Can't Dutch This is an initiative run by students in Amsterdam. The main focus of our courses is speaking the language!
Our goal is to provide low priced, high-quality and fun Dutch courses to all internationals living in The Netherlands. We started this initiative in order to provide cheap language courses to students, expats and other internationals living in the Netherlands. With this we hope to provide a fun and dynamic course :)
As we are students that have been abroad ourselves, we know the fun and importan
It’s not you, it’s just that some words have multiple meanings in Dutch as well.
Know some more examples or need help? Tell in the comments!
Did you know there are THREE DIFFERENT ways to say ONLY in Dutch?
✔️Alleen
✔️Maar
✔️Pas
They’re not interchangeable though; so here’s how you use them.
MAKING PLURALS IN DUTCH SIMPLIFIED 👇
If you ever struggle with how to make words plural in Dutch, you’ll want to save this for later.
✨ 1. The default rule
➡️ Add -en
📌 boek → boeken
📌 schoen → schoenen
✨ 2. Add -s
➡️ If the word ends in -e + consonant (like -er, -el, -em)
📌 kamer → kamers
📌 jongen → jongens
➡️ If the word ends in -e with a short sound
📌 meisje → meisjes
✨ 3. Add -‘s
➡️ If the word ends in a long vowel
📌 auto → auto’s
📌 taxi → taxi’s
Why the apostrophe?
To keep pronunciation clear and avoid confusion
📌 Quick recap:
Most words → -en
Some endings → -s
Long vowels → -‘s
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01/04/2026
And best of all, more sun = more biking 🚲🚲🧡
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25/03/2026
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16/09/2025
Our mext course will start at the end of September! Sign up quickly, you can still join!
07/01/2025
Sign up is already possible, link in the bio!
17/12/2024
To celebrate a great course, we walked the Light Tour together! Especially the Koi Fish artwork was really nice 🐠🐟