I always found this a very difficult issue in Dutch, partly because of the challenge of remembering which nouns take de and which take het. But thanks for the explanation! By the way, I looked at the Reddit discussion of this topic and found this wonderful statement at the end: "When all is said & done & you feel like you'll never internalize all of this, I recommend sitting on the toilet for an hour, crying & whispering "At least it's not German" to yourself over & over."
It's so relieving to finally find a video that explained this properly. I just subscribed because I'm sure the rest of your channel's content will be helpful as well. Dank je wel!
Wow! thank you soooo much for sharing your knowledge with us and making the language and life easy and light. the things you explained are so clear and crisp that anyone can understand. these things are not explained even by the dutch teachers.
Dank je! I will be going to Belgium this year to join my family there so I'm starting to learn some Nederlands. This is really helpful. Do you have lessons about pronouns? How come some pronouns like "je" becomes "jij", or "ze" - "zij"?
Gerard Bautista I’m not completely fluent, but at least from what I know, the stressed pronouns (Jij, wij, zij) are used in comparisons. Here’s an example: Ik speel niet, maar zij wel. (I do not play, but she does) In a non-comparison, like: Ze hoort hem. (She hears him), you would use the unstressed pronoun. I know there are some exceptions and other rules, but that’s at least what I know.
This was a fantastic video explaining the fundamentals that I just can’t seem to find elsewhere! But I have a question - I’ve noticed something on the learning platform i’m using to study Dutch: The rule of bypassing -e for HET words starting with ‘Een’ is not consistent when it comes to sentences with ‘having something’. For example: A deer has a short tail = “Een hert heeft een KORTE staart. The adjective has -e but that’s not the case in the video. Can you confirm this and explain why, or if there are more cases like this? Bedankt!!
That makes perfect sense, I made the mistake of focusing on the wrong noun which was the subject of the sentence (hert) rather than what it is describing (de staart). Many thanks for the quick response, love from London!
Alain, where are you from? I'm watching a lot of Dutch learning videos, but I'm not advanced enough to distinguish pronunciation between the Netherlands and Belgium. I seem to have heard huis pronounced closer to English house.
From Belgium. Indeed, the ui, ij and other diphthongs' pronunciation variate a lot across regions. So I'd advise you to focus on the pronunciation of the region where you live.
@@LearnDutchwithAlain LOL, the region where I live is in America. But it should serve me well enough to know that your pronunciation is Belgian and to listen carefully to the differences. I speak French and have had to deal with wildly different pronunciations in Canada as well as vocabulary and idioms. However, focusing on the grammar should be the same.
Well, there is actually a difference. It may be because of your background, some students have challenges with specific sounds in Dutch. But indeed, it could also be because of my accent. Ei is pronounced differently, depending on the region you're in. You can listen to the ij (same pronunciation as ei) here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph) and ee is like e: in phonetics.
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I always found this a very difficult issue in Dutch, partly because of the challenge of remembering which nouns take de and which take het. But thanks for the explanation! By the way, I looked at the Reddit discussion of this topic and found this wonderful statement at the end: "When all is said & done & you feel like you'll never internalize all of this, I recommend sitting on the toilet for an hour, crying & whispering "At least it's not German" to yourself over & over."
Thanks for sharing!
It's so relieving to finally find a video that explained this properly. I just subscribed because I'm sure the rest of your channel's content will be helpful as well. Dank je wel!
Thanks!
Yes a way more simple rule than german one. Thank you for the video!
thank you very much.. i don't usually make RUclips comments but u are a great teacher heel erg bedankt
Thank you! 😃
Thank you so much for amazing explanation. I was so confused with Adj and noun.
Wow! thank you soooo much for sharing your knowledge with us and making the language and life easy and light. the things you explained are so clear and crisp that anyone can understand. these things are not explained even by the dutch teachers.
Glad it was helpful, Mohineet!
What a relief! I just spent months learning German adjectives. They are the hardest part of the language.
Je bent altijd de beste leraar van Nederlands. Ik heb veel van je gestudeerd. Dankuwel.
Dankjewel!
Mate, you are my hero, that's what you are...!!! Great...!!!
Wow, thanks!
Fantastic as always
I spent two hrs trying to learn when not to add -e ...you make this so simple .... thanks a lot
Glad it helped!
Dank je wel
the most helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
Thanks a lot
Een leuke les, bedankt Alain. :-)
Dank je! I will be going to Belgium this year to join my family there so I'm starting to learn some Nederlands. This is really helpful. Do you have lessons about pronouns? How come some pronouns like "je" becomes "jij", or "ze" - "zij"?
Gerard Bautista I’m not completely fluent, but at least from what I know, the stressed pronouns (Jij, wij, zij) are used in comparisons.
Here’s an example: Ik speel niet, maar zij wel. (I do not play, but she does)
In a non-comparison, like: Ze hoort hem. (She hears him), you would use the unstressed pronoun.
I know there are some exceptions and other rules, but that’s at least what I know.
Here's my video about the pronouns, enjoy :) ruclips.net/video/69iFiEymTbs/видео.html
@@LearnDutchwithAlain its awesome. Your videos are really helpful. Dank je!
like always the best
Thank you! I will watch this 100 times LOL.
Glad you liked it!
Een leuk les leraar.....
Bedankt voor het les.😀😀😀👏🏿🙏🏿
Thank you so much for this video, it saved my day :)
I hope I'll be saving many of your days :)
perfect thanks
Thanks for the lesson.
This was a fantastic video explaining the fundamentals that I just can’t seem to find elsewhere! But I have a question -
I’ve noticed something on the learning platform i’m using to study Dutch: The rule of bypassing -e for HET words starting with ‘Een’ is not consistent when it comes to sentences with ‘having something’. For example:
A deer has a short tail = “Een hert heeft een KORTE staart. The adjective has -e but that’s not the case in the video.
Can you confirm this and explain why, or if there are more cases like this? Bedankt!!
Hm, staart is a de-word, so the adjective will always take an -e when put in front of the noun. So it follows the rule. Does this help?
That makes perfect sense, I made the mistake of focusing on the wrong noun which was the subject of the sentence (hert) rather than what it is describing (de staart). Many thanks for the quick response, love from London!
Is there a good table or flowchart to show this rule in a more visual way?
Hm, I haven't made any...
Danke wel dit was very goed I was able to do my homework
Thanks for the video, I’m starting to learn basic Dutch 😁
I have a question,
Is the same rule if the adjectives are in plural?
Good luck :) Always add -e in the plural when adjectives are in front: goede boeken, interessante auto's...
Wow you tech nice
Hi Alain,
I am very regular visitor of your vedios and they aee very helpful for beginners like me. Can you please make vedio also for imperative?
Hi Sonal, thanks! I'll make one and let you know when it's done.
Hi Sonal, here it is: ruclips.net/video/ttObCVOtKZE/видео.html (I'll publish it later but you can already see it here)
Very useful... thanks
thank you so much! it helps a lot
Dankjewel 🙂
Alain, where are you from? I'm watching a lot of Dutch learning videos, but I'm not advanced enough to distinguish pronunciation between the Netherlands and Belgium. I seem to have heard huis pronounced closer to English house.
From Belgium. Indeed, the ui, ij and other diphthongs' pronunciation variate a lot across regions. So I'd advise you to focus on the pronunciation of the region where you live.
@@LearnDutchwithAlain LOL, the region where I live is in America. But it should serve me well enough to know that your pronunciation is Belgian and to listen carefully to the differences. I speak French and have had to deal with wildly different pronunciations in Canada as well as vocabulary and idioms. However, focusing on the grammar should be the same.
This is confusing meneeer Alain 😂😂
Dutch is confusing :)
Keep teaching🫡
Thanks!
How is correct: Dat is het goede boek or Dat is het goed boek? I am a little confused.
It's het goede boek, because there's a definite article 'het'. Then, you always add an -e.
@@LearnDutchwithAlain Dankuwel
Dakjewel!!!
Kunt u alsubilieft vertelen wat het verschill tussen daarom en daardoor is of door dat?
Daarom = daardoor, door dat gebruik je met een substantief: Door dat probleem kan ik niet naar de les.
Great explanation. But I have a question.
Why is this sentence correct? ze wil een grote boterham. Why is it not groot boterham? 🤔
Thanks :) Boterham is de boterham, so an -e is always added.
@@LearnDutchwithAlain I see. Such a great help to my low IQ 😅 thank you so much
@@mohazrayusof1863 Ah, if you knew everything, you wouldn't learn anything... Glad to have helped!
dank je wel it’s still a bit confusing to remember the rules but i’ll just have to study more
Good luck! It will come naturally as you progress.
what of ik denk so?
I almost hear no difference when you pronounce these:
Kl"ei"n
Probl"ee"m
Is that because you speak with a specific accent ? 🤔
Well, there is actually a difference. It may be because of your background, some students have challenges with specific sounds in Dutch. But indeed, it could also be because of my accent. Ei is pronounced differently, depending on the region you're in. You can listen to the ij (same pronunciation as ei) here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(digraph) and ee is like e: in phonetics.
@@LearnDutchwithAlain
Duidelijk!
Bedankt voor de toelichting 😊