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17/f I already know what im going to do when i graduate. Im going to school in aruba where one of the main languages is dutch. i have dutch relatives also, so i really need to learn the language. would you recommend buying a book&tape to learn dutch? there are no classes around here or at my current highschool so thats kind of what i have to do. do the tapes really work? thanks
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i would try to find a computer program if you can find one because they usually have interactive games and what not to help you
but if you do nothave that a book and tape should work just fine
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Yes, I would recommend buying a ook and tape.
Just so you know, some people learn visually (by seeing), some learn by hearing, and some learn kinesthetically (by touching). If you learn kinesthetically, books and tapes won't help you, but listning to them and writing everything out or reading and copying things will help you a lot.
It will take about 9 months to master all of the vocabulary and grammar, if not longer.
Spanish has a lot of cognates, and it is a 9-month course at my school. We learan to read, speak, and write basic Spanish in those 9 months. Dutch is a lot harder.
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I also wanted to learn a language.
It all starts with the books. Buy a vocabulary book for Dutch, and a grammar book for Dutch (or just a book that teaches all there is to know about Dutch). Learn vocabulary first. For furniture, it helped me a LOT to write the Dutch word on a post-it note and post the note on furniture. I would master the following vocabulary before anything else:
-family (brother, sister, mom, dad, aunt...)
-food & drink (meat, bread, fruits, milk...)
-furniture (couch, chair, table, desk...)
-rooms (bathroom, kitchen, living room...)
-places (library, store, market, gas station...)
-colors
-numbers 1-20
-clothes (shirt, pants, shorts, socks...)
-subjects (I, you, he, she, we, they)
-expressions (Hi, Bye, Thank you, Help, Please...)
After you master all of that vocabulary (it is a lot, but if you just go through it daily, it should take no longer than two months to master), start learning the grammar. This includes learning common verbs and their conjugations, forming plural nouns, subject-verb-adjective agreement, and sentence structure. This is the understanding part. You can't just memorize this.
After all of that, you are ready to move! Will you be fluent? No. But you will be able to get around and ask for help if you need it. It will take about 6 months to fully understand Dutch in the country where it is spoken.
Don't treat the experience as a chore. I actually find it really fun to learn new languages. In the meantime, try to get some Dutch CD's and listen to their music. You will soon be able to pick up a word here and there in songs and understand them a little.
Dutch tapes don't work. They don't for Spanish, anyways.
Another thing to remember. Make sure that while you are learning Dutch vocabulary, you learn how to spell and pronounce the words. If you don't, you will have to go back and re-learn everything later.
I hope I helped!
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The tapes probably work to some degree, but it'll be hard because you may have to force yourself.
Maybe you can enroll to a community college that offers that.
Well good luck,
Teacup
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