As petite and seemingly adorable as The Netherlands may be, the language spoken here has been around for a good while. As an Indo-European language, Dutch finds its origins well…
What if I told you there’s another thing that’s fairly easy to learn, and that will make you better at a very common part of the Dutch language than a…
This one’s going to confuse English speakers quite a bit, I reckon, but it will be entirely worth it: even is one of the most convenient words in the entire…
Stop doing what you’re doing and focus on this post! If you recognized that first sentence as the imperative mood, or directive, you’ve already got a head start. Dutch also…
Like many other languages, Dutch features both regular and irregular verbs. While the regular verbs have a basic set of instructions that allow you to calculate every possible version of…
Despite the fact that the Dutch may not be regarded as the most polite people in the world, we still do say thanks and please quite a lot. The Dutch…
When you’re learning a new language, it’s always nice to know the main ways of greeting someone, or wishing them well when you leave. Dutch, like most languages, has a…
While English has a single word for you, Dutch has two - even in the basic, informal, singular sense of the word. One is je, the other is jij. There’s…
Jan de Bruin, Sanne van Dam, Hans in ‘t Veld… Dutch last names can look somewhat strange to non-native speakers. Once you know what all these little additions mean, they…
If you’ve been reading enough Dutch, you’ll have come across one of the strangest uses of apostrophes and capital letters you’ll have ever seen. ‘s Avonds, and its counterparts for…