Learn the Dutch Alphabet (with Audio)
The Dutch alphabet contains the same 26 letters as the English alphabet, although the names of the letters are pronounced differently, which may cause confusion. Dutch is entirely phonetic, meaning that every letter has only one sound. So, once you learn the alphabet, you have laid a solid foundation...
How To Name And Pronounce Colors In Dutch (Pronunciation with Audio)
Learn the names of different colors in Dutch, including shades of color. Here are the names of the basic colors in Dutch: zwart svart black wit vit white rood roat red geel khayl yellow blauw blow blue groen khroon green oranje ohranju orange roze rohse pink paars paars purple...
How to count in Dutch (plus audio, and pronunciation)
How to count in Dutch? With many things in life, like time, money, traveling, and business situations, you need to understand or say Dutch numbers. For English-speaking people, Dutch numbers have some tricky aspects. We’re going to look at : Dutch numbers until 1-10: As in almost any language...
How to Say Happy Birthday in the Dutch Language (Pronunciation with Audio)
In the Netherlands, birthdays are very important celebratory social events. So, if you have Dutch acquaintances, friends, or family, it’s expected of you to show good manners and congratulate the person on his or her birthday. The most common ways are: “Gefeliciteerd” which means congratulations, or you can say...
How to Say Hello and Good Bye in Dutch Language (Pronunciation with Audio)
Learning to say Hello and goodbye in Dutch is not so difficult and very straightforward. The most common and the easiest greeting for ‘hello’ is Hallo; this general greeting can be used almost in any situation, time, or place. The most common way of saying goodbye to someone is...
How to Say I love you in the Dutch Language (Pronunciation with Audio)
Have you ever wanted to say “I love you” in Dutch? Expressing love is an essential matter in any language and relationship. Therefore, you’ll learn here how to say “I love you” in Dutch. In short, the words to use are: Ik hou van jou “I love you” Ik...
How to Say “Please” and “Thank you” in the Dutch Language (Pronunciation with Audio)
Being able to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ when traveling or living in a foreign country always goes a long way. In Dutch, that’s alstublieft and dank je. Alstublieft AHL-stu-BLEEFT =Please Dank je DANK ya =Thank you (neutral) However, like any language, different situations call for different ways to...