Dutch Language & Grammar Immersion and Insights
What you'll learn
- Learn Dutch grammar at an intermediate level.
- Become acquainted with inversion, conjunctives, prepositions, and adjectives in the Dutch language.
- Simple sentences as examples to support the theory of grammar.
- Some background tips and insights about the Netherlands and/or Belgium.
- Verbs in the past tense, as well as the past participle in Dutch.
Requirements
- A simple, beginners level of the Dutch pronunciation, or the guts to dive right into intermediate grammar.
- Simple English and reading skills so you'll know what I'm talking about.
Description
Grammar of a language can get pretty complicated. And yes, there are many exceptions to the rules. However, knowing the grammar rules in a language can help you understand their logic. You see, each language has a certain logic to it, and that logic may vary from the language you speak, so in some cases, it's important to change your mindset to comprehend why they talk the way they do.
In Dutch, they do things a little differently than in English too. One example is inversion, which is when toss the verb in certain sentences all the way to the back of the sentence. Other sub-topics that will be addressed in this course are conjugations, superlatives, opposites, adjectives, the past tense of verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and so much more.
The idea is to give you a basic comprehension of all the odd, strange, basics of the Dutch grammar that they use. Some of these things may seem controversial at first but seem to all add up to a smooth language later.
Aside from this, be prepared to be taught by someone who grew up in the Netherlands and speaks the language fluently. I’ve spoken Dutch for more than 30 years every day and am now teaching it to my kids as well, even though I’ve moved to the United States. This way, there will be no doubts about pronunciation or confusion of the grammar rules I am teaching you.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in the road of mastering the Dutch language.
- Those who know a little Dutch but not a lot.
- Those who want to expand their knowledge about grammar and certain Dutch words.
- Beginners who consider themselves fast learners.
Instructor
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I was born and raised in the Netherlands. I speak Dutch and English fluently, and several other languages well. I am an artist, author, and entrepreneur. Many of my business and writing skills have been put to good use in the publishing industry, as a well as in technical aspects on the internet and for various companies. I am happy to show you what I know about a number of topics, related or unrelated to each other. You're never too young or old to learn, and it begins by simply taking a course or listening to someone with more experience.
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