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Thanks BrutallyFrank. At the moment I am wondering if there are some online tests to test my A1 or A2 level achievement. I think Babbel ratings may be very misleading or just plain wrong. Are there any good websites to test what my level actually is? Hi! You can use: https://kleurrijker.nl/toets/in...

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In addition to Bieneke, in the word 'garage' we have both sounds [ɣ aː . *r aː . ʒ ə]

Please distinguish between different words: yo: same as in English, 'hi', 'ok', 'bye', etc. joh: interjection, at the end of the sentence: "Goed gedaan, joh" => joh means something like 'I'm impressed'. A few more examples for 'joh': 'Hé joh!' => Hey, watch out/look out/don't do this! 'Ja ...

I guess you mean "Ze vertelt altijd veel over haar leven, maar ze informeert nooit naar mijn leven!" (She always tells a lot about her life, but she never inquires about my life!). The verb 'informeren' needs 'naar' as a preposition. We can't use 'van' with the verb 'informeren'.

Most of the times we use 'graag' like 'I would like' or 'I like to'. Examples: Ik wil graag 3 broden => I would like 3 loaves of bread Ik eet graag spaghetti => I like to eat spaghetti Ik zou graag een paar voorbeelden willen hebben => I would like to have some examples Ik dans graag => I like to da...

I'm not 100% sure if I understand your question correctly. But 'ben' in sentence 1 is not replaced bij 'hij' in sentence 2. It is replaced bij 'is' because in sentence 2 you have a main clause and a sub clause. The subject of the sub clause in sentence 2 is 'hij' so the verb 'ben' changes into 'is'....

'om' + 'te' is very difficult so it's not strange that you are struggling with it! About your sentence: 'Dit brood is oud omdat het lang heeft geduurd' would be grammatical correct but not in meaning yet. 'stayed' is not translated as 'geduurd' so it would become: 'Dit brood is oud omdat het lang he...

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Eerst van taal x naar het Engels en dan van het Engels naar taal y. Dat is echt een betere manier, Google Translate is namelijk best wel goed met het Engels naar allerlei talen!

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