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Basics

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Basics
Greetings
BasicsBasics
14 words/phrases to learn
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Saying How You Feel
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20 words/phrases to learn
Basics
10, 9, 8 ...
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18 words/phrases to learn

Most popular Dutch Lessons for this topic

Greetings

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14 words/phrases

Saying How You Feel

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20 words/phrases

10, 9, 8 ...

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18 words/phrases

Speak Your Mind

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29 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 1

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10 words/phrases

Colours

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16 words/phrases

Useful Phrases 1

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Clothes 1

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Creatures

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1st, 2nd, 3rd... 2

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Time of Day 1

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16 words/phrases

Time & Durations 2

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10 words/phrases

Clothes 2

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21 words/phrases

Body Parts

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18 words/phrases

At Home 1

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13 words/phrases

Measuring Things

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18 words/phrases

Mine and Yours

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5 words/phrases

Useful Expressions 3

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22 words/phrases

Time of Day 2

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14 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 3

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10 words/phrases

Months and Dates

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15 words/phrases

Furniture

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17 words/phrases

Belongings

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16 words/phrases

1st, 2nd, 3rd... 4

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5 words/phrases

Days and Birthdays

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13 words/phrases

Time & Durations 4

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13 words/phrases

The Weather 1

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24 words/phrases

The Weather 2

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29 words/phrases

Ours and Theirs

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16 words/phrases

Ordering Coffee

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13 words/phrases

Prepositions in Dutch

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32 words/phrases

Basic Dutch Phrases

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38 words/phrases

When To Use 'De' And 'Het'

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32 words/phrases

How to Introduce Yourself 2

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17 words/phrases

Are You Happy?

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4 words/phrases

Good Morning!

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2 words/phrases

Morning Coffee

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3 words/phrases

Let's Go!

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1 words/phrases

Paying With Small Change

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3 words/phrases

Push-Ups

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2 words/phrases

Paying With Small Change 2

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4 words/phrases

Is Everything OK?

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1 words/phrases

Oh Pine Tree

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8 words/phrases

Jingle Jangle

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15 words/phrases

Frosty the Snowman

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39 words/phrases

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