Feiten over de Nederlandse taal by Ольга Петренко https://padlet.com/petrenkoolha/b7nphhuxqn39 en-us 2019-07-17 09:25:38 UTC 2022-02-01 10:19:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/petrenkoolha/b7nphhuxqn39/wish/2021414272
  • 16 million inhabitants 
  • Amsterdam is the capital 
  • Dutch is the only official language 
  • Afrikaans has its roots in Dutch 
  • The are 6 million speakers in Flanders 
  • The Netherlands , Suriname and Flanders are the only countries with Dutch native speakers 
  • Canada and Indonesia are countries with elderly Dutch speakers
  • The Netherlands is the biggest exporter of flowers 
  • The Netherlands is the first country that legalized same-sex marriage 
  • The Netherlands is the 6th happiest country 

    • 1. Dutch is guilty of ‘stealing’ words from all over the place, especially from French and Hebrew.
    2. The oldest manuscript written in Dutch is the book on Salic Law from the sixth century.
    3. The longest Dutch word in the dictionary is 35 letters long.
    4. Dutch is a language capable of compounding nouns.
    5. Dutch is a regulated language.
    6. In total Dutch has 23 million mother tongue speakers. 
    7. Dutch belongs to the west Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.
    8. The word ‘Dutch’ comes from the old Germanic word theodisk.
    9. Although there are 80,000 speakers of Dutch (called Vlaams, or Flemish) in the northeast corner of France, it has no official recognition.


    -Dutch is the 56th most commonly spoken native language in the world
    -Dutch is the easiest language for English speakers to learn.


    ]]>     2022-01-31 14:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/petrenkoolha/b7nphhuxqn39/wish/2021414272     https://padlet.com/petrenkoolha/b7nphhuxqn39/wish/2022271466 1. Dutch is a Germanic language, so a lot of words are similar to English
    2. Stress in Dutch words usually falls on the first syllable, but there are some exceptions to this rule.
    3. Dutch has two genders – common and neuter.
    4. There are two simple tenses in Dutch – present and past.
    5. There are three voices: active, middle and passive.]]>     2022-01-31 21:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/petrenkoolha/b7nphhuxqn39/wish/2022271466