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Lekkere jongen ben jij

Dat zit me niet lekker

Slaap lekker!

That would be our Dutch “bekken”, I guess. Kissing as in French kissing, right?

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

Langzaam maar zeker

Oh no, Leaderboards!

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

What's a leaderboard?

Ah yeah nevermind. I know. :-)

Heb je zin in koffie?

Hoogachtend,
JR&B

Beste meneer breastcrawl....

Geachte Meneer James,

Met deze post wil ik aantonen dat men de eerste zin nooit mag starten met ik. Dit gezegd zijnde, beken ik een egoïste te zijn. Alles draait rond mij. Zoals we hier zeggen: "Ikke ikke ikke en de rest kan stikken."

Mvg
Nathalie

Heb ik zin in koffie? Schijt de paus in het bos?

Zegt u het eens, beste meneer Redd and the Blecchs?

Heb je een beter idee?

Opzij!

Sorry, kunt u een beetje opzij gaan, alstublieft?

Van harte gefeliciteerd. Hieperdepiep, hoera!

Eet men pindakaas in Nederland?

https://www.aldi.nl/content/dam/aldi/netherlands/aldi_merken/2908_01.png/_jcr_content/renditions/opt.1250w.png.res/1551084072446/opt.1250w.png

In België eten we geen pindakaas. In Nederland is het zeer populair. Ik eet liever speculaas pasta.

DUO hebt me net gezegd: een dag zonder jou is zoals een tuin zonder bloemen.

Waarom “IJ” in IJzeren Gordijn?

Heb je even?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph)

tl;dr: it’s considered one letter.

(Also, it’s “DUO *heeft* me net gezegd...”)

Dankjewel!

Think my verbal confusion was coming from
DUO heeft/hebt me gezegd.

In Amsterdam dialect it would be: “DUO hep me net gezegd (sounds like: gesegt), so you were sort of fine-ish anyway...

Yeah, I actually almost spelled it with a ‘t’ at the end.

Ik ga weg, maar ik weet niet waarnaartoe.

Ben je ergens bezorgd over?

Is it waar naartoe or waarnaartoe? I'd say the former.

DUO said the latter. Was interested in that long word, which is why I posted that.

Discussion here: https://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/566/waar_naar_toe_waar_naartoe/

Also this seems like it may be useful to me https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3733010/Grammar-Dutch-Word-Order

Took a break from Dutch and am working on Greek a little bit, which is fun and interesting for various reasons I can elaborate on if you like.

Omg isn't it hella hard? My kid is still undecided to continue Old Greek

Doesn’t seem so to me, but I am learning at my own pace

I can dance a tango, I can read Greek — easy.

Modern Greek is easier than (the) Ancient Greek(s)... but it's still quite hard for English speakers to learn! On par with Russian, definitely harder than Dutch. But easier than Arabic or Mandarin.

Ah, you are right, f. hazel, it is in the second hardest category. Very hard to shake that feeling of “In just a short period of time I have learned a few simple greetings, phrases and grammar points — it’s all downhill from here!”

But easier than Arabic or Mandarin.

Japanese is pretty easy. Apparently Korean is easier?

Ancient Greek is still taught in schools here but less and less kids want to study it. I would love if Ophelia continues but it's up to her.

How do you all do it: do you randomly pick a theme or finish one before heading to the next one?

Japanese is not easy

I studied Japanese for three years, it feels easy at the very beginning (no subject/verb agreement, no plurals, very few sounds not already present in English) and then rapidly destroys your self-confidence (honorifics, counters, ten-year investment in memorizing Kanji if you ever want to read a newspaper headline)

^otm

Well, true, the honorifics are quite hard. But compared to dutch (and other languages) it felt easier. Much less exceptions. It feels more structured compared to my language. Granted, languages come easily to me.

Also I read a book on how the Japanese think. (Sociology, psychology,... and how that relates to the language.) It was eye opening and hence made studying the language easier for me.

Did you visit Japan or take any sort of certification test?