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That's a nice method! I'm right now using a method that I believe will work for me, first I'm reviewing a whole course, lesson by lesson. After that I'll just make mind maps of each lesson. What I basically do tho, when I'm ''reviewing'' the course is to write a short summary of each lesson, including vocab and the main text. Then I try to pronounce the whole thing! Do the workbook exercises and jump into the next lesson. I must say I've learnt quite a bit this way, but I still need to do the mind mapping thing, then I'll be done

Glad to hear the Norwegian language has been added to the list =D Now I can't promise anything yet (because I'm not learning Norwegian at the moment), but I might try to contribute a bit to the forum in the future (totally focused on dutch now). Hope to see you around, guys!

I was interested in this language when I was very young, back then there were no materials to learn Kurdish online, not at all. Needless to say that since i lost interest YEARS ago I haven't searched for Kurdish materials online. Thanks for the links, I'm sure they will come in handy for someone interested in learning Kurdish, given the fact the materials to learn it online are still scarce compared to OTHER languages.

I used to work writing articles for a software web site, so I needed to use a lot descriptive words in order to be as eloquent as possible using few words. After all my articles were supposed to be short. I must say I did it very well, but would have been able to do it better if only my then boss hadn't imposed so many ridiculous rules.

Hi guys! I read somewhere that when learning a new language, the fastest way to do it is by learning some adverbs first! Well, following that line of thought I decided to create a small adverbs and question words for you to learn and hopefully use soon Please feel free to suggest more, also let me know if you see something is not right! Soms - Sometimes Omdat - Because of Want - Because Altijd - Always Meestal - Most of the time Nooit - Never Vaak - Often Gewoonlijk - Usually Nu - Now En - And Maar - But Of - or Heel - Very Hier - Here Daar - there Ook - Too Veel - Much Misschien - Maybe Een ander - Another Net als - Just as Nog niet - Not yet Nog steeds - Still Questions: Wie - Who Wat - What Waarom - Why Wanneer - When Hoe - How Waar - Where Welk/Welke - Which Please bear in mind that in dutch one simple word can take on the role of an adverb, adjective, noun, verb or conjunction! It happens very often, but not always! So one word can have other meanings depending on he context, like for example ''haar''.

Thanks for the contribution, Kaffi! Amazing post! I love the Norwegian language, I might learn it once I master the language I am currently learning. I'll surely come back here with a lot questions

I haven't tried any odd way to learn yet But I'm thinking of writing short stories using the words and phrases I have learnt, otherwise I might forget them. Actually I'm tarting to forget a few things already! I met a guy who makes up short (very silly stories) to help him remember all the words and phrases he has learnt. I think it's a good idea, I'm also planning on using mind maps

Hehehe, now that is an interesting way to communicate! It sounds like you met a lot nice and cooperative people over there! It must have been really interesting! I must say I really admire you for learning Chinese, sometimes I complain about dutch, but then I remember you learnt Chinese, and somehow I feel motivated to go on doing my best to learn dutch (but also feel kinda silly for being such a crying baby, because dutch is so easy compared to Chinese), lol.

Nice! I actually like the way Belgians speak dutch, I'm guessing it's the same in the south of the Netherlands The Belgians have such a soft way to speak compared to the folks in the north of the Netherlands" The ''G'' is so guttural! Same with ''ch''. By the way... I'm still confused about something! I hope you can help me out... how is one supposed to pronounce ''ij''? I get confused because I've checked several sources, some people seem to pronounce it like an english ''I'' and others like an english ''A''. What's the right one? Are there variations in the pronunciation of that vowel depending on where in the Netherlands one lives?

The word order in dutch is one of the things that is making things so hard for me. Simple sentences involving the subject, one verb and an object are not hard at all, but the longer ones are. Can a native speaker give me some tips on how not to mess the word order every time? By the way, I have no troubles with sentences that have two verbs in them, like for example: ''ik ben ziek geweest'', but when they have more words and verbs in them I am not sure what goes where, specially if one of those words is ''nog'' or ''niet'' or both! Thanks in advance!

I truly hope a native dutch speaker can help me out with this one. I want to know what you guys mean by ''working'' verbs? What is the exact definition of a ''working'' verb? If someone could please give me an explanation, a definition... along with some examples I'd be so grateful! I'm asking this mostly because I'm already starting to try to figure out the word order in dutch. The working verbs term is used a lot, but haven't been able to find a clear explanation online. Are working verbs in dutch a group of finite verbs? Or the ''working verbs'' status depends just on the context in which the verb is used?! Please help!!!

There a few choices out there, but I'm sorry to inform you that those software aren't free (some might claim they are, but in reality they aren't, specially if you are expecting to be able to use all their functions). You can try ginger spell checker, I have heard really good things about it! It proof reads everything, I also know another software that even helps you to improve your writing style (for writing), but can't remember it right now.

In my country for friends we use something like: ¿qué onda?, ¿qué pex? Hola! and others I just can't seem to be able to remember right now. As for formal ways to greet someone, it depends if this is the first time you meet them or if you are using the formal for to greet someone you have already met before, but who is either older than you or hold a position of respect, hence you need to use the ''usted''. Something like: buenos dias, ¿cómo está usted?, ¿cómo le va?, etc.

I found out about this a while ago, I was very happy about it. I might actually give Swedish a try in the future. I am also very happy they are working on Russian, I heard there is someone who is willing to cooperate with the creation of an Hebrew course as well! So yaaay! Once I'm done with Dutch and everything is stable in my life, I might actually learn a 4th language.

Aw, I have heard some interesting stuff about Rosetta Stone. But are you complimenting your studies with other good resources, like for example Duolingo or Memrise? I might sound a bit crazy, but I do feel I'm a bit more advanced now and understand more things from my main course. Try it, they have Spanish as well! plus you get to meet new people you might be able to practice with.

Really? You mean writing some stuff right, like placing the accents? I had that issue as well, but isn't as difficult as you think You just need to review the orthographic rules That's why I got both a grammar and an orthography book nearby Just in case!

My friend has the same problems with the Iberian Spanish, her Spanish is good enough, but she still gets confused with the meaning of some things as well as some words. I try to help her the best way I can tho, but I'm not always there! I have told her the best she can do is to merely focus on Latin American Spanish for now, once she masters it she will definitely get most of the things said by Iberians.

The motivation of my friend to learn another language is mostly because she wants to move abroad, she is looking for a good job opportunity and for that she needs to learn a new language. Another friend of mine is learning japanese because he dreams of moving there, he loves watching anime and reading manga, but doesn't like to watch the dubbed version of his favorite anime shows. So I guess that is also motivating him. As for me? Well, let's say I have to, lol. I used to love learning languages when I was younger, by the way. I dreamed of learning as many languages as possible.

My friend is learning the Latino American version, we figured out it was a better choice, because most Spanish speakers in the world are Latino Americans. She is using mostly Pimsleur, and also Duolingo. The latter is really cool, because they use a rather neutral Spanish, so if you haven't give in a try yet, I recommend you to do it now. That place is awesome and has helped me a lot learning lots of new words and understanding the language structure of the language I'm trying to learn. It's awesome! Plus, Spanish students can actually have the chance to compare their speaking skills.

Thank you I just started taking Dutch serious again! I'm studying almost everyday, so thanks for pointing that out. Very soon I might be able to attempt to write something on here in a decent dutch I sure hope so... one thing I've having a lot trouble with is the word order in dutch! Other than that all is good! I'll create a thread on that soon, because the word order in some phrases really confuses me... like for example this: ''om dat ze naar nederland gaat'', why can't it just be something like ''om dat ze gaat naar Nederland''? Just curious! I also noticed this with phrases like: ''Om dat ik van jou hou'', why can't it be: ''Om dat ik hou van jou''? You know, more like english? I'm just curious and wanted to know if there is some explanation for this?

That is actually good to know I have been watching a lot Belgian TV and yeah, I have noticed the structures of some phrases are actually different to the ones I saw in Dutch. By the way... is it true that in the Netherlands many dialects are used? I was told that, kinda creeped me out!

It's so interesting, but I have always believed that most species have their own language and can actually communicate with each other the same way we do. It's just we are not trained to recognize the differences between all those sounds, but I can imagine how interesting would be if humans could actually learn to speak an animal language! I can only imagine! So fascinating!

Thanks a lot for sharing this! I read it and even bookmarked it! I liked the link to some of the resources that guy listed! I I'm already trying some of those resources myself Like for example Memrise, Duolingo and others. Right now I'm taking a course at home, but that course doesn't leave some things very clear. I will surely need a language exchange partner.

So many, actually many horror movies I've watched lately came from a book Like for example the Amytiville Horror, Rosemary baby, the shinning and others. I personally love movies based on books, because most of the time I can just go read the book again after watching the movie. I did that with Harry Potter, it helped me understand a lot things from the movie.

I really like to read those when the plot is really intricate or if for some reason I couldn't pay a lot attention to every single thing in the novel. Those are so useful and help to understand better the novel you just read, because mot of the time there is always a detail that leaves me wondering.