forum Who wants to learn Dutch?

Started August 21, 2018 by @Peter_Parker

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Idk why I did this but I thought it would be fun

I kinda do? I've been meaning to learn a second language for a while. May I?

Dutch seems fun.

Seriously

Wow I never imagined coming so far

Are you gonna teach us?

Give us your knowledge oh great Dutch knower- yes hello I'm awkward as heck.

Sure! Well just to begin with Dutch is one of the hardest languages in the world…

Give us your knowledge oh great Dutch knower- yes hello I'm awkward as heck.

I'm always awkward as heck, so it's same for me

Sure! Well just to begin with Dutch is one of the hardest languages in the world…

No, actually, statistics prove that it isn't no offense?

No probs. For me it is, even tho I live in the Netherlands

Oof.

So what do you guys want to learn

Like in Dutch, you can ask me something because I don't know where to begin

Oof, start with numbers and the alphabet? Cuz I know in Spanish some of the letters are said like other letters and its really confusing if you don't start off the back with that kinda stuff.

I will begin with the numbers then

So one to ten to begin with
One -> één
Two -> twee
Three -> drie
Fout -> vier
Five -> vijf
Six -> zes
Seven -> zeven
Eight -> acht
Nine -> Negen
Ten -> tien

(Sorry I'm like the worst person to teach) are they all prnoused how they're spelt?

No the e in Dutch you say like a in English

The i in Dutch you say like the a in English
And the a in Dutch is like the e in English

Oh okay. That's a bit confusing. But I think I got it down.

Yeah it is confusing but it's hard to explain

Can you just explain pronunciation first and then possibly move onto words? That might be better. Also, possibly put the pronunciation of each word down as well? No offense, I'm just suggesting ideas, nothing more.

Alright, I will try to do my best because it will be very confusing

Yeah, okay.