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Hoi! (Benny's speak in a week challenge in Dutch)
Goedendag. Aangenaam kennis met u te maken. (this is quite formal, was that your intention?) Ik heet Maxine en ik kom uit Engeland.
Ik werk op de universiteit. Ik studeer dansen met hoogbejaarden.
(I'm doing a PhD in dancing with older people - more useful translations gratefully received) *
Ik leer Nederlands omdat mijn dochter's schoolproject gaat over aan Nederlands en (/studeren aan) de universiteit goedkoop is in België!
Mijn dochter wil (leren?) zingen.
* Actually, the English construction is often used in Dutch:
Ik doe een PhD in dansen met hoogbejaarden.
The 'real' Dutch contruction is (in my experience) much less commonly used, at least in colloquial speech:
Ik ben aan het promoveren op dansen met hoogbejaarden.
Interesting subject by the way, is your research about the effect of dancing on older people?
Good effort! I didn't understand everything you were trying to say but since this is your first time using the language (which I guess it is because your entry is part of the speak in a week challenge) that's perfectly understandable. You might want to add an English version though, because I could have corrected some sentences in such a way that they're now grammatically correct but mean something different.
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