A daily audio course you can listen to anywhere: on your commute, on a walk, over coffee. Every lesson is a real conversation, and you say the phrases out loud yourself, all inside WhatsApp.

Dutch Experience 2 – HearSay

Dutch A1

Practice how to use Dutch when dining out, shopping, finding a home, and visiting the doctor, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back. This course runs alongside chapters 6 to 9 of Nederlands In Gang.

Lessons

Finding a table in a restaurant
Mark and Lotte arrive at a restaurant and hope to find a free table by the window.
Ordering food and drinks
Lotte and Mark go through the menu, order mineral water and choose a starter and a main course.
Giving opinions on food
Mark offers Lotte a taste of his steak, and she explains that she is vegetarian and that her salad is disappointing.
Asking for the bill
Mark and Lotte enjoy the dessert, agree to leave a tip and ask the waiter for the bill.
Looking for winter clothes
Lotte tells Mark she needs a winter outfit, lists what she is looking for and suggests asking a shop assistant.
Trying on new clothes
Lotte finds a pair of trousers she likes, but they are too wide, so Mark goes to look for a smaller size.
Colours and return policies
Lotte cannot choose between the blue and the red, and Mark reminds her to keep the receipt in case she exchanges it.
Discussing housing options
Mark tells an estate agent that he wants to rent an apartment in a good neighbourhood and gives his monthly budget.
Rooms and furniture
Mark shows Lotte around the flat room by room and points out where the furniture will go.
Describe the new flat
Mark and Lotte weigh up the new flat, from the furniture layout to the fact that there is no balcony.
Making a medical appointment
Lotte has been ill since yesterday, and Mark explains when to ring the doctor to get an appointment.
Describing physical symptoms
Mark asks Lotte about her symptoms, and she describes her headache and the itchy, red skin on her face.
Wishing someone a speedy recovery
Lotte's arm and leg still hurt, so the doctor writes her a prescription for an ointment and wishes her a speedy recovery.
Recovering at home
Lotte describes nights of coughing and sneezing, and says she has taken a painkiller and hopes to feel better tomorrow.

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