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Old Nov 4, 2005 | 1:09 am
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Originally Posted by venice4504
Dutch isn't. Trust me, after growing up next door to Dutch speakers, learning almost any other language is easier. Dutch is sort of fun though. You usually can learn some key words so you can mutter under your breath at people without them knowing it.
Dutch is a Germanic language. As is English - at least structurally.(It has a lot of vocabulary that isn't). In theory Dutch should be easy to learn if your first language is English. I know quite a few English speakers who learnt Dutch by just picking it up as they went along. It is certainly VERY easy to learn if you know German.
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