# Dutch Experience 2 for Koentact Students (Part 2)

**Language:** Dutch  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master the basics of Dutch while on the go with listening and speaking exercises. Based on chapters 6-9 of [Nederlands In Gang](https://www.coutinho.nl/en/nederlands-in-gang-9789046905609).

**Setting:** Mark and Sarah are navigating their new lives in Amsterdam. From dining out and shopping to finding an apartment and dealing with colds, they are mastering the essentials of Dutch daily life.

## Lessons

### 1. Discussing housing options

Mark looks for a new apartment

**Vocabulary:**
- de makelaar (real estate agent)
- de woonruimte (accommodation)
- het appartement (apartment)
- huren (rent)
- de buurt (neighbourhood)
- de huurprijs (rent price)

**Objectives:**
- Identify different types of housing
- Understand a dialogue with a real estate agent

### 2. Rooms and furniture

The real estate agent shows Mark the layout of an available flat

**Vocabulary:**
- de woonkamer (living room)
- de slaapkamer (bedroom)
- de badkamer (bathroom)
- het bed (bed)
- de kast (cupboard)
- de bank (couch / sofa)

**Objectives:**
- Name specific rooms in a house
- Identify common pieces of furniture

### 3. Describing the new flat

Mark decides whether the flat is suitable and discusses the layout

**Vocabulary:**
- ruim (spacious)
- gemeubileerd (furnished)
- het voordeel (advantage)
- naast (next to)
- tegenover (opposite)
- geen (no / not any)

**Objectives:**
- Describe the location of objects using prepositions
- Express negative statements using geen

### 4. Making a medical appointment

Sarah is unwell and decides to call the doctor's office.

**Vocabulary:**
- de huisarts (doctor / gp)
- de ochtend (morning)
- gisteren (yesterday)
- ziek (sick)
- de praktijktijden (opening hours)
- het spreekuur (consultation hour)

**Objectives:**
- Express specific times of the day
- Understand practical clinic information

### 5. Describing physical symptoms

Sarah visits the doctor and explains what is bothering her

**Vocabulary:**
- de klacht (complaint)
- de huid (skin)
- de jeuk (itch)
- de hoofdpijn (headache)
- het gezicht (face)
- de buik (stomach)

**Objectives:**
- Describe physical complaints and illnesses
- Understand diagnostic questions from a doctor

### 6. The doctor gives a diagnosis

The doctor examines Sarah and gives her a prescription

**Vocabulary:**
- de arm (arm)
- het been (leg)
- het recept (prescription)
- de apotheek (pharmacy)
- de zalf (ointment)
- beterschap (get well soon)

**Objectives:**
- Identify external parts of the body
- Give appropriate social reactions to illness

### 7. Recovering at home

Sarah rests at home with her medicine, looking forward to feeling better.

**Vocabulary:**
- hoesten (to cough)
- verschrikkelijk (terrible)
- niezen (to sneeze)
- afgelopen (past / last few)
- overdag (during the day)
- de pijnstiller (painkiller)

**Objectives:**
- Formulate sentences about past events
- Comprehend a text about having a cold