Want to learn about some of the best Dutch expressions? The Dutch language is full of amazing expressions. Find out what it means when the Dutch say things like “chicken yummy” or “prayer without end”. 1. Bakje troost (Little Cup of Comfort) Because we all know we need that first cup of coffee in the …
Posts from: May 2017
You may want to sit down for this because you are about to find out your Germanic mother gave birth to another language. That’s right. In the north of the Netherlands there is a province called Friesland, and the language they speak bears an uncanny resemblance to English. If you are confused right now, you …
For anyone who has spent a certain amount of time in the Netherlands or around Dutch people this won`t be the first time you have heard of the concept of `lekker´. Yet the translation of this word has always been a bit of a problem. Literally it means `tasty` and originally it was used in …
1. People always ask you to “Say something” in another language 2. Words are always on the tip of your tongue 3. .. or you only know a word in another language 4. You change personality multiple times a day Yes, it has been proven that speaking different languages may actually enable you to have …
When do you know you are fluent in a language? ¨You know you are actually good at speaking another language when you stop getting compliments¨ This is what a Russian woman once told me. She lived in our neighbourhood and I had never really talked to her and had honestly always assumed she was Dutch, …
