Elke dag iets nieuws | A1 Dutch Stories + Grammar

Start reading real Dutch, one everyday story at a time.

Meet neighbours, follow everyday conversations and discover the small surprises in an ordinary neighbourhood. These twelve original stories are written for adult learners reading at around A1 level.

Read it. Understand it. Practise it.

After each story, Taal in het verhaal highlights useful language from the text. Read the short explanation, compare natural examples, try three exercises and check your answers. The focus is on the tricky parts of Dutch at your level.

Inside this ebook

- 12 complete stories in natural Dutch.

- 12 focused grammar lessons linked directly to the stories.

- 36 highlighted examples and 36 grammar exercises.

- 24 reading questions and answers to all reading and grammar exercises.

- 60 contextual Dutch-English vocabulary notes.

- One 38-page downloadable PDF with clickable contents.

Dutch you will explore

- Word order: where the verb belongs, including sentences that start with a time or place.

- Common mix-ups: niet or geen, deze/die or dit/dat, and hij or hem.

- Questions, adjective endings, er, and useful verbs such as willen, mogen and moeten.

What you will practise

Practise following short Dutch stories, learning words in context and building simple sentences with clearer word order.

Read at your own pace. Stories, examples and exercises are in Dutch; grammar explanations and vocabulary support are in English. This is a digital PDF ebook.