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...

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...

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...

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...