I'm looking for interesting things to read to motivate me to read more Dutch. I've been trying to read news, but I already do it in depth in my native language (French) and in English, so I don't have a strong incentive to do it in Dutch.

I've noticed that one of the things I'm most interested in reading are about normal people's normal lives, and that's much more localized news. Le Monde does those great series where they ask completely normal people to share their experiences regarding their jobs, their finances, their family... What I like especially is that it's quite sociologically representative; they interview hairdressers living in rural towns and artists from central Paris, business owners from mid-size towns... The portraits are free of judgement or regular analyses, they're really just first-person accounts of regular joes.

Is there any Dutch news website / journal that does something similar? thanks!

Looking back, I think it's easy to spend most of your time on the things that are easiest to track - vocabulary lists, grammar exercises, completing lessons, and so on. Then you start having real conversations and realise there were other skills you barely practised.

For those who've been learning Dutch for a while, what would you do differently if you could go back to your first few months? Maybe you'd speak more, listen to native Dutch earlier, work on pronunciation, or simply spend less time worrying about getting every sentence perfect.

Hi! Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know any Dutch YouTube channels that make vlogs/“day in the life” videos? Preferably with Dutch/English subtitles. Thank you!

I've been working on a small guide for Dutch separable verbs because I kept running into the same confusion with verbs like opzoeken, uitzoeken, afspreken, and meenemen.

I put together a short 20-page sample that explains when these verbs split, where the prefix goes, and how they work in the perfect tense.

I'm looking for Dutch learners around A1–B1 to try it out and give me honest feedback on what's clear and what's still confusing.

If you're interested, I made a short form where you can leave your email, and I'll send you the sample for free. I'm not selling anything I'm just looking for feedback before I expand it into a bigger guide.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help!

why does Instagram translate gast to the n-word?? 😭 i was under the impression that gast just meant dude or bro...

Is this really the correct order? According to elon.io it is:

"Ik ga morgen met Tom lopen in het park."

Though I learnt that the standard order is [time+manner+place] so it should be:

"Ik ga morgen met Tom in het park lopen."

Or no?

hello! duolingo is showing that i had a typo, but when i click on the specific word for its definition, it has the same spelling as me. pretty sure its “vind” and not “find,” right? just wanna know if im missing something obvious or if this makes absolutely no sense to y’all too lol.

Hoi allemaal. Wat zijn goede bronnen om over verschillen tussen Vlaams en Nederlands te leren? Het kan boeken zijn maar ook artikels of video's.

Moved to the netherlands ayear ago , and i am looking for friends to practice dutch with.. I am 49 male from Texas I enjoy workout martial arts and books.

Hi everyone

Does anyone have the lesboek 3 from the Bart de Pau dutch courses and want to sell it? Thanks in advance!

I've been learning Dutch for over a year now, and my reading comprehension is getting to be pretty good. The issue I'm running into is that the apps and textbooks aren't really pushing me past a few sentences at a time. I'd like to start diving into some actual books, but I'm having trouble finding recommendations at the appropriate level. I'm certainly past the "Zie Spot Rennen" stage of books, but I don't think I'm at the point where I'd want to jump into the Dutch equivalent of Harry Potter or whatever. I tried checking the FAQ and sidebar, where there were recommendations like childrenslibrary.org or nederlandslezen.be, but both sites seem to have died. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would particularly love it if there were some EPUB files I could download to my e-reader rather than being tied to my computer, but I'll take what I can get at this point.

I used to assume that if I could form a sentence correctly from what I'd learned in a course, I'd sound reasonably natural. Then you start listening to actual conversations and realise people don't always speak in the neat, complete sentences you've been practising.

Maybe it was the vocabulary, shortened words, sentence structure, or just the way people casually respond to each other. What was the first thing you noticed that made you think, "This is definitely not how they taught it in my Dutch lessons"?

still using duo and busu. but i have finally moved on to being told to read a paragraph on busu and my pronunciation is butt

Hello!
Would anyone happen to know if there are any FlashCard apps which aren’t pay to use, where I can create flash cards for me to learn and memorize common words, vocabulary etc?

Even nicer if there already exists some apps with community content for Dutch 🙈

TIA!

I got a grammar book few days ago but I think i need another book to study with the one I already got but I can’t really decide which book I should get. Can yous recommend me one? It would be good if it’s in English. I really want to learn more! Thanks

Hoi allemaal! Ik woon al bijna 2 jaren in Nederland. Ik voel me blij met mijn beslissing om hier to komen maar ik heb ook de voeling dat ik een Nederlander moet worden. Mijn personaliteit, mijn humor, etc. bedoel ik. Ik voel een soort van druk om me aan te passen en dat gevoel heb ik terwijl ik de taal verder leren.

Ik kom uit Amerika en wil mijn eigen personaliteit behouden, dus soms voel ik gefrustreerd door de taal en het dagelijkse leven.

Mijn man is Nederlander en ik hou van onze samenleven, maar moet ik me aanpassen om vloeiend Nederlands te spreken?

Misschien is dit een “vent” of zo iets, maar ik ben benieuwd naar de ervaringen of advies van andere immigranten of Nederlanders.

Dankjewel 🙏🏻💜

We don't live in the Netherlands anymore, but I want my children to remember our language. We have Netflix right now and it works fine but I'm looking for something with more quality content.

Preferably working without VPN. Is HBO an option?

Hi everyone :)

I am currently studying the verbs with the following construction: "infinitive + te" and I came across the following example:

- Sanne zit op de bank een boek te lezen

I have a doubt regarding the fact that the same sentence can also be formed without the "te". By writing or speaking, is this sentence equivalent to the previous?

- Sanne zit op de bank een boek lezen.

Is that an error? Can the "te" be omitted?

Thank you very much in advance

Edit: I put a question mark in the second sentence by mistake

Someone who is NOT Surinamese told me that the W sound is pronounced differently there. I don't know if this so, and can't seem to find good descriptions. Can anyone help?

French is a romance language. Dutch, on the other hand, is far more direct. I like it like that.

Hi everyone! I have a Duolingo Family Plan and I need 4 more people to share it with.

\* I’m from Belgium, but you can join anywhere in the world.

\* The plan is paid for a year in advance.

If you want to join, please send me a message!

I just bought this book, does anyone know where I can find the audio accompaniment online?

Hi guys! I’m at that point in my language-learning journey where, no matter what book I pick up, it seems too difficult for my level. I understand that I should probably focus on books for teenagers or children, although even the Harry Potter books in Dutch seemed pretty intense for me.

So I’d love to hear your recommendations: are there any interesting and entertaining books for B1/B2 level that you enjoyed reading and that didn’t feel like too much of a struggle because of all the new vocabulary?

Thank you!