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How you'll practise

Words — Learn key words per theme with flashcards and quizzes.
Grammar — Study core grammar with explanations and exercises.
Sentences — Arrange words in the correct order to form sentences.
Speaking — Listen to native pronunciation and repeat to improve yours.

Learning themes (A1 · A2)

A1

Hallo — Greetings: Say your name and origin, introduce your family, greetings and goodbyes.
De school — School: Lessons, numbers 0–100, regular present tense, question words.
Wonen — Living: House, rooms, furniture, colours, neighbourhood, main-clause word order.
Eten en drinken — Food & drink: Food and drinks, shopping, prices, questions.
De dokter — The doctor: Body parts, describing symptoms, pharmacy, appointments.
De kleren — Clothes: Clothes, sizes, colours, telling time, 'willen'.
Reizen — Travel: Transport, directions and stations, prepositions of place/time, possessives.
Vrije tijd — Free time: Hobbies and free time, negation (geen/niet), demonstratives, modal + verb.

A2

Nieuwe buren — New neighbours: Meeting neighbours, describing your home, buying second-hand (Marktplaats).
Feesten en gewoontes — Festivals & customs: Eating out, weather, news, talking about the past (present perfect).
Kinderen — Children: Family, school reports, daycare, indirect speech.
Winkels — Shops: Shopping, online orders, complaints, personal pronouns.
Opleidingen — Education: Schools and vocational training, exams, modal verbs, future tense.
Werk zoeken — Job hunting: Job ads, CV, interviews, be-/ge-/ver- verbs.
Werken — Working: Work life, sick leave, safety signs, superlatives.
De gemeente — The municipality: Town hall matters, police, waste separation, the civic integration exam.

Grammar topics covered

The verb 'zijn' (to be) The verb 'hebben' (to have) Personal pronouns (subject) Present tense (regular verbs) Articles (de/het/een) Main-clause order (verb second) Questions (question words / yes-no) Negation (niet / geen) Possessive pronouns (mijn, jouw...) Demonstratives (deze/die/dit/dat) Modal verbs + infinitive Prepositions of place Telling the time Coordinating conjunctions Subordinate clauses (verb to the end) Inversion (swap subject & verb) Present perfect (with hebben) Present perfect (with zijn) Irregular past participles Separable verbs Modal verbs (kunnen, moeten...) Future tense Comparative & superlative Adjective ending (-e) Object pronouns om ... te + infinitive (in order to) Plural nouns (-en, -s, 's) Indirect speech (Hij zegt dat...)

Sample words

Nederlands	Sample words
hallo	hello
de naam	name
heten	to be called
wonen	to live
komen	to come / to be from
het land	country
de familie	family
de vrouw	woman / wife

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