Listening Exercise (General)

Dutch Pronunciation
Everyday Dutch Words Basic vocabulary for conversation and reading
Useful Words and Phrases for Travelers
Learning Dutch? (Lessons - Suggested Method)

Click on 'hear' to listen to a Dutch phrase. An MP3 player will appear to the right.
Try to write down the Dutch that you hear, then click on 'read Dutch' to check how you have done (a small window will appear below the line); you can click 'hear' again or click on the MP3 player in the sound window to hear it again (and again)
'Read translation' will show the translation and meaning of the Dutch phrase;
if you like, you could first try to to translate the words and think of what it means yourself; then click to check how you've done

Overview (If you only want to listen to the phrases, or when you're done with the exercise)

#1	hear - take 2	hint: What's your problem?	read Dutch	read translation

#2	hear	hint: I'm right	read Dutch	read translation

#3	hear	hint: survival tool	read Dutch	read translation

#4	hear	hint: no gain	read Dutch	read translation

#5	hear - 2	better not	read Dutch	read translation

#6	hear	hint: sometimes there's no choice	read Dutch	read translation

#7	hear	hint: there must be a cause	read Dutch	read translation

#8	hear	hint: not a profitable venture	read Dutch	read translation

#9	hear	hint: once in a ... moon	read Dutch	read translation

#10	hear	hint: the cost of fame	read Dutch	read translation

#11	hear	hint: the Dutch frugality	read Dutch	read translation

#12	hear	hint: pointless	read Dutch	read translation

#13	hear	hint: dieting	read Dutch	read translation

#14	hear	hint: the price of beauty	read Dutch	read translation

#15	hear	hint: go slow	read Dutch	read translation

#16	hear	hint: it can't go on like this	read Dutch	read translation

#17	hear	hint: appetizing	read Dutch	read translation

#18	hear	hint: a habit of mine	read Dutch	read translation

#19	hear	hint: each according to his gifts	read Dutch	read translation

#20	hear	hint: nobody else	read Dutch	read translation

#21	hear	hint: mental health advice from the Bible	read Dutch	read translation

#22	hear	hint: are you any better?	read Dutch	read translation

#23	hear	hint: when to	read Dutch	read translation

#24	hear	hint: have we met before?	read Dutch	read translation	an old joke

#25	hear	hint: don't want to try	read Dutch	read translation

#26	hear - 2	hint: table manners	read Dutch	read translation

Overview

Dutch pronunciation

Exercises from Another Dutch Website

see (and hear) also:
A Mixed Bag of Names & Words - Sailors and Ships of the 17th Century
Vermeer's World - Rembrandt - Old New York
The Dutch in Sports
Names and 'Old' Spelling (with Samples)

Geographical: Names of Cities, Provinces etc. spoken
Hear Longer Dutch Texts: Poems and a Song - Short Stories

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Don't be a dief (thief) - dievegge (female thief) - diefstal (theft) - stelen (to steal) - heler (dealer in stolen goods) - hear Dutch - 2

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