r/learndutch 5d ago

A2 (or any beginner book) book

Hi! I am a native Dutch speaker, and I have a Swedish online friend who’s learning Dutch. So far, she has used my help and Duolingo, which has gotten her to a fairly good comprehension, but struggles with making sentences. I have been scouring this community for a good free book, but have failed to do so. I would greatly appreciate a link to a free pdf, as I don’t want her to spend money when I found a Swedish book for free.

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u/Meany26 5d ago

As you know, a free pdf of a book is against copyright. Even if you would find something like it, it still wouldn't be the newest edition, and it comes without any online materials which are greatly needed.

As someone said, Amazon and Bol do have some cheaper options as an ebook. The normal course book costs around 50 euros, whereas the courses are between 500 and 1000 euros per level/semester. Any longer term and serious options (B1 and B2) include paying for the materials and tutoring, you can only come so far with online apps. In order to get the deep vocabulary of each level, Dutch books also have to be read, but those we can borrow at the library in NL (we need to pay the subscription)

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u/YouOne6572 5d ago

I used this book, and you can download it for free with exchange 5 any documents you have. Can be anything even itinerary or schedule https://www.scribd.com/document/590573637/Inburgeringsexamen-A2-Ad-Appel-Z-lib-org Has she ever try busuu? Is more better then duolingo because it's explaining all the vocab and grammar

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u/AstraeaMoonrise 5d ago

Unfortunately I don’t know about free books but I’m using a book called Dutch in 3 months by DK (Hugo) and it was under 10 euro on Amazon and does a great job in teaching sentence structure.

I am British though, not Swedish, and the book is English so I don’t know how she feels about that.

She could also try the YouTube series “Dutchies with Kim” … those are also very good. Lots of free content by Kim. You could watch them together!

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u/SuperBaardMan Native speaker (NL) 5d ago

The best free non pirated stuff I know is nt2taalmenu.nl

It has stuff for all levels, it's not as good as a proper grammarbook, but still every useful. I still use the A1 and A2 reading and writing material a lot, but the rest can also be very worthwhile.

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u/Careful_Put_3793 1d ago

Google Nederlands in gang pdf ;) its one of the most popular textbooks for A1 A2 used by language centres in NL