This dagpauwoogvlinder (peacock butterfly) has been hiding out for days in my #Amsterdam houseboat now. Every exit I offered has been declined.
#dutch #dutchlanguage #dutchclass #dutchwriter

My hometown Amsterdam, where I teach #Dutch to non-native speakers. Riding a rusty bike (fietsen) is something they’ll have to learn all on their own. And if they wanna look like a local: no helmets. Enjoy the ride!
#fietsen #dutchclass #dutchteacher #dutchwriter

‘I teach NT2 in Amsterdam-West.
Students of all corners of the earth, walks of life, religions & ideologies pour in.
They greet each other, hug, laugh, chat in Spanish, Arab, Russian, Kurdish, Polish, Farsi, Ukrainian.
I see caps, beanies, headscarves, ponytails.’
Read more. Link in bio.
#dutchclass

A dirty martini the #Amsterdam way, with instead of smashed olives, ‘zilveruitjes’ (silver onions) by local producer @kesbeke, at newly reopened Café de Reiger @dereiger.
#dutch #dutchlingo #dutchclass #dutchwriter

Brace yourself for a new episode of Talkin’ Lingo - revelations straight from my Dutch night class. Coming up this Sunday on my Substack page. Link in bio.
#dutch #dutchclass #nt2 #dutchwriter

One more from yesterday’s #feministmarch in #Amsterdam, which was attended bij more than 20.000 feminists. This was one of the best texts I encoutered: ‘Why don’t you just mansplain why we’re all here.’
#dutch #dutchclass #dutchwriter

Today is the day we commemorate when Amsterdam workers went on mass strike in 1941 in the so-called #Februaristaking against the Nazi persecution of Jews in occupied Europe: 'Staakt! Staakt! Staakt!' (Strike x 3) Lest we never forget that fascists are of all times.
#dutchhistory #NT2 #dutchclass

Lo and behold. Tomorrow a new column on my @substack!
#dutch #dutchclass #dutchteacher #dutchwriter #nt2

‘Een kind kan de was doen’, literally a child can do the laundry, means that something is very easy to do or learn. Like #Dutch is (image: @tastachova).
##dutchclass #nt2 #dutchwriter #dutchlanguage
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#Dutchlingo of the week: lentekriebels - spring fever, or rather spring jitters. A bodily itch to enjoy the first rays of spring sunshine. Not to be confused with hooikoorts (hay fever), which not so coincidentally often coincides with the advent of spring.
#dutch #dutchclass #dutchwriter #nt2

“All kinds of worlds meet in my class. Diverse individuals who treat each other indiscriminately. They are, after all, on common unfamiliar ground.”
My new @substack column is now online. Read it for free!
https://alwaystalkinfood.substack.com/p/wat-goed-van-je
#nt2 #dutch #dutchclass #dutchwriter

Dutch lingo of the week: woorddiarree. Literally verbal diarrhea. When someone is talkin’ so uncontrollably, that it seems like a never-ending stream of verbal ‘poo’ is coming out of their mouths.
#dutchlingo #dutchclass #nt2 #talkinlingo

‘All kinds of worlds meet in my class. Diverse individuals who treat each other indiscriminately, without labels. They are, after all, on common unfamiliar ground.’
#dutchclass #nt2 #dutchwriter #dutchlanguage
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‘Domweg gelukkig met de harde Nederlandse g.’
Very happy with the ‘hard’ g-sound in #Dutch, like someone is gargling (gorgelen) or spitting (spugen): translators from France, Korea and Germany share their love for the #Dutchlanguage.
#NT2 #Dutchclass #dutchwriting
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