Learn on Yoors
Lately I notice that I'm learning more and more, here at Yoors.
Many people and nationalities have been added and English seems to be becoming more and more the standard. Whether I'm happy about this, I don't really know.. At first I often think: “We live in the Netherlands, right? !” And, of course, that is. On the one hand a tiny country with its own language, on the other hand also something to be proud of!
Yet I also catch myself more and more on the use of English texts. To be able to communicate more easily with a fairly universal language and sometimes because it just sounds nicer or looks nicer. Examples include. “Be my guest” or “I rest my case”. These are not so easy to translate in Dutch or it does not give the desired load, impression or impact. By the way, the latter is also an English word of course...
In a way I am lucky because with being Portuguese I can understand some Spanish, with being able to speak Afrikaans I can can understand some Dutch. And then English, I did my schooling in it and we are an English speaking household.
But let me tell you, I still make mistakes. There are days I can only think in another language, there are days I mix two of the languages and others I mix all 3.
The important thing is to keep trying.
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Jan Smit and Koeman took expensive private lessons, they were also a lot younger. Koeman used to play in Spain so he already knew that language.
Go on in your own way and then you will automatically learn.
About the beginning of your post: “We are here in NL”. Don't forget that Belgians have been members for quite some time:) I love how the (most) members who have signed up from abroad integrate here. Being super 'established', already in a relatively short time.