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I have been learning Chinese since 2012, when I lived in China for a year. I continued my studies when I returned home to the Netherlands, but I've been studying on my own, so I'm not the best at keeping up with it. It's tough being an independent learner. :)
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    今天我做了什么 - what I did today 我想写仲文每天 ,但是我不知道什么写。 你知道什么我写吗? 今天我说话了我的男朋友。他住在荷兰, 但是现在我住在烟台。 我很想他。 我们说话 Skype 上每星期。 今天我也做运动了。我去到健身房三倍每星期。我喜欢做运动。 我也做饭。 我喜欢做饭。 今天我做了米饭和菜。
    July 14, 2012
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    What is "good" music of course depends on what you likeas well, so it's a bit difficult to answer this question... :D However, you can check out the following page on Wikipedia to get some ideas on which artists to look out for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Netherlands#Pop_music_in_Dutch_language.
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    July 4, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hallo. Ik ben Nicolas en ik woont woon in Amerika. Ik houd hou veel echt van talen. Ik kan spreek al in het goed Spaans en het Frans goed spreken, en ik zou meer talen te willen leren. Op Een dag ik wil ik misschien in Nederland wonen want ik heb gehoord dat het een echt mooie heel mooi land is. Ik heb het twee maanden Nederlands voor twee manden geleerd met de methode, "Assimil - Dutch With Ease," en ik wil meer te leren. Dank u wel voor de hulp me helpen.


    Goed gedaan, Nicolas!

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    June 14, 2012
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    今天 - today 今天二零一二年六月七号星期四。今天我不工作。我还不知道什么做。 我不想做运动,因为我昨天做运动了。今天我想放松。或我要看电影。 Today is Thursday, June 7th, 2012. I don't have to work today. I don't know yet what I will do. I don't want to exercise, because I exercised yesterday. Maybe I will watch a movie.
    June 7, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Ik leer Nederlands omdat ik van plan ben om me in te schrijven aan de Universiteit van Gent. Ik wil daar een studie* Rechten volgen. (or: Ik wil daar Rechten studeren)


    * I assume you mean you want to study Law in Gent for a few years, right? In that case it's a "studie". A "cursus" is more like a short course, but generally people go to university for a longer time, not to do short courses, so that's why I think you meant "studie" in this case. But if it's a "cursus", please ignore that correction :D

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    June 6, 2012
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    "Our plan is still up in the air" = onze plannen zijn nog niet zeker (literally: our plans aren't for sure yet)
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    June 6, 2012
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    You can find a lot of information about Dutch cinema, plus many examples of movies, on this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Netherlands. As for tv series, the ultimate Dutch tv series is "Goede tijden, slechte tijden", the longest running soap opera in the Netherlands. It's quite easy to follow, even if you don't understand a lot of Dutch. :D
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    June 4, 2012
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    I would say "What do you do?" is most common. You can ask someone "what is your profession/occupation?", but that is only used in formal situations (for example, the police might ask you :D).
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    May 25, 2012
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    Question about usage of measure words I understand that measure words are used whenever you use a numeral, but I'm a bit confused when it's used in a sentence where it doesn't seem necessary to me (though I'm not Chinese of course, so there might be a logic to it that I am missing completely :D). For example, when I say "I'm a teacher", I've seen it translated as 我是一名老师, instead of just 我是老师. Are the numeral (一) and the measure word (名) absolutely necessary in this case, or is it just a style thing? Does it sound strange if I leave out the numeral & measure word?
    May 22, 2012
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    You will need to install the Dutch keyboard on your computer, and then you will be able to type the accent followed by the letter, which will make the letter appear with the accent. For example, to type "ë", you will first need to type " and then e. To install the Dutch keyboard you will need to go to your Control Panel in Windows and go to "Language", where you will be able to add keyboards for lots of different languages. If you can't figure it out, I would recommend googling for "Dutch keyboard" with the version of Windows you are running and you should be able to find lots of information on how exactly to do it on your version of Windows.
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    May 15, 2012
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