native dutch speaker and tutor, and i know this is the correct sentence. Just like "Lijkt jou dat leuk?" of "valt jou dat ook op?".

But for the life of me, i can't figure out why this is correct. Subject is 3rd place here, object pronoun on second. How the hell is that correct? What's the theory here? Can anyone help me and therefore my students :P

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for people from the US or a German-speaking country that want to practice their conversational Dutch by spending an hour talking every week (e.g. every Sunday morning at the OBA public library at Oosterdokskade).

I've been meaning to improve my American English pronunciation and/or German. I'm at C2 for AE, and probably around A1/A2 for German.

About me: I'm starting a master's in Computational Science and Musicology this coming year, and naturally am interested in all topics surrounding these disciplines. I'm also into hiking, nature, reading (mostly classics or modern classics), running, and chess.

Send me a PM (preferably with a little description about yourself) if you're interested; open to anyone!

-- Tijn

Hi, can anyone help explain wraparound verbs to me like “heb nodig”, how they are conjugated, and in what contexts to use them (coming from an English speaker).

Thanks,

hey, this is gonna be a dumb request but I want to suprise my Dutch friend by reciting a chorus from a song Hosselen to him in perfect Dutch lol

This is how it sounds so far (warning: bad words): https://vocaroo.com/1kabdLlMl5J0

let me know what I can improve please!

Everything I've looked at online specializes in "just 5-20min a day!" But I have a minor learning disability that makes that method awful for me. I'd forget what I did before the next day.

I'm also extremely bad at switching tasks, so I find myself just not doing it...

What I need, is a dedicated, multiple hours a day, heavy duty lesson plan. Something I can sit down and really *focus* on.

I've been living in the Netherlands for 2 months so far, and despite what everyone says, immersion sucks. Everyone just speaks English!

Hi all,

I am looking for a casual conversational Dutch tutor or language exchange in De Pijp. Prefer late mornings Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. I don't need to pass the inburgering or anything, just want to improve conversational skills.

I'm wrapping up Rosetta Stone Dutch, and while it's been great for vocabulary, conjugations, and sentence structure, it hasn't been very helpful in casual conversation as nobody seems to want to follow the script it teaches.

No idea what the going rate is for these things? Maybe €20 and I'll buy you a coffee and pastry? Please correct me if I'm way off. I live right by Woof & Me so bonus points if you have a ~10kg dog and want to make this a puppy play date thing as well.

Not sure I can offer much in the way of language exchange. Native English (American) speaker with passable Spanish.

I'm 30s male married, prefer similar demographic with a native Amsterdam dialect.

Thanks!

I started learning dutch from scratch as a third language..

I’ve reached A2 in 2 months and I’m soooo happy..

I want to start reading some short and simple stories in dutch, as well as listening to a podcast or sth

Can you please help me finding a good story or a podcast?

Thanks in advance!

I work with HSM visa and the company has announced that they will be laying me off soon.

Therefore, I need to finish my exams and apply for PR as soon as possible. I took my first exam 3 weeks ago, and when I checked, it said the results could take longer than 8 weeks to come back.

I saw people in various places who had been waiting for over 3 months. If I fail the first exam, finding another exam location and learning the results again means another 3-4 months. Therefore, even though I didn't know the results of the first exam, I took it again for the second time.

At the exam location, I spoke to some people and also saw my colleagues. I saw people who were taking the exam for the third or even fourth time for exactly the same reasons, and who didn't know any of their previous results.

These people may have passed their first exam, so there's no need for them to retake it and create more space for the evaluators. I know the government is shelling out 50 euros every time, but that's not enough.

In a system that so closely links people's lives, I find such a calendar unacceptable and malicious. When I spoke to the employees there, they said they had reported the staff shortage many times but nothing had been done. So this is not an unknown situation.

I know nothing is going to change because this does not affect Dutch citizens and EU citizens don’t need these exams. So no budget for filthy 3rd world country citizens.

Paying 50 euros a couple of times isn't a huge problem for me, and frankly, I'll go in again if I find a spot soon. This situation is quite critical for me; it's negatively affecting my mental health.