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main 1 Dutch ~ English Dialects Table of contents __NOTOC__ Brugge15px Brugge|thumb|250px Amsterdam15px Amsterdam|thumb|250px Antwerpen15px Antwerpen|thumb|250px Paramaribo|15px Paramaribo|thumb|250px thumb|250px|Willemstad 15px Willemstad thumb|250px|314_Gorinchem15px Gorinchem 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. TopicsVoorkant The cover, frontpageVoorwoord - How to use this textbookUitspraak - The pronunciationWoordenschat - 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, articlesMain lessonPractice lessonCultural lessonTermsCumul.Les 1: Hallo!Introduction, conversations, personal pronounsLes 1A: Some more conversations. Vb. 1Nursery rhymes Poesje en Hondje226226Les 2: Collega's en vriendenVerbs (introduction), polite and familiar conversations, word order in questions.Les 2A Some more inflection.Vb. 2Ik ben een muzikantSchaatsenDe wielen van de bus161387Les 3: Getallen Numbers 1 to 12, telling time, gender; the reference problem.Les 3A: Some more time telling.Vb. 3Hoedje van papierZevensprong89476Les 4:Geen geld. Indefinite articles, more pronouns, plural of nouns.Les 4A: Fruits, plurals and negationsVb. 4Wat zullen we drinken.103579Dutch/Quiz/Cycle1 Total number of terms579579 Cycle 2: Lesson 5 through 8 : Verbs, tenses, compounds, diminutives, "er"Main lessonPractice lessonCultural lessonTermsCumul.Les 5: De weg vinden Asking directions, conjugating regular verbs in the present.Les 5A: Practice the present tenseVb. 5 Tulips87666Les 6:Numbers 13-100, colors. Past and perfect tenseLes 6a: Past and perfect tense: weak and class I, II, III strongVb. 6:Some poetry - van Alphen124790Les 7: Samenstellingen - Compounds Diminutives Les 7a: Past and perfect tense: class IV, V, VI and VII strongVb. 7:Some poetry -Gorter163953Les 8: Er and the adverbial pronouns. Pronominal replacement. Translating its.Les 8a:Vervanging ~ ReplacementTennisVb. 8:Minderheden ~ Minorities1001053Dutch/Quiz/Cycle2 Total number of terms4741053 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 voiceMain lessonPractice lessonCultural lessonLes 9: Modal verbs, Zullen and laten. Future and conditional.Les 9a:Modal / futureDays / MonthsVb. 9:Some poetry ~ GezelleLes 10: Separable verbs.Les 10a:SeparabilityVb. 10:Poetry - De Génestet; Bird songLes 11: Interrogative and Relative pronouns. Conjunctions and subjunctions Word order. CopulasLes 11a:Conjunctions, dependent clausesVb. 11: Song of the LutineLes 12: Passive voice.Les 12a:Passive voice, intervocalic -d-Vb. 12:Wartime poetry Jan Campert Cycle 4: Lesson 13 through 16 : Modal particles, verbal nounsMain lessonPractice lessonCultural lessonLes 13: AdjectivesLes 13a:Vb. 13: Tempo DoeloeLes 14: Verbal nounsLes 14a:Vb. 14:De WatersnoodrampLes 15: Modal particles, case endingsLes 15a:Vb. 15:Poetry - Vondel, Tollens, Van DuyseLes 16: Review of werkwoorden verbsLes 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, separabilityMain lessonLes 17: Adverbs and PrepositionsLes 18: Word order of separable verbsLes 19: Inseparable verbsLes 20: Exclamations! Cycle 6: Lesson 21 through 23 : Special topicsMain lessonLes 21: That difficult word order...Les 22: ParticiplesLes 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 nl Dutch 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/ Languages of Europe D 100% af:Nederlands de:Niederländisch fr:Néerlandais is:Hollenska he:הולנדית na:Dorerin Eben Eyong nl:Nederlands pl:Niderlandzki uk:Мова людства/Нідерландська