Dutch is often described as sitting somewhere between German and English — and that's a fair characterisation of its pronunciation too. English speakers will find many Dutch sounds familiar, but there are key differences: the guttural G, the long and short vowel system, the diphthongs, and the…
Dutch word order has a reputation for being complicated, and there's some truth to that reputation. Unlike English, which has a very fixed SVO (Subject–Verb–Object) structure, Dutch employs a system where the main verb splits from its auxiliaries and infinitives, where subordinate clauses send all…