Dutch can’t be that hard, I learnt it when I was just a little kid 😂😂

@Jos_G.

10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@Arsenic71

10 ай бұрын

Actually according to the US state dep't, dutch is a Category 1 language, meaning it's the easiest to learn for native English-speakers. I have to admit I was surprised when I read that, especially considering German is a Category 2 language, but Dutch and German are quite similar.

@MarceldeJong

10 ай бұрын

@@Arsenic71it's the lack of gendered nouns I think. Der die das die? What kind of BS is that? Just de and het is all you need.

@hardyvonwinterstein5445

10 ай бұрын

The problem with Dutch is the 'Holland' pronounce of the language. You know the crazy sounds from the kiel like chrgs. People in Brabant, Limburg, Flanders don't do that. I bet if you moved to these more civilised regions of the Netherlands, you'd speak Dutch in a heartbeat.

@Arsenic71

10 ай бұрын

@@hardyvonwinterstein5445 I lived in Zuid Limburg (Brunssum) so would probably speak (if I still did) with an accent. But anyway, I really love the Dutch people and living abroad (besides NL I lived in the UK for over a decade) has really opened my eyes about Germany. I do not like Germany anymore, simply because I have seen that things can be so much better in other countries.

Jeugdjournaal is a great source of dutch news. It's aimed at dutch children but that makes it easier to understand when learning dutch!

@TheAnoniemo

9 ай бұрын

Can recommend the Jeugdjournaal, my grandpa also watches it because it's easier to follow than the regular 8 o'clock news.

Congrats on the 5 year extension. Can't wait for Eric speak fluent Dutch.

@Dbrusse

10 ай бұрын

In the year 2525 “ 😅 great song by the way!

@frankteunissen6118

10 ай бұрын

What about Tammy learning Dutch?

@racingweirdo

10 ай бұрын

​@@frankteunissen6118Her dutch is great

@elsvanzwoll

10 ай бұрын

Same here 🎉

@robertblokdijk901

10 ай бұрын

​@@Dbrusse no.. i love people with an accent.

You should watch Dutch news on the TV every day. It helps you pick up Dutch much faster and the bonus.....they speak correct Dutch! 🙂

@schiffelers3944

10 ай бұрын

NOS news, not local news they got local accents. But I agree with the rest you said.

@Sayhoun

10 ай бұрын

Nee zo werk dat niet, ze zijn geen kinderen die een taal makkelijk kunnen op piekken. Ze kunnen veel beter iets lezen wat ze echt leuk vinden. Just read something you actually enjoy in Dutch and try to translate piece by piece to learn understand relationships of meaning next to proper education for English speakers.

@sigrunwestrus68

10 ай бұрын

I was 26 when I had to learn Dutch and I just know that watching news and other Dutch spoken programs helpt me a lot. The writing and reading I learned taking lessons.@@Sayhoun

@ThW5

10 ай бұрын

Jeugdjournaal is a good starter, it explains more.

@alicia.3740

10 ай бұрын

Dutch news is also depressing. I never watch it.

What we had to do in all foreign languages at school was read an article in a quality French, German or English newspaper every week, write down the words that we did not recognise, look up the meaning in a dictionary and learn them by heart. Next day the teacher would ask a verbal summary in French or German or English and go through all the words you wrote down to see if I learnt them all. More than two fails, and you had to do an extra article. That is a good way to learn a language in writing (but you still need to do the grammar though, and that is very complicated in Dutch).

Frisian and Dutch are actually the languages that are closest to English (that are also still alive). The differences between Dutch and English are quite systemic, and once you figure out how the system works it becomes easier. I recommend that you watch het jeugdjournaal once you reach A2-B1 level, it is news but for children. They cover serious events but also lots of puppy and animal stories, and is more optimistic in tone. :)

@Luredreier

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, those two, and after that it's probably Norwegian (all of the influences from low German and Dutch during the trade with the Hanseatic League etc).

@dutchgamer842

10 ай бұрын

Cause of American media, the English language also influences Dutch, so full circle

came to Nederland for a 3 year job , stayed 36 years still here, am from Oz wonderful country and people just the weather is a spoiler

As a Dutch citizen I pronounce you both full Dutchie. I mean, another men’s trash is your treasure. You’ve definitely made it.. En nu snel die Nederlands cursus volgen. Hup hup 👏🏼

Hi guy´s, thank you for all the great video´s you have put online. Just to let you know that tomorrow aug 9 there is a free classical concert in Amsterdam. It´s a classical festival that goes on for two weeks and tomorrow is the last concert on the list. If you can´t make it you can also see it live on tv. Hope you take some time to take a look and enjoy it.

My wife and I attended to a candle light concert here in Genoa. It was a string concert tribute to the Queen (the band, not the regal parasite) and was held in the hall of the minor council of the ducal palace. It was very atmospheric with thousands of candles and in a very suggestive place. The candles are electronic for safety reasons. It was a bit expensive, but it was worth it.

Congrats,...that's good news.👍😉

That's good news another five years !! Enjoy it.👍

Congratulations on your 5 years extra in our lovely country Eric and Tammy!! So great watching you guys all the time. Good luck with the dutch lessons Eric 🎉 Groetjes from the top of Drenthe. Theo

Who could pass up the dog sneaking a dip in the neighbors pool?? He really was smiling! 😊

Gongrats7🎉🇳🇱. Amersfoort has a beautiful ancient centre. So great idea to visit the Polar Bear..

If you like clasical music the that concert is worth it plus the quality time you get with the 2 of you .....

Gefeliciteerd allebei! Gelukkig zijn jullie blijvertjes 😃. Veel succes met het leren van de Nederlandse taal. Over een paar jaar de video’s in het Nederlands ✅👍🏻

Congratulations on your additional five years! 🎉

Congratulation with the approval to stay with us. If you visit Amersfoort just be prepared to see very nice small city!

Congrats on your 5 years extension! Good luck on learning Dutch, Eric - I'm sure you'll do great turning into a real Dutchie... 🙂

and we want video's Eric learning dutch each and every session !!! Eric prove it to us you are putting all your effords in it !!!!

Congrats on the 5 year extension, really great to hear. Learn the language, it is difficult but certainly not impossible. One advantage, compared to English, is that when you see a word written down you know exactly how to pronounce it. Because there are strict rules that dictate the pronunciation. For example 'fikkelwasbleegje' (I just made that word up, it does not exist) would be pronounced identically by everybody who speaks Dutch. There's probably a fancy term for languages with this trait but I don't know it. Practice the rolling R and gargling G because we use it a lot and they are probably the most difficult. I will keep watching this channel and will not rest until you can both pronounce 'roggebrood' (rye bread) perfectly. My English teacher (in the 70s) advised us to leave the radio on BBC news while doing homework, he said it does not matter if you don't understand it, you will get a better feel for the language. And he was right, made it a lot easier. Doei !

Wow what a relief it must be that you are allowed to stay another 5 years. Can't wait for 5 more years of great video's.

FIRST! Glad to see you again this summer!

Congratulations on your 5 year extension 🎉🥳I knew you can do it. Eric, you got this. If you know the basics of the Dutch language. The rest will follow and you'll be fluent in Dutch within 5 years💪🏽

great to have you here

Congrats for 5 more years. The Candlelight concerts sound romantic. Your snowboarding skills are great. Not a single broken bone after those moves. But if you would break bones, don’t worry because you already know our healthcare is great 🤪😝😜. ❤❤❤

Amersfoort has a beautiful centre

Congratulations on your renewal!! I would love to see a video on y'all speaking about your experience with the renewal process 😄

And congrats, 5 years of Eric (and Tammy) on his snowboard... 🤣🤣

I'm SO glad for you guys that you can stay for another 5 years 😊 welcome welcome! ❤

Congratz on getting the five years extension! You both deserve it.

Awesome people ❤

Congratulations on your extended stay! And good luck learning Dutch!

Hello you two. I've been following your channel for quite some time. I am glad that you feel comfortable in Europe. I often see the CNN news channel, and what is going on there in the US politically at the moment, well to be honest, the US is not a very good picture. I do not want to know what is still so everything is uncovered what was not known. And one can only hope that these will get their just punishment. In Germany live two American families who also report about their experiences here with us. These are "The Black Forest Family" and "My Merry Messy Life". Both families also bring highly interesting videos, watch them and report about it if you like it. Greetings from Germany.

@user-xi6nk4xs4s

10 ай бұрын

2 Very different channels, but both very pleasant to follow.

Great show and congratulations on your extension! Looking forward to your next show 😘

Congratulations on your 5 years extension!! So happy for you both!!! :D :D :D Enjoy your stay!

Gefeliciteerd 🎉 succes met het leren van de Nederlandse taal !

Congrats with your renewal! Good luck with learning Dutch.

You're staying!. Awesome

People like you are more than welcome in our country.

Congrats, 5 more years!. Good for us followers as well.

Congrats with the 5 years. Me as Dutch is happy with people like you both to stay here.❤

I am so happy for you that you can stay for another 5 years,! That is really awesome. And I feel some videos with Eric learning Dutch coming up 😊😂😂 The photographs with the snowboard are fabulous.

You guys really should go watch dutch news. Its probably hard to follow but its one of the best ways to learn Dutch. Especially now with the 5years extension. Taking dutch lessons and watching the news will be the best combination to learn it. Bye congratzz the 2 of you. And cheers on another 5 years

Love you guys and congrats with the extension! 🎉

Wow so great another 5 years! You are soooo very welcome. Sooo...Eric good luck with your Dutch lessons. Love you both❤.

Wow, that is front page worthy news, two times over! Good for you! I guess ...!! 😂 Looking forward to your future stories!

Congratulations on the 5 year extension!!✨ Will you give us updates on the Dutch lessons as well? :D

Congrats with the 5 Years lovely Family👍🏻🙏

👍 I really enjoy the video Eric/Tammy!!,, 🙏😘👊👊,, congrats on the 5 year extension!!,, ❤.

Super gefeliciflapstaart 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations on your extension, you guys really deserve it, best marketing the Netherlands can get😃👍

Congrads on another 5 years!

How lovely that you will be with us for the coming years!

Congrats on your prolongued stay in our beautiful country! As usual we enjoyed your video, and one thing got our attention. The Candlelight concerts. As it happens to be, we went to one last year in Amsterdam, and we really enjoyed it. If you have doubts, let us invite you to go to one of the concerts.

You guys getting to stay is even better news than the polarbear thing (that's for sure!). Congrats!!!

According to the US diplomatic service Dutch is a category 1 language, thus 'easy' to learn. Also, Dutch is the most closely related major language to English. Dutch possesses many words and phrases similar to English and has a similar grammatical structure. A great and fun way to study Dutch is by learning sayings and proverbs. They are easier to remember than random sentences and are very 'visual'. Have fun and good luck!

@CM-ey7nq

10 ай бұрын

And with Dutch it's a much lower learning curve to Norwegian and Swedish as well. So that snowboard might come to some use :)

@mavadelo

10 ай бұрын

Small correction, Although Dutch is very closely related to English, it is Frisian that is the closest related. But when we speak of only "Major" languages it is Dutch.

@CM-ey7nq

10 ай бұрын

@@mavadelo The Dutch just seem to do very well with Norwegian in my humble experience. Maybe it's a combination of you being very smart and us both being quite adaptive. Who knows , just my experience :)

@jsb7975

10 ай бұрын

Though Dutch is very close to German, Dutch is much closer to English than German is. B.t.w. the English called Old-English "Dutch" as well. Dutch still is older than current English, German or Scandinavian languages ! Phonetically and writing almost still is one on one.

@jpdj2715

10 ай бұрын

@@jsb7975 - "dutch" is a Germanic word that means "folk" or "of the commons". The Dutch "duits", Flemish "diets", and German "deutsch" all used to have that meaning. In the times of the Hanseatic treaty, sailors sailing between the member ports and office ports probably understood each other reasonably well, still, when everyone spoke "dutch" (not e the lower case). Yes, it is easier for us Dutch to understand the rhyme and rhythm of William Shakespeare's original texts than for today's Brits. No not older than Scandinavian languages in general, because Iceland is a Scandinavian language too. I would never make the claim that our language is older than that. My perception is that "dutch" became a word that implied "not nobility" and "not clergy" as amongst those circles (forms of) Romance languages were lingua franca. In the context of the protestant Christian revolution and the independence war with imperialist Spanish terrorists and tax collectors that aspect must have been very important.

Congats on the 5 years!! Time for a celebration! For the 2 of you ;)

Gefeliciteerd met de verlenging van jullie vergunning. Ik wens jullie veel succes en plezier met het leren van Nederlands.

Lol the snowboard pictures were hilarious

Hahahaha i was waiting for the little thing from the street.. 😂the pictures.. just funny.. congratulations. Let the Dutch lessons begin 🎉🎉

That is the best news of all, that you guys can stay and enjoy the Netherlands for at least 5 more years! ❤ Maybe sometime you can read the Dutch newspapers very well too 😊 Congrats and wish you guys a wonderful weekend! ❤

hi, thanx for the video. i just watched another YT-channel from a man from San Fransisco, he was walking the main street and almost every shop is closed and the zombies take-over. so sad to see. glad to hear you are here for at least a few more years.

Great snowboard photos. When is family coming over? Would love to see you showing them the Netherlands

Congratulations for the 5 year extension of your stay in the Netherlands. You are 2 beautiful lovely people that fit right in our country. Love your videos. Nice, Eric, that you want to learn Dutch. We do understand that the language is difficult for foreigners. Thanks for the video. Nice snowboard pictures. Now you only need some snow. Tot ziens.

Welcome to Amersfoort, there is a lot to explore here besides the peeing bear. A large part of the medieval city wall still exists including the beautiful koppelpoort. It’s a smaller version of Utrecht, exactly in the middle of the Netherlands. You’ll love it here. On Saturday’s there’s a street market in the city center. Here you can watch St. Joris coming out for the dragon every half hour.😊

Congratulations on your 5 years extension and that snowboard is a awesome find.

Great to have you here for the next 5 years ;-)!

congratz both of you!

Congratulations :) you seem like lovely people so glad to have you. And no hate on your discretion about learning Dutch; I have never moved more than a few miles in my life, I'm a very rooted girl, but I can only imagine how much you have coming at you just trying to find your place in a whole different country for two years, it's probably smart to save your energy and wait to do that huge effort of learning a language until you have more perspective for the future. It helps that you probably got by fine on English so far ;)

Congrats with a 5 year longer stay here in the Netherlands so we dutchies can enjoy your videos for at least 5 more years and i hope after those 5 years many years more, you both are more than welcome here such a pleasure so thanx for sticking around and the dutch language.....it's easy that most of the dutchies speaks englisch 😉

Congratzz!! we are happy that you stay with us hahahah

congrats on the renewal. your video's give me smiles .

Nice photography by Tammy !!

Congrats 🥳🇳🇱 have a great weekend.

I feel sorry for the Texan woman, but the headline was just too funny! 😂 Amersfoort is a beautiful city, you should go there! Oh and take your snowboard to Snowworld Zoetermeer. You can go indoor snowboarding in real snow! I go there quite regularly. I have a bunch of snowboards at home 😅

Gefeliciteerd ! 🎉

Congrats on the visa extension! We are going through our first DAFT visa process right now. Want to thank you for letting us know about your landlord who is now our landlord in Schiedam- Just Stay. Marvelous landlord! Also, my partner, Mark, is from Massachusetts. Noticed Eric wearing a Red Sox hat. Have you found a sports bar that shows baseball or American football yet in Rotterdam?

Hallo lovely people, congrats on your 5 year stay in our country 🎉🎉🎉. Groetjes.

bit late, bud again a beautiful video, thanks !!!! ( pardon my bad written english, i,m dutch LOL )

Yes visit Amersfoort and see the polarbear :-), it is a great city. I live in Amsterdam but for a visit I prefer the middle city's like Amersfoort, Haarlem, Alkmaar, Zwolle, Tilburg, Delft and so on. They have a great history and atmosphere.

Hi friends, nice to see you again. I also don’t follow the news anymore. My life is a lot happier. Nice to hear that you are going to learn the dutch languish. If I can help, I have time enough. 😉 Anyway, nice to have you among us dutchies for another vijf jaar 😏😉 Greetings, 🙋🏽‍♂️🇳🇱🌮

@SoultoSoulTravels

10 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Eric

@SoultoSoulTravels

10 ай бұрын

Hi Taco …good to hear from you and thanks!!! Eric

I hear that around fall, near the Kralingen area, there is always some sort of candle light/colourfull park lights event going on. Certainly worthy a visit.

Just smiling hearing that you’ll be staying :-)

🥳🎉congratulations! That’s excellent news!🎉 Another very entertaining and informative one. We try to keep up with the political US news (“news”?). We just can’t not… It will be so awesome when you start making sense in Dutch In the café, Eric😜 I think you’re gonna love it, just start. The polar bear is hilarious! I bet there is a public toilet right next to it 😂

congratulation with your 5 year extension.. well deserved :)

Hi Guys, great video and I did not even know about the polar bear in Amersfoort! About the Dutch language...I can understand it is difficult but there are many words that are similar to English I believe so sooner or later it will sink in. Now as you guys are going to Poland....wait until you hear that language (or read)...almost no similarities. My wife is Polish and yes I have studied Polish and can get myself around and have discussions with family in Poland but both my courses I took I kind off stopped halfway...the grammar? un freaking believable difficult, checked some websites and many language experts agree that this is one of the most difficult languages around. So count your blessings learning Dutch, it'll be okay soon enough ;)

Congratulations on your extension 🎉🎉

Congrats on securing the next five years! Eric, just don't go looking for too much logic when learning Dutch. It will only make the process more painful 😅 I happen to be going to Amersfoort tomorrow. Will definitely check out the bear!

Hi guys welcome for another 5 years,, GREAT. Im born in Rotterdam but lives in Spijkenisse near the maas and i have a good advice while you learning Dutch. Don t break your head about it, many people speaks with an accent so it is hard to learn or speak .When you are in another place you can hear the diffrents. wish you good luck with that, and speak a lot to people thats the best way to learn , the way i learned english is watching TV(with subtitles offcourse) and i worked in a bar when i was young with many english guests where i learn from. But the most important is Try to think in Dutch, listen to the spoken words how they sounds and practish a lot,, Well thats it, have a nice time in Rotterdam, the most beautifull city in the Netherlands

Gefeliciteerd met jullie verblijfsvergunning voor 5 jaar. Daarna wil je nooit meer weg! En nu Nederlands leren!

I'd love to see you guys visit Groningen one day, loads of interesting history there

I love it that you guys get to be with us for another 5 years :)

Congratulations 😀

Eric don't forget to show how you progress in Dutch. I am sure a lot of subscribers will root for you doing so😊

Gdansk is a Dutch city aswell "Dutch traders, both inside and outside of the Hanseatic League, were ferrying the majority of cargo in the Baltic Sea. Merchants in Gdańsk traded more and more with Dutch traders and less and less with Germanic traders. Dutch merchants poured money into the city, building much of the center of the city, the canals, and old port."

5 more years! 🥳🕺💃🥰

Congratz on your extending stay in the Netherlands permit ! And i totally understand and nice to see you guys taking more & more distance from the USA madness in the news.. Btw?? Have you been visiting the Zaanse Schans, already? It's near where i live and an absolute recommendation.

hmmm - it is Cucumber time in our papers when they print that :) (there is not enough news so they pay attention to the small stuff and the positive). Good luck with the Dutch lessons :)

Congrats on the next 5 years❤