[The Face of Dutch]

Listening Exercise (General)

Dutch Pronunciation
Everyday Dutch Words Basic vocabulary for conversation and reading
Useful Words and Phrases for Travelers
Learning Dutch? (Lessons - Suggested Method)

  • Click on 'hear' to listen to a Dutch phrase. An MP3 player will appear to the right.
  • Try to write down the Dutch that you hear, then click on 'read Dutch' to check how you have done (a small window will appear below the line); you can click 'hear' again or click on the MP3 player in the sound window to hear it again (and again)
  • 'Read translation' will show the translation and meaning of the Dutch phrase;
    if you like, you could first try to to translate the words and think of what it means yourself; then click to check how you've done

Overview (If you only want to listen to the phrases, or when you're done with the exercise)

#1 hear - take 2 hint: What's your problem? read Dutch read translation
#2 hear hint: I'm right read Dutch read translation
#3 hear hint: survival tool read Dutch read translation
#4 hear hint: no gain read Dutch read translation
#5 hear - 2 better not read Dutch read translation
#6 hear hint: sometimes there's no choice read Dutch read translation
#7 hear hint: there must be a cause read Dutch read translation
#8 hear hint: not a profitable venture read Dutch read translation
#9 hear hint: once in a ... moon read Dutch read translation
#10 hear hint: the cost of fame read Dutch read translation
#11 hear hint: the Dutch frugality read Dutch read translation
#12 hear hint: pointless read Dutch read translation
#13 hear hint: dieting read Dutch read translation
#14 hear hint: the price of beauty read Dutch read translation
#15 hear hint: go slow read Dutch read translation
#16 hear hint: it can't go on like this read Dutch read translation
#17 hear hint: appetizing read Dutch read translation
#18 hear hint: a habit of mine read Dutch read translation
#19 hear hint: each according to his gifts read Dutch read translation
#20 hear hint: nobody else read Dutch read translation
#21 hear hint: mental health advice from the Bible read Dutch read translation
#22 hear hint: are you any better? read Dutch read translation
#23 hear hint: when to read Dutch read translation
#24 hear hint: have we met before? read Dutch read translation an old joke
#25 hear hint: don't want to try read Dutch read translation
#26 hear - 2 hint: table manners read Dutch read translation

Overview

Dutch pronunciation

Exercises from Another Dutch Website

see (and hear) also:
A Mixed Bag of Names & Words - Sailors and Ships of the 17th Century
Vermeer's World - Rembrandt - Old New York
The Dutch in Sports
Names and 'Old' Spelling (with Samples)

Geographical: Names of Cities, Provinces etc. spoken
Hear Longer Dutch Texts: Poems and a Song - Short Stories

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Don't be a dief (thief) - dievegge (female thief) - diefstal (theft) - stelen (to steal) - heler (dealer in stolen goods) - hear Dutch - 2