get to know the lingo
I am still learning Dutch with the aim of being fluent. I've been at it for almost two years now through a combination of classroom learning, online and immersion. There are two online platforms to choose from: memrise and Duolingo. I have finished all the 7 levels...
A2
I have finished the first stage of my training in Dutch and apparently my level is now A2, from the European language framework. In practice, it means that I can follow the plot in a movie, get the gist of what is going on in the news, follow children TV programs, ask...
Immersing in Dutch
I now have been here just over 6 months, quite possible some of the most intense of my life so far. Learning is happening in overdrive. Memrise is what I started with even before coming to Netherlands. The learning effort or joy, has it's own sinuous path, meaning...
Life in the Netherlands
There are now almost two months since I came to Netherlands after being offered a job here. It has been so far a highly concentrated mix of excitement, bewilderment, nervousness and unexpected miracles. We decided to move as quickly as possible without keeping our...
my interaction with Dutch: the joys, the struggles, the whole story
Immersing in Dutch
I now have been here just over 6 months, quite possible some of the most intense of my life so far. Learning is...
Dutch and Romanian, who would have known
this is a list of Romanian and Dutch words sounding eerily similar or dutch words which are just interesting for a Romanian speaker
praz – prei [prɛi]
păstârnac – pasternak
mușcătură (bite) – hap
chel – kal
a da vina pe cineva – iemand de schuld geven
dop – dop