Dutch verb conjugation can get quite tricky, even for Dutch people, and the past participle form is definitely partially to blame. While it is perfectly simple for most regular verbs,…
Many languages have several ways in which you can require someone to do something, either in a very polite manner, or a tad more forceful. Dutch speakers often use moeten…
Every Latin and Germanic language out there (and many others, too) comes with a ton of tiny little words that describe a relationship to an object or to a period…
Ah, the Q. Such a lovely little letter. It’s quite common, too, especially in French and Latin, and therefore in many other languages around the world, including English. But not…
When reading a Dutch text, you’ll come across the same word twice in a row a bit more often than you would in most other languages. It can be an…
It’s hard to think of a language that doesn’t have filler words, and Dutch surely has tons of them. We call them stopwoorden, and they’re mostly used in speech, but…
When you make a list of favorite words to use by Dutchies, gewoon will definitely be on it. In its most common use, it’s an important word, but it’s also…
When you’re learning Dutch on a fairly advanced level, you may have come across a term that both looks weird and can be somewhat incomprehensible. This term is tussen-n, and…
While learning Dutch, you’ll come across the verb worden early and often. It literally means to become, but it’s used in many different, interesting ways, as an auxiliary verb and…
Here’s a confession: I’m quite the aficionado of national anthems, and the Dutch anthem is one of the coolest ones out there. It’s very old, it’s quite long, and it…