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Originally Posted by phoenix
yeh exactly. If you have the opportunity to use your language/improve it, learning is so much easier. A positive of living in Europe, I think. A negative of living on an isolated island 
Is flemish an area-diaelct of dutch? The dutchies were the second biggest alt to english language at the placebo/slash/teenglamgoth forums I used to frequent. The threads were always EPIC.(and mostly about black nail varnish and homoerotic picture posts) |
flemish is officially the same as dutch, the grammar is exactly the same, but the pronunciation is very different, as is some of the vocabulary.
there are many different dialects in flanders too, and they all sound quite different. in fact, if i go to the sea (about an hour and a half away by train) i find it hard to understand the people living there. all dialects have their own specific pronunciation and vocabulary (for an example, there are about 200 or more dialect wors for 'butterfly' in flanders)
the main difference between dutch and flemish is that dutch sounds a lot louder and harder. flemish has a lot more foreign sounds in it, which makes it easier for us to pronounce other languages without an accent that is too obvious. most flemish people can pronounce both english and french without too many problems.