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Dutch A1 (beginner)

Dutch a1 syllabus with exercises, PDF handouts, and immersive listening and reading materials.

Learning module 1: Jezelf voorstellen

A1:1 Groeten en afscheid nemen (Greetings and Farewells)

A1.1: Greetings and Farewells

Learning goals

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).
  • Personal pronouns (ik, jij, hij,...)

A1:2 Je naam vertellen (Telling your name)

A1.2: Telling your name

Learning goals

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself
  • The alphabet and pronunciation

A1:3 Waar kom je vandaan? (Where are you from?)

A1.3: Where are you from?

Learning goals

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality
  • Definite and indefinite articles (de, het, een)
  • The noun (singular & plural)

A1:4 Getallen en tellen (Numbers and counting)

A1.4: Numbers and counting

Learning goals

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100
  • Cardinal numbers

A1:5 Familie (Family)

A1.5: Family

Learning goals

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)
  • The possessive pronouns (mijn, jouw, zijn,...)

A1:6 Je leeftijd zeggen (Saying your age)

A1.6: Saying your age

Learning goals

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is
  • Question words (hoe, hoeveel, waar, wanneer)

A1:7 Beroepen en studies (Professions and studies)

A1.7: Professions and studies

Learning goals

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies
  • Question words (wie, wat, welk(e))

A1:8 Adres en contactgegevens (Address and contact details)

A1.8: Address and contact details

Learning goals

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.
  • Present simple tense: regular verbs
  • Main clauses and yes/no questions
Learning module 2: Van uren tot seizoenen

A1:9 Dagen van de week en delen van de dag (Days of the week and parts of the day)

A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Learning goals

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.
  • Prepositions of time (in, om, op, voor,...)

A1:10 Het weer (The weather)

A1.10: The weather

Learning goals

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary
  • Impersonal verbs

A1:11 Rangtelwoorden (Ordinal numbers)

A1.11: Ordinal numbers

Learning goals

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.
  • Ordinal numbers

A1:12 Seizoenen, maanden en delen van het jaar (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

A1.12: Seasons, months and parts of the year

Learning goals

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Advanced: tell what you do in what month of the year.
  • Future tense with 'gaan'

A1:13 De tijd vertellen en de klok lezen (Telling the time and reading the clock)

A1.13: Telling the time and reading the clock

Learning goals

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock
  • How do you tell the time?

A1:14 Kalenderdatums en feestdagen (Calendar dates and holidays)

A1.14: Calendar dates and holidays

Learning goals

  • The basic dates and holidays
  • How do you formulate the date?
Learning module 3: Dag tot dag

A1:15 Dagelijks eten (Daily food)

A1.15: Daily food

Learning goals

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.
  • Coordinating conjunctions (en, maar, of, want)

A1:16 Dagelijkse routines (Daily routines)

A1.16: Daily routines

Learning goals

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Reflexive verbs (zich wassen, zich scheren)

A1:17 Koken en bakken (Cooking and baking)

A1.17: Cooking and baking

Learning goals

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations
  • Modal verbs (moeten, kunnen, mogen)

A1:18 Dingen vragen (Asking things)

A1.18: Asking things

Learning goals

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.
  • The pronunciation of ui, ou, eu, oe

A1:19 Prijzen en geld (Prices and money)

A1.19: Prices and money

Learning goals

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.
  • Adverbs of quantity (veel, weinig, genoeg, ...)

A1:20 Boodschappen doen (Grocery shopping)

A1.20: Grocery shopping

Learning goals

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.
  • Pronunciation of 'e', 'ee' and 'e'

A1:21 In de kledingwinkel (At the clothing shop)

A1.21: At the clothing shop

Learning goals

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.
  • Personal pronouns: object (mij, jou, hem,...)

A1:22 Lichaamsdelen (Body parts)

A1.22: Body parts

Learning goals

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.
  • Frequently used irregular verbs
Learning module 4: Objecten en mensen beschrijven

A1:23 Het uiterlijk (Physical appearance)

A1.23: Physical appearance

Learning goals

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.
  • Adjectives

A1:24 Kleuren (Colours)

A1.24: Colours

Learning goals

  • Describe the colours of common objects.
  • Expressing preferences and dislikes

A1:25 Emoties en gevoelens (Emotions and feelings)

A1.25: Emotions and feelings

Learning goals

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.
  • Prepositions Om, door, aan, naar, met,...

A1:26 Zintuigen en waarnemen (Senses and perceiving)

A1.26: Senses and perceiving

Learning goals

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things
  • Degrees of comparison

A1:27 Vormen en figuren (Shapes and forms)

A1.27: Shapes and forms

Learning goals

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.
  • Demonstrative pronouns (deze, die, dit, dat)

A1:28 Karakter en persoonlijkheid (Character and personality)

A1.28: Character and personality

Learning goals

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.
  • Negation

A1:29 Fysieke toestanden en sensaties (Physical states and sensations)

A1.29: Physical states and sensations

Learning goals

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.
  • Diminutives

A1:30 Ziekte en pijn (Sickness and pain)

A1.30: Sickness and pain

Learning goals

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.
  • Adverbs Anders, graag, zo, heel,...
Learning module 5: Thuis

A1:31 Ons huis (Our house)

A1.31: Our house

Learning goals

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.
  • Use of 'er' and 'daar'

A1:32 Meubilair (Furniture)

A1.32: Furniture

Learning goals

  • Describe the furniture in your house.
  • Pronunciation of "sch", "ch", "g"

A1:33 Serviesgoed (Tableware)

A1.33: Tableware

Learning goals

  • Describe what tableware you need.
  • Setting up the table to receive guests.
  • Prepositions of place (aan, in, onder,...)

A1:34 Huishoudelijke apparaten (Household appliances)

A1.34: Household appliances

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.
  • Indefinite pronouns (ieder, elk, alles, wat, wie, allemaal)

A1:35 Huisvesting en accommodaties (Housing and accommodation)

A1.35: Housing and accommodation

Learning goals

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.
  • Connecting sentences with dus, omdat, want, ook

A1:36 Kamerplanten en tuinplanten (Houseplants and garden plants)

A1.36: Houseplants and garden plants

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Daily plant care routine and gardening.
  • To be doing + infinitive

A1:37 Jullie huisdieren (Your pets)

A1.37: Your pets

Learning goals

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
  • Pronunciation of 'ij' and 'ei'
Learning module 6: De stad en het dorp

A1:38 Dagelijkse diensten (Everyday services)

A1.38: Everyday services

Learning goals

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.
  • The past participle with hebben/zijn

A1:39 Eten bestellen en uit eten gaan (Ordering food and dining out)

A1.39: Ordering food and dining out

Learning goals

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.
  • Past participles as adjectives

A1:40 Sport en beweging (Sports and exercise)

A1.40: Sports and exercise

Learning goals

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice
  • Adverbs of frequency (soms, vaak, nooit, ...)

A1:41 Hobby's beschrijven (Describing hobbies)

A1.41: Describing hobbies

Learning goals

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy
  • Adverbs of time (nu, dan, morgen...)

A1:42 Vervoer (Transportation)

A1.42: Transportation

Learning goals

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.
  • Prepositions of direction (door, langs, naar, ...)

A1:43 Vragen naar en geven van de weg (Asking for and giving directions)

A1.43: Asking for and giving directions

Learning goals

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.
  • Imperative mood

A1:44 Vrijdagavond uit (Friday night out)

A1.44: Friday night out

Learning goals

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.
  • Use of zullen (suggestion, promise, probability)

A1:45 Muziek en kunst (Music and art)

A1.45: Music and art

Learning goals

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...
  • Words with a diaeresis