# Dutch

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| Main | Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 | Lesson 7 | Lesson 8 | Lesson 9 | Lesson 10 | Lesson 11 | Lesson 12 | Lesson 13 | Lesson 14 | Lesson 15 | Lesson 16 | Lesson 17 | Lesson 18 | Lesson 19 | Lesson 20 | Lesson 21 | Lesson 22 | Lesson 23 | Main |
| Practice | Lesson 1A | Lesson 2A | Lesson 3A | Lesson 4A | Lesson 5A | Lesson 6A | Lesson 7A | Lesson 8A | Lesson 9A | Lesson 10A | Lesson 11A | Lesson 12A | Lesson 13A | Lesson 14A | Lesson 15A | Lesson 16A | Lesson 17 | Lesson 18 | Lesson 19 | Lesson 20 | Lesson 21 | Lesson 22 | Lesson 23 | Practice |
| Examples | Vb. 1 | Vb. 2 | Vb. 3 | Vb. 4 | Vb. 5 | Vb. 6 | Vb. 7 | Vb. 8 | Vb. 9 | Vb. 10 | Vb. 11 | Vb. 12 | Vb. 13 | Vb. 14 | Vb. 15 | Vb. 16 | Lesson 17 | Lesson 18 | Lesson 19 | Lesson 20 | Lesson 21 | Lesson 22 | Lesson 23 | Examples |
| | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz | Quiz |
| | Main page | Main page | Main page | Main page | Introduction | Introduction | Introduction | Introduction | Pronunciation | Pronunciation | Pronunciation | Pronunciation | Vocabulary | Vocabulary | Vocabulary | Vocabulary | Index | Index | Index | Index | News | News | News | |
Nederlands ~ Engels
Dutch ~ English
* • Table of contents

# Welcome!

Welcome to the Dutch language course. Notice the arrows under the images of a number of cities where Dutch is spoken? Click on the arrow to hear how their names are pronounced in Dutch. There may be some surprises!

## Information about the course

If you want more information on the course, here are a few pages that may give you that.
Topics :
| Voorkant The cover, frontpage | Voorwoord - How to use this textbook | Uitspraak - The pronunciation |
| Woordenschat - Audio-visual Vocabulary | Index - Index - (under construction) | Wat is er nieuw? - What's new? - Latest edits. |

## The lessons

If you want to jump right in and start learning: there are three types of lessons:
* Main lessons concentrate mostly on conversations to introduce grammar
* Practice lessons concentrate mostly on practicing grammar, vocabulary building, listening, quizzes
* Cultural lessons teach language the fun way. Songs, stories, poems, videos etc.
There are three levels, each consisting of two cycles of four lessons each.

### Beginner level

Cycle 1: Lesson 1 through 4 : Words, nouns, adjectives, articles :
| Main lesson | Main lesson | Practice lesson | Practice lesson | Cultural lesson | Cultural lesson | Terms | Cumul. |
| Les 1: Hallo! | Introduction, conversations, personal pronouns | Les 1A: | Some more conversations. | Vb. 1 | Nursery rhymes Poesje en Hondje | 226 | 226 |
| Les 2: Collega's en vrienden | Verbs (introduction), polite and familiar conversations, word order in questions. | Les 2A | Some more inflection. | Vb. 2 | Ik ben een muzikant Schaatsen De wielen van de bus | 161 | 387 |
| Les 3: Getallen | Numbers 1 to 12, telling time, gender; the reference problem. | Les 3A: | Some more time telling. | Vb. 3 | Hoedje van papier Zevensprong | 89 | 476 |
| Les 4: Geen geld. | Indefinite articles, more pronouns, plural of nouns. | Les 4A: | Fruits, plurals and negations | Vb. 4 | Wat zullen we drinken. | 103 | 579 |
| Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 | Total number of terms | 579 | 579 |
Cycle 2: Lesson 5 through 8 : Verbs, tenses, compounds, diminutives, "er" :
| Main lesson | Main lesson | Practice lesson | Practice lesson | Cultural lesson | Cultural lesson | Terms | Cumul. |
| Les 5: De weg vinden | Asking directions, conjugating regular verbs in the present. | Les 5A: | Practice the present tense | Vb. 5 | Tulips | 87 | 666 |
| Les 6: | Numbers 13-100, colors. Past and perfect tense | Les 6a: | Past and perfect tense: weak and class I, II, III strong | Vb. 6: | Some poetry - van Alphen | 124 | 790 |
| Les 7: | Samenstellingen - Compounds Diminutives | Les 7a: | Past and perfect tense: class IV, V, VI and VII strong | Vb. 7: | Some poetry -Gorter | 163 | 953 |
| Les 8: | Er and the adverbial pronouns. Pronominal replacement. Translating its. | Les 8a: | Vervanging ~ Replacement Tennis | Vb. 8: | Minderheden ~ Minorities | 100 | 1053 |
| Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 | Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 | Total number of terms | 474 | 1053 |
At the end of this level learners should be able to form simple sentences in the basic tenses and possess a vocabulary of just over 1000 terms.

### Intermediate level

Cycle 3: Lesson 9 through 12 : Modal and separable verbs, passive voice :
| Main lesson | Main lesson | Practice lesson | Practice lesson | Cultural lesson | Cultural lesson |
| Les 9: | Modal verbs, Zullen and laten. Future and conditional. | Les 9a: | Modal / future Days / Months | Vb. 9: | Some poetry ~ Gezelle |
| Les 10: | Separable verbs. | Les 10a: | Separability | Vb. 10: | Poetry - De Génestet; Bird song |
| Les 11: | Interrogative and Relative pronouns. Conjunctions and subjunctions Word order. Copulas | Les 11a: | Conjunctions, dependent clauses | Vb. 11: | Song of the Lutine |
| Les 12: | Passive voice. | Les 12a: | Passive voice, intervocalic -d- | Vb. 12: | Wartime poetry Jan Campert |
Cycle 4: Lesson 13 through 16 : Modal particles, verbal nouns :
| Main lesson | Main lesson | Practice lesson | Cultural lesson | Cultural lesson |
| Les 13: | Adjectives | Les 13a: | Vb. 13: | Tempo Doeloe |
| Les 14: | Verbal nouns | Les 14a: | Vb. 14: | De Watersnoodramp |
| Les 15: | Modal particles, case endings | Les 15a: | Vb. 15: | Poetry - Vondel, Tollens, Van Duyse |
| Les 16: | Review of werkwoorden verbs | Les 16a: | Vb. 16: | Souterliedekens |
At the end of this level learners should be able to deal with complex sentences with complex verbal expressions and have a reasonable grasp of syntax.

### Advanced level

Cycle 5: Lesson 17 through 20 : Adverbs, separability :
| Main lesson ||
| Les 17: | Adverbs and Prepositions |
| Les 18: | Word order of separable verbs |
| Les 19: | Inseparable verbs |
| Les 20: | Exclamations! |
Cycle 6: Lesson 21 through 23 : Special topics :
| Main lesson ||
| Les 21: | That difficult word order... |
| Les 22: | Participles |
| Les 23: | Triple separability |
At the end of this level learners should have full command over Dutch grammar and syntax, including a number of special topics.

## Special lessons

    This course is mostly based on (northern) standard Dutch, but it will at times go into the differences with other varieties. There are two special lessons that consider the relationship of northern standard Dutch with Afrikaans and Flemish
* Afrikaans — Comparison with Afrikaans, the language of South Africa and Namibia, and derived from Dutch.
    Until 1928 it was seen as the same language as Dutch. Then both Dutch and Afrikaans became official languages of South Africa. Dutch ceased to have that role in 1961.
       Afrikaans has its own wikibook, if you wish to learn it.
* Vlaams — Flemish is a special case, not a language and not a dialect. It is commonly spoken in Flanders but has no official status or anything comparable.

## Appendix

| I | This is a Category I Language. |
* Een — Het alfabet ~ Dutch alphabet and Pronunciation Guide
* Twee – Zinnenboek ~ Common phrases in Dutch (Book of Sentences)
* Drie – Pronouns
* Vier – Websites
* Vijf – Hoe laat is het? ~ Asking the time
* Zes – Handig - Handy links - Newspapers in Dutch (& Afrikaans)

## Under construction

For children