Dutch Conversation for Beginners | 40 Dutch Phrases to Know

Learn Dutch with this easy, 11-minute Dutch conversation practice for beginners. Dutch pronunciation can be one of the hardest aspects of learning the Dutch language, so follow along with our native Dutch speaker in this easy Dutch lesson. The Netherlands ranks as the country with the highest english proficiency among countries where English is not the first language. However, Dutch is the only official language of the Netherlands, so learning basic Dutch is important if you are planning to visit.

This Dutch conversation practice is great for beginners to experience an example of a conversation in Dutch. In this conversation, the Dutch speaker uses the casual form of you, “je”. When addressing a teacher, or maybe your boss, you would want to use the formal “u”.

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[mtoffo]

Having studied German, Dutch sounds to me how a German kid would speak after discovering grandpa's whiskey bottle in his fake bible, a mixture of cute and drunk

[nicoanker]

This is a home game for me. I am from The Netherlands.

[Kevscancave]

Ok ….maybe Spanish isn’t so hard to learn! …. Wow!

[Islamiclover_KE]

For those who don't know, in dutch, some alphabets are spelt different. For example:
The letter "w" is sometimes spelt as "v" or "f". The letter "J" is spelt as "h", and the "g" is spelt either as "kh' or "gh"

[sarahdouglas]

The only Dutch words I would understand is “Hallo” and “Is er Koffie?”

[thulanizwanesa]

I am South African 🇿🇦and I speak Afrikaans so learning Dutch won't be difficult for me. But the dialect has changed this side.

[GlobalMapperGuy]

Countries That Speak Dutch

Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgium 🇧🇪
Suriname 🇸🇷

[DianeDavidson-uf]

This is incredibly similar to English! So are the other Germanic languages, amazing!! 🙂👍

[Mariam.badih]

The pronunciation of some words is a bit complicated. For example : met je sounds like mekje and honger sounds like honer

[widyasafitri]

Dank je wel van Indonesie.... heb al lang vroeger ik was in Vlissingen. Mis Nederland erg. Hope ik kan ga naar Nederland meer

[alexandrocastillo]

Im afrikaans and its literally the exact same 😱

[tarc]

Appreciate every person who learned english and german and then learned Dutch. How can you not mess up when you speak them 😂

[Demet-jopi]

Dat is geweldig! Ik wou dat het mogelijk was om Turks & Nederlands te leren. 🙏🏻🍀

[AmatuhaireGrace-ngdy]

I want to learn dutch because i want to surprise my boyfriend in dutch

[Delorean]

dutch sounds like german mixed with techno

[ernestorevollar]

Not longer ago, I started learning Dutch because is a beautiful language, even though I wasn't interested in its learning. Dutch pronunciation can be very tricky which means it takes plenty of practice so I need a huge motivation to learn this language. 🥰

[nancyachieng]

I am a Kenyan and I just started learning Dutch, it seems interesting.

[AliAkbar-rnzk]

Dutch seems like a difficult language. Will give it a try!🥺

[rfj]

I was reading about what English sounds like to foreigners and somebody said: listen to people speaking Dutch to get a rough idea

[tesslife]

Dutch is like another version of Afrikaans