speak it. I use the same trick when speaking Portuguese and Italian. Since I only have rudimentary knowledge of those languages (I never had them at school) it works far worse than when speaking French. The Italians and Portuguese notice that immediately and slow down for me. And then we can communicate. Slowly but we usually get there.

@@speerboom I learnt German first before Dutch so I screw up by confusing German words and grammar with Dutch all the time! My brain hears something in Dutch, tries to translate it into English first so I know how to respond and then has to translate it again into Dutch to form a response by which time I’ve already thrown in a few ‘Germanisms’ here and there. Luckily most of the Dutch think it’s ‘cute’

What's something metaphorically so easy to understand? You should learn English before learning Dutch.

@@timeup2549 Say what?

@@timeup2549 We all have been learning English always- it is most of our’s second language. Dutch is something different and just beautiful. It’s always nice to learn new language I think. 😄

@@timeup2549 he's just saying that the advertisement seems to be legit, you don't need to be a genius to get it. why is it always the case that smartasses have mid to below-average IQs?

It's easy. You can do it ! Never give up.

Same thoughts😊

Well you understand German and English, so, you probably will catch on fast

Da biste nicht allein, Loki.

Why Dutch?

veel succes met leren! (good luck with studying!)

Baie dankie! :D

*Ik heb ze nodig. :)

Ik niet. Ik kan 5 talen spreken. (Nederlands, duits, spaans, frans, Engels)

we have a holiday called Koningsdag every april 27! we all celebrate the king/queen at the time and take part in festivities and such ^ sorry for bad english ☺️

@@nightlocke9835 Dank je wel voor jouw antwoord :D

Two other important ones are on the 4th and 5th of May. Then we celebrate our remembrance day and liberation day respectively!

sinterklaas op 5 december

Belgium also speaks dutch, french ,english ,(german and spanish. you're not required to know these. But on the east side they speak german.) We can speak a lot of languages.

Παρακαλώ! :D

Hi 😊 we are working on it!

You'd better. 😉😁

It's not that difficult . It's very easy. And if you can't speak it than there is no problem. In school (Belgium)we have to learn 3 languages(French, Dutch and English) German and Spanish is not obligated. I can all the 5 languages.

@@VAMO_-tn9yv wow u bent heel geweldig ik allen Engels en chinees spreken

GEKOLONISEERD

I live in Ambon,, here some old people can speak Dutch,, they've motivated me to learn this beautiful language as well.

Bahasa Indonesia is crammed with words that derive from the Dutch language.

Look at the internet for "stamppot"

Kaas

Voor mensen die Nederlands leren is dit wel een goede snelheid!

@@lottedejong9088 I know man haha.

You’re *

Binnenkort hopelijk :)

Ja, misschien wel een klein beetje langzaam, maar als student Nederlands is het makkelijker om video's te kijken op deze snelheid.

@@asaasa7900 ik snap dat het prettig is voor beginners maar je zult ook snel(ler) gesproken Nederlands moeten gaan leren/luisteren, anders zul je niets van Nederlands verstaan. Dit is niet hoe Nederlanders praten, dat gaat echt veel sneller. Succes!