How To Start Learning Dutch From a Nursery Rhyme

Dutch is an easy language. Similar to English. Similar to German. A half way house.

I found this in Wikipedia when reseraching ten green bottles.

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Dit is het eerste couplet.
Van een potje met vet.
Ik heb een potje met vet,
Al op de tafel gezet.
Ik heb een potje potje potje potje ve-e-et,
Al op de tafel gezet.

Dit is het tweede couplet... etc.

Translation into English:

This is the first verse.
Of a little jar of fat.
I've got a little jar of fat (grease),
I've got a little, little, little jar of fa-a-at
and put it on the table.

This is the second verse.

You can go into translate google and add the words second, third, fourth and so on.

English - Dutch

a/an - een 

couplet/verse - couplet

fat/grease - vet

have - heb

I - Ik

jar/pot - potje

of - van

of/with - met

on - op

is - is

first - eerste

second - tweede

table - tafel

this - dit

Dutch _ English

couplet - couplet/verse

dit - this

een - an/a

eerste - first

heb - have

ik - I

is - is

met - with/of

op - on

potje/pot or jar

Tafel - table

tweede - second

van - of

vet - fat/grease

useful websites

Useful websites For Song Titles

https://spinditty.com/playlists/Songs-About-the-Sun-and-Sunshine

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

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Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

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For language lovers:Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
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https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
translate.google.com
duolingo.com

Travelling with the family? Stock up with educational family videos. Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Nursery Rhyme | Children Songs with Lyrics

Videos nowadays are so clever. I love watching them. This one encourages the watcher to march along or turn head and nod. So jolly.

My other favourite is the five monkeys jumping on the bed. Instead of the three wise monkeys we have the three unwise monkeys. It is full of repetition yet every time you enjoy the surprise of the doctor's arrival and what he said.

I prefer videos which teach you something. For learning numbers, the songs in English are Ten Green Bottles and Five Little Monkeys.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0NHrFNZWh0

Teaching resources are on tes.com (It might help you to remember the letters if you know this was originally Times Education Supplement's website.) An alternative or supplementary source of material for parents on holiday and teachers, especially when taking up teaching posts abroad and looking for materials is:
teachingresources.com

If you are moving overseas, or returning home, and want to set up a teaching resources business, you can also sell through these websites. Like other big sales websites such as Amazon, and Apple, their commission reduces as your sales increase.

Angela Lansbury, author.