AKA: Daily random thread: Baku doing the posting cuz nobody has invented automoderator for Lemmy yet

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  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    It’s officially been a week since I decided to learn Dutch, and my ability to introduce myself now rivals that of a toddler. I will say I am having so much fun with it! Also, I’ve found focusing on direct translation has really helped me with recognising word order and the patterns that come with that. Although I sometimes still get “en” and “een” mixed up, especially when I’m practising writing.

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        1 year ago

        From what I understand a native/fluent Dutch speaker would mostly be able to understand someone speaking Afrikaans, but a native/fluent Afrikaans speaker would probably not be able to understand someone speaking Dutch.

        Like for me Good Morning is Goedemorgen, Afrikaans like you said is Goie More.

    • T156@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Have you learned “I don’t speak Dutch” yet?

      It’s basically a cornerstone phrase for any language that learn.