No-nonsense Nederlands - No-nonsense Dutch
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
'Zal ik enkel de puntjes knippen?' - Talking to your hairdresser
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise all the expressions you need when explaining your Flemish hairdresser what you want. Translate and rep...
'Mijn handtas is gestolen' - Talking about crime
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise your Dutch with a dialogue about reporting a theft.This is a great episode for intermediate learners, ...
'Heeft u een keuze kunnen maken?' - Going to a restaurant in Flanders
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise the typical phrases you hear in any Flemish restaurant when arriving at a restaurant, ordering and pay...
'Het huis ruikt naar bruine suiker' - Practising the pronounciation of 'ui' and 'ou'
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textSome Dutch sounds are notoriously difficult for non-natives. The 'ui' and 'ou/au' for example. In this episode, you get...
'Onder mijn kleren heb ik mijn badpak aan' - Practising prepositions
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise using prepositions in Dutch. You translate and repeat a challenging dialogue about a weekend spent at ...
'Ga je vanavond mee naar de film?' - Talking about movies, plays and concerts
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise talking in Dutch about concerts, movies and plays. You learn how to ask a friend to join you, or to as...
'Dan herinnert hij zich iets' - practising verbs with 'zich'
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise the use of the pronoun 'zich'. You get to translate and repeat a story with lots of 'zi...
Conditional with 'zou': 'Wat zou jij doen met zo veel geld?'
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise talking about things that are unlikely to happen, using the modal verb 'zou'. Translate and ...
'Ik hield van die kat' - 'I loved that cat': practising the past tense
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise the past tense of strong verbs: those verbs that change vowels in the past tense, like kijken > ik ...
'Vrieskou en grijze lucht' - Talking about winter weather
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise lots of words about winter weather: from ice (ijs) and glad (slippery) to lawine (avalanche) and een w...
How to say 'g' (beginner and intermediate)
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise the pronounciation of the soft g, a challenging sound in Flemish Dutch. There are two dialogues packed...
'Daarom praat ik niet met hem' - Practising the words omdat, want, daarom, dus
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this grammar episode, you get to practise Dutch sentences with omdat, want, daarom, dus. These are not easy, because some take inversion...
'Verloofd, getrouwd, gescheiden' - Talking about family (Vocabulary)
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode you practise Dutch words related to families by listening to, translating and repeating a short text. You learn common wor...
'We dansten en lachten de hele nacht' - Practising the past tense
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you practise the past simple of 'weak verbs' in Dutch: those verbs that keep their vowel. So 'Ik maak - Ik ...
'Een strandvakantie is niets voor mij' - Talking about your travels
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise some useful, real-life Dutch vocabulary on traveling, and you brush up on some verb tenses as well. T...
'Al mijn vrienden zullen er zijn!' - Practising the word 'er'
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you get to practise the small but not so innocent word 'er'. It's used in many different ways in Dutch, whi...
'Waarom wil je hier werken?' - Practising questions (beginner)
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this beginner to intermediate episode, you get to translate and repeat a job interview dialogue with lots of questions. A quick and effe...
'Hij rijdt veel te snel!' - Practising 'heel' and 'veel'
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textDutch learners sometimes struggle with when to use 'heel' en when to use 'veel'. In this episode, you'll get to pr...
'Ik ben duizelig' - Talking about your health
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, you practice vocabulary that will help you on your doctor's visits. The sentence structures are on a beginner level, ...
'Ik ben trots op jou' - Talking about feelings
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this intermediate episode, you'll learn and practise words for feelings like relieved, surprised and disappointed. They're wor...
'Hij vroeg haar ten huwelijk': Practising pronouns
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text'Hij' versus 'zijn', 'ze' or 'zij' ... Many learners of Dutch struggle with using these pronouns co...
'Ze opent haar restaurant'- Practising 'ze', 'zij' and 'haar'
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textHave you struggled with using 'zij' and 'haar' versus 'hij' and 'zijn'? In this episode, we'l...
'Hij is gestopt met zijn studies': Practising 'hij' and 'zijn'
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textDo you struggle with 'hij' and 'zijn' versus 'zij' and 'haar'? Those first letters make it confusin...
'Ik wil geen appel!' - Practising 'geen' and 'niet'
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIt's so hard to know when to use 'geen' and when to use 'niet' when using a negative sentence. In this beginner ep...
Bonus episode - Pronounciation: the 'sch' / Uitspraak: de 'sch' (Intermediate - Advanced)
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this short bonus episode, you get to practise pronouncing a difficult sound: the 'sch' . I've collected some sentences w...
'Ik zoek een huis' - Practising vocabulary looking for a house
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this intermediate episode, you'll practise Flemish Dutch vocabulary and expressions you need when looking for a house. Learn the na...
'Morgen kom ik' - Practising inversion
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIt's something a lot of Dutch learners struggle with: inversion.Inversion means that in certain constructions, the verb come before th...
Vocabulary: Summer Plans - Zomerplannen (beginner)
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this beginner episode, you'll get to repeat a dialogue about hot summer days.
Vocabulary: What a cute baby! - Wat een schattige baby! (beginner)
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this beginner to intermediate episode, two young parents meet with their babies at the doctor's office. Repeat the dialogue to stre...
Introducing yourself - Jezelf voorstellen (beginner)
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this first episode, you practise introducing yourself, thanking people and saying goodbye.Â