Dutch For Dummies

Margreet Kwakernaak has taught Dutch to foreign students for over ten years. She is the founder and director of Suitcase Talen, a language school in Almere, the Netherlands.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started 7Chapter 1: You Already Know Some Dutch 9Chapter 2: Low-cal Grammar: Just the Basics 27Chapter 3: Number Magic: All Kinds of Counting 49Part II: Dutch in Action 65Chapter 4: Greetings and Introductions 67Chapter 5: Getting to Know Each Other Better 85Chapter 6: Enjoying a Meal and Eating Out 99Chapter 7: Shopping ’til You Drop 131Chapter 8: Making Leisure a Top Priority 149Chapter 9: When You Have to Work 177Part III: Dutch on the Go 199Chapter 10: Money, Banks, and Post Offices 201Chapter 11: Asking for Directions 215Chapter 12: Staying in a Hotel 231Chapter 13: Using Transport 249Chapter 14: Coping with Emergencies 283Part IV: The Part of Tens 303Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Pick Up Dutch Quickly 305Chapter 16: Five Things You Should Never Say 309Chapter 17: Ten Favourite Dutch Expressions 311Chapter 18: Ten Public Holidays to Remember 315Chapter 19: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Professional 321Part V: Appendixes 325Appendix A: Dutch Verbs 327Appendix B: Minidictionary 341Appendix C: About the Downloadable Content 355Index 357