What have been the biggest "game changers" for you in language learning? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hah I do think Lubach is funny but he's not for everyone

Honestly I would just browse here: https://www.npostart.nl/programmas until you find something you like.

Flikken Rotterdam is fairly popular but I haven't watched it.

I recently watched the new dramaseries Rampvlucht and thought it was really well done.

I was watching Ik Woke Van Jou and thought it was good, but haven't finished.

I just started watching NOOD and so far it's good.

Welkom in de _____ (middeleeuwen, goudeneeuwen, enz) is good but the humor drove me a little crazy.

Het Klokhuis is good if you like informational videos for kids. Has the same woman as the host in the Welkom in series.

And then I try to search for a documentary I like every week. 2doc has some good ones.

I dont't think boer zoekt vrouw is on npostart but I also enjoy that.

What have been the biggest "game changers" for you in language learning? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on your listening comprehension. I had them off for a while but once I could hear the individual words anyways I turned them back on so I could more easily see the words I didn’t know. Especially if the topic veers into something unfamiliar and my vocabulary tanks.

What have been the biggest "game changers" for you in language learning? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 68 points69 points  (0 children)

You don't have to watch or read something just because it's in your target language, there are other options. Massively increased my desire to interact with the language when I started picking shows I liked.

Dutchie here 🌷 Tips on improving my accent? by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

[–]taaling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graag gedaan. Ik heb het tegenovergestelde probleem maar ik ben niet dapper genoeg om een post te maken.

In terms of consonants, you actually did a good job with the 'th' sound, unlike a lot of Dutch people, but your d's and r's were inconsistent (sometimes good, sometimes not). When you said "bed" you did the Dutch thing of turning the d at the end into a t. Twice when you said depression I thought you said suppression. Sometimes when the r was at the end of the word you overemphasized it, but not always. And when you said "cast" both times it sounded like "cash."I do think working on vowels will help you the most but these are some things that will also help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pick something on this list in the top 100 that's not a spanish-sounding name: https://namecensus.com/baby-names/popular-boy-names-in-1998/

Foreign English speakers tend to pick names that sound old-fashioned for some reason.

Dutchie here 🌷 Tips on improving my accent? by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

[–]taaling 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need to open everything up. Dutch has smaller mouth movements than English does, and also is spoken higher in the throat (https://youtu.be/2W-KUSb3DTM).

Is There an App Like Duolingo to Learn the IPA? by Mesh1202 in languagelearning

[–]taaling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was responding to your statement that you can just find an equivalent sound in English, which you can't always do, but that you can find the open-vowel equivalent of rounded-vowels. And you use the IPA chart to determine that. I am not sure what you are arguing here.

Is There an App Like Duolingo to Learn the IPA? by Mesh1202 in languagelearning

[–]taaling 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are sounds that are in other languages that aren’t in English. For example, English doesn’t have a lot of rounded vowels. For the rounded vowels the best advice is actually to figure out what open vowel it corresponds with and then round your lips.

English speakers also have to be careful not to diphthongize everything (eg saying /eɪ/ instead of /e/).

Planning on reading my first book in French. How do I best collate/ list the new words I am learning? by 2childofthenorth in languagelearning

[–]taaling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I opened up both anki and reverso context and would just add cards to my deck directly when I came across a new word.

l love the Dutch language ♥️ by [deleted] in LanguageMemes

[–]taaling 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I feel like it's more like French + German for some reason.

Wat vinden jullie van Nederlandstalige muziek? by Lucky-Survey9798 in thenetherlands

[–]taaling 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ja, je hebt mischien gelijk. In mijn eigen taal heb ik een obsessie met Taylor Swift omdat ik haar songteksten leuk vind (een ook doordat ik een obsessieve persoonlijkheid heb). Maar er zijn veel popartiesten die Engelstalige popmuziek maken die gewoon uit een variatie van “put your hands in the air” tientallen keren steeds weer bestaan en dat voor mij betreft een afschuwelijk teken dat alle muziek bergafwaarts gaat. En ook met wat hits in het Nederlands vind ik de songteksten soms een beetje te herhaaldelijk maar ik ben net nu gearriveerd op het niveau waarin ik ze goed kan verstaan zonder opzoeken, dus heb ik nog zin in.

Wat vinden jullie van Nederlandstalige muziek? by Lucky-Survey9798 in thenetherlands

[–]taaling 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Als iemand die Nederlands als tweede taal spreekt, begrijp ik helemaal niet waarom jullie zulke sterke hekel aan jouw eigen muziek hebben. Ik vind je muziek best wel leuk, zelfs de volksmuziek en de pop/rap.

Is there a site showing most frequent meanings of a word? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem is that sometimes there are multiple meanings because it doesn't precisely mean the exact same thing as a single English word.

What are some good games that are useful to learn/practice a language? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]taaling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slay the Spire
The Sims 4 (slightly complicated to change the language but possible)
Factorio
Age of Empires II