Dutch: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews

Alexander Arguelles presents a series of videos to provide introductory overviews of the languages of the world. Working diachronically through various language families in turn, he demonstrates how to identify each language, translates a text sample to show how it works, and discusses its genetic affiliation and cultural context. For further information about the series, please refer to http://www.foreignlanguageexpertise.com/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• polyglottery
• polyglots
• foreign
• language
• learning
• Dutch
• Nederlands

[MrsCrazyJanina]

I think your video is really great. I'm German and most of the things you said were right. Thanks for uploading this video :)

[tinomacedonia]

I think that the dutch language was created when one drunk french sailor and one drunk italian sailor tried to speak english to each other :D

[guitardbucket]

Would you say that Dutch is easier for a native English speaker to learn than German? Is it easier to learn than Norwegian? And, if Dutch is indeed easier, would it serve as a good on-ramp for German?

[creektimothy]

what is the name of the dutch book?

[BzJomiru]

@jepelgr Nederlands heeft belaaange geen complexe gramatica... Russich, Pools, Oekraiens, etc hebben verrekt complexe gramatica.

[xThexMaXx]

@XDriotXD Try yiddish

[XDriotXD]

I really love Germanic languages,except German...don't know why,but it doesn't fit to me :/

[soverato3]

haha your dutch sounds funny XD but i support you afford ;) dus je kan dit ook begrijpen? eindelijk iemand die zich inzet voor de nerderlandse taal ;) welke taal vind je mooier? nerderlands of duits? '

tot ziens! ;) (we prefer to say: laterzzz!!)

[audioh0lic]

as a dutchman, go to the netherlands, because youre close but it does sound like the Sims, not really dutch....

[HesseJamez]

@lokifm

At least to native Germans, Dutch sounds kind of "wrong German" with a sore throat.

[lokifm]

@MultiRose53 I didn't know I was speaking Sims. xD that's actually kind of funny to me, I always wonder how Dutch sounds to other people.