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- starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
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- starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
(Screenshot of a social media post, user posting an image of Jar Jar Binks with a speech bubble for the post replied to. Post is from a Dutch politician stating "We hebben een serieus probleem met de politieke ontwikkelingen mbt de dwangwet en ik hoop dat dat de komende dagen kan worden opgelost. ")
Also, who can forget this favorite
(Screenshot of a translator app.
English: spank me daddy.
Dutch: geef me een klap papa)
i read somewhere that if you only speak english and want to learn another language, then dutch would be the easiest–makes sense now
I was told dutch is one of the hardest languages to learn. Lots of meaningless words are often used to pad a sentence which in essence can be left out.
Zou het misschien een beetje mogelijk zijn om iets te doen?
Zou het mogelijk zijn om iets te doen?
Same thing
Was made aware of this by a dutch teacher and never looked the same at how we construct sentences. The words are added for a perceived kindness, but confuse non native speakers.
Seems like bullshit. If they don’t have much meaning, you can essentially ignore them. No way that’s harder than learning Chinese or most other non-European languages for native English speakers.
The easiest would probably be Frisian. Not that useful, though. Though learning Dutch isn’t that useful, either, if you already speak English - most people in the Netherlands can speak English, and they have a lot more practice with it than someone who starts learning Dutch on a whim.
It would be necessary if you wanted a job in the Netherlands, no?
If you’re working retail or something else that has you face the general public, then yes. If you work a fancier job, then the Dutch people will just speak English with you.