If Dutch is new to you, we will be doing a lot of grammar. Intermediate and Advanced Students sometimes prefer to do more conversational grammar. In that case, we only do grammar in case of frequent mistakes made by the individual student.
It is important to me that you as a student know that I have more than enough grammar topics at my disposal. Here is a list of some of the grammar topics that I teach. Some are based on the normal grammar taught to new Dutch learners, many other topics are inspired by frequent questions by my students.
1. Adjectives: with or without -e?
2. Conjugation of zijn, hebben, and other regular verbs in the present
3. Long and Short Vowels
4. How to Form Questions & Question Words
5. Comparatives and Superlatives
6. Veel & Heel
7. Pronunciation: Common Mistakes & Tongue Twisters for Foreigners
8. Er is & Er zijn
9. Three other types of “Er”
10. Present Perfect (Theory)
11. Most Common Participles (4 classes)
12. Inversion (Adverbs and Objects)
13. Modal Verbs (Present & Simple Past)
14. Niet & Geen; Niet & Word Order
15. Personal Pronouns & Emphasis
16. Reflexive Verbs
17. Three Types of Future
18. Om Te
19. Verbs with Te
20. Toen, Wanneer/Als: How to say “When/If” in Dutch
21. Alleen/Maar/Pas
22. Aan Het: Basic Present Continuous
23. Present Continuous with Positional Verbs
24. Subclauses
25. Conjunctions and Word Order
26. Demonstrative Pronouns and Use in Sentences
27. Emotions: Vocabulary
28. Zou: Flexible Conditional
29. Different Kinds of Imperatives
30. Kennen & Weten
31. Examples of “Nice”: leuk, lekker, mooi, gezellig (Application)
32. Separable Verbs: Theory
33. List of Separable Verbs (Practice; 3 classes)
34. Verbs with Prepositions (4 classes)
35. Indirect Objects and (Non)Specific Direct Objects
36. Before and After
37. Aandoen & Uitdoen
38. Hard & Zacht
39. Abbreviations
40. Action Words & Positions
41. Eindelijk & Uiteindelijk
42. Different Types of Hoeven
43. Passive in all Tenses
44. Liggen & liegen & neerleggen
45. Catch Phrases
46. Zo vs. Dus
47. Different Use of Perfectum and Imperfectum
48. Alleen, Maar, Nog, Steeds, etc.
49. U = 2nd or 3rd Person Singular?
50. How to Describe Amounts of Time
51. Them: Hun, Hen & Ze
52. Order of Adjectives
53. Singular quantities
54. Lijken vs. Blijken
55. Inseparable Verbs with Prefixes
56. Er, Hier, Daar, Waar, Ergens, Nergens, Overal with Prepositions
57. Adverbs of Frecuency (nooit, altijd, soms, etc.)
58. Possessive S
59. Order of Adjectives
60. Different Words for “to Meet”
And more!