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The teaching methods used at the school I attended, encouraged teachers to expand on topics in a way that would keep the pupils attention strong. I think we were blessed. I still remember well the history en geography classes, and my French was taught in a way that realy ignited a need to read Frenc...

Am I missing some clue in the end? 'Most', of what? https://i.imgur.com/sqeGVfS.png Hun er vertinnen med mest.mp3 And if there is nothing missing in this sentence, what would be the meaning of it? Or is it a kind of typical idiom in English, that merely got translated? Is there anyone here who would...

eI000yo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:44 pm

IIRC, it is an old and well-known bug.

For example:

"Problem with speaking exercices with numbers?"
"Issue with Dutch speech recognition with numbers."
"Problems with Dutch numbers on speaking exercises."

And again some of the options to do it efficiently: https://www.rug.nl/language-centre/language-courses/dutch/self-study https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/itav/education/dutch-courses/dutch-courses/beginners-courses/online-beginners-course https://www.ucl.ac.uk/languages-international-education/language...

I'm not sure as I've never been in them due to already being native. ... Haha, I would like to share the -sad- observation, that being into Facebook might still (2023) be a Conditio Sine Qua Non , to getting around with just about anything, in Norway. Having said that, I admit to not having needed ...

For those students that would like more online reading material in Dutch, a website about cultural history, could be a welcome opportunity. HISTORIEK is offering a lot of 'good reads' on a broad range of historical events, all in Dutch language and 'for free'. For starters, I think a 2023 introducti...

Great info. I'm just a bit bothered by the for 'free' part. What is for free. Your time and effort is never 'for free'. And what do you want to learn exactly. I would therefor, as an alternative, like to promote online courses that offer quality and fun against payment. You can find them yourself of...

... I found out that the word "afbakken" could be translated as { short final baking, baking to completion, baking to perfection }. ... --- :hash:  ㆍnederlands ㆍSentenceDiscussion ㆍalgemeen ㆍinteressant Thank you for the help in translating 'afbakken'. 'Afbakken' is indeed just t...

One of the nice things about sentence discussions is that you need to apply the grammar you already learned. So let's compare some sentences created around two commonly used verbs in Dutch kitchen life: 'afbakken' and 'roerbakken'. Both are çompound verbs. First: what is 'roerbakken'? Well, let's be...

What would be helpful in your opinion? Would any of these make sense: Taking Tips & Notes from the duome archive as a reference - do you think they do not match the contents of the course or should be amended in some way in a dedicated subforum here? ... Grammatical decomposing of sentences wou...

What about 'weerwater'? The Netherlands, to me, is all about water. Water comes and goes as it pleases, unless it gets managed. Weerwater also is a name that would be recognised as a 'typical Dutch' word by any Dutchman. The combination of 'weer' and 'water' reminds of the word 'woelwater': someone ...

SansEspoir wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:57 pm

Thank you for giving me the audio file. It's the first version I guessed at, but the AI voice pronounces things a little weirdly. So I recorded a vocaroo for you, with slow, medium and regular speech.

Thank you so much, I have downloaded it. It's very helpful and really clear.

This does not sound correct at all. I hope you reported it, if this really is the sentence provided by DuoLingo. In what section, unit and lesson did this occur, if you remember? I'd like to take a look. Thank you very much. Glad I was right in reading incorrect Norwegian in this. ;-) I do not have...

This one really does not stick. How can this sentence mean: "The villain is practising sounding evil.", like DL suggests. "sounding evil" = å høres ond ut, seems easy enough. But how can 'practising' be 'å stå over på'? I would be so glad with some help in understanding what is h...

We zullen het samen moeten doen. Gezamenlijk maken we deze globale gemeenschap toegankelijk voor iedereen en van dit forum een plaats waar we met plezier samen kunnen leren. Belangstelling, discussie en begrip voor cultuur zijn de elementen die we hier op handen dragen. Lang verhaal kort : gedraag ...

Perhaps you can also use the Dutch version: We're all in this together We are a global community accessible for ALL and for this forum to be a place we can all have fun learning together. Curiosity, questioning, and cultural understanding are something we celebrate. TLDR : play nice and be smart For...

"I am totally exhausted." I encountered this sentence in the section Unanswered Sentence Discussions. Thought it would fit in well here. Google translates 'een put' as meaning 'a well'. Which in many cases is a good fit. 'Uitputten' means, that there is no more left, where 'that' has been ...

DuoLingo: "Can they be denied access? "

Would alle three fit in this sentence, or is there a typical use for each?

In the Duolingo lessons on Prepositions, the answer "ik heb het niet MET me" (for "I do not have it with me") was rejected and the corrected answer was "ik heb het niet BIJ me". I am wondering about the discrepancy given that "met" means "with" and ...

Hello, i'm looking for someone who can help me correct the following sentences; De bibliotheek is niet ver weg het station. Hij weet niet wanneer hij moet uitstappen. Pardon, kunt u me vertellen waar vertrekt de tram? De man uitlegt wat een kaartje kost. We weten niet waar de tram stoppen zal. Het ...

In Jeg ser godt ut , neuter/adverbial form godt is used. Jeg is not neuter, so it seems to be an adverb. In De skoene ser dyre ut , plural form dyre is used, and it is no doubt an adjective. Is Jeg ser god ut a legal sentence? Is godt an exceptional case in this construction? As I would see it, it ...

Ik had medelijden met de koe. ... Note: medelijden met -> compassion for. A comparison with the German equivalent is also interesting: Ich hatte Mitleid mit der Kuh (note the singular form). The German Mittleid may look like a singular, but in fact you could not have a plural 'compassion' in any of...

Wat doet de man op dit schilderij: hij weegt de munten of weegt ze af? Ik zal het nooit begrijpen. https://forum.duome.eu/download/file.php?id=1745 Buying bananas (or other fruits or vegetables) overseas is a headache. In some places one weighs them onelf, prints a sticker, attaches to the bag - do...

What is the difference between wegen and afwegen? Wegen is more commonly used than afwegen. Afwegen is used when you have to be very precise. Also, afwegen is used when you're considering pros and cons. When you want to know your personal weight: "Ik zal me weer eens wegen ." I want to kn...

Hello I collected mass sentences by doing again and again the lessons, and I deliberately chose to keep the old beloved format, that is to say the old tree with themas As for the sentence discussion section, I didn't correct the english posts from the users, as I am non a native speaker of English,...

ik wil graag pinnen?? i would like to withdraw cash!! how is this correct? Pinnen is indeed used both ways: "Ik ga even (geld) pinnen!" means getting some cash from an ATM. "Kan ik hier pinnen? " means paying without using cash. So the context (walking down the street / buying s...

I like the expression "als dat mag" as it is so concise but am not sure how to use it properly. May I ask for a couple of examples? "Mag/Kan ik hier pinnen", would be the more common phrase , when your are uncertain whether paying in digital currency is allowed at a shop. It's n...

Why ' den' ? In English, "Plant it somewhere in the shade." gets accepted by DL. https://i.imgur.com/NV8J5NJ.png What is the consideration for chosing 'den' in stead of 'det' here? With an introductory function in the sentence I would have used 'det' in Norwegian. What would be the grammar...

Jullie moeten beloven om lief te zijn. Translation: You have to promise to be nice. What would be the difference between saying 'lief' and 'aardig'? There's a slight difference. Lief can be used to mean "sweet" (not sweet-tasting), whereas aardig more has the meaning of "friendly.&qu...