Original stories · Dutch
Everyday Talk
Everyday life in everyday Dutch, told through conversation. Free to read in the browser, each with a translation beside every paragraph.
About the series
Short Dutch stories written for this library, told almost entirely in dialogue, with a translation beside every line. The same group of flatmates, neighbours and friends deal with ordinary days: a parcel that went missing, a noisy neighbour, a visit to the doctor, plans that fall apart.
The characters talk the way people really talk: short answers, questions, everyday phrases, small words that carry a lot of meaning. Each edition uses the natural spoken phrases of its own language, not a word-for-word copy of another, so reading two editions side by side shows how each language says the same everyday thing.
The series is graded: the A2 stories keep to common words and short exchanges, the B1 stories are longer, with livelier conversations and a wider vocabulary.
Stories
Dutch with German · 5 storiesDutch with German · 5 storiesDutch with German · 0 storiesDutch with German · 0 storiesDutch with Greek · 5 storiesDutch with Greek · 5 storiesDutch with Greek · 0 storiesDutch with Greek · 0 storiesDutch with English · 5 storiesDutch with English · 5 storiesDutch with English · 0 storiesDutch with English · 0 storiesDutch with Spanish · 5 storiesDutch with Spanish · 5 storiesDutch with Spanish · 0 storiesDutch with Spanish · 0 storiesDutch with French · 5 storiesDutch with French · 5 storiesDutch with French · 0 storiesDutch with French · 0 storiesDutch with Hindi · 5 storiesDutch with Hindi · 5 storiesDutch with Hindi · 0 storiesDutch with Hindi · 0 storiesDutch with Indonesian · 5 storiesDutch with Indonesian · 5 storiesDutch with Indonesian · 0 storiesDutch with Indonesian · 0 storiesDutch with Italian · 5 storiesDutch with Italian · 5 storiesDutch with Italian · 0 storiesDutch with Italian · 0 storiesDutch with Japanese · 5 storiesDutch with Japanese · 5 storiesDutch with Japanese · 0 storiesDutch with Japanese · 0 storiesDutch with Korean · 5 storiesDutch with Korean · 5 storiesDutch with Korean · 0 storiesDutch with Korean · 0 storiesDutch with Polish · 5 storiesDutch with Polish · 5 storiesDutch with Polish · 0 storiesDutch with Polish · 0 storiesDutch with Portuguese · 5 storiesDutch with Portuguese · 5 storiesDutch with Portuguese · 0 storiesDutch with Portuguese · 0 storiesDutch with Romanian · 5 storiesDutch with Romanian · 5 storiesDutch with Romanian · 0 storiesDutch with Romanian · 0 storiesDutch with Turkish · 5 storiesDutch with Turkish · 5 storiesDutch with Turkish · 0 storiesDutch with Turkish · 0 storiesDutch with Chinese · 5 storiesDutch with Chinese · 5 storiesDutch with Chinese · 0 storiesDutch with Chinese · 0 stories
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with English.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Spanish.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with French.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Italian.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Greek.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Hindi.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Indonesian.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Japanese.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Korean.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with German.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Polish.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Portuguese.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Romanian.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Turkish.
These are the Dutch stories of Everyday Talk, shown here in Dutch with Chinese.
Episodes in order
- A2#1
Het verkeerde pakket
The Wrong Parcel
Everyday Talk · Episode 1 · Dutch · 10 min
DuoText original - A2#2
Het geluid in de nacht
The Noise at Night
Everyday Talk · Episode 2 · Dutch · 15 min
DuoText original - A2#3
Bij de dokter
At the Doctor’s
Everyday Talk · Episode 3 · Dutch · 10 min
DuoText original - A2#4
Het verrassingsfeest
The Surprise Party
Everyday Talk · Episode 4 · Dutch · 10 min
DuoText original - A2#5
De sleutel
The Key
Everyday Talk · Episode 5 · Dutch · 15 min
DuoText original
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