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Why Dutch is hard to learn

Posted by: clare on: September 27, 2011

As exemplified by a conversation in a cafe yesterday:

Myself: Heb jij een menukaart?
Waitress: Of course, how many do you want?

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PRETEND YOU’RE A CHINESE ALBINO

…for some reason, I read ‘Chinese’ as ‘cheese’ first time round. Uhm.

“Ik spreke geen engels; ik ben kaasisch.”

“Inderdaad, ik ben een echte witte kaas.”

:D yes indeed this is one of the biggest problems, but I think that if you do show consistently to people that you see often that you are trying it goes a long way.

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