InhoudIntroduction – what is this book? 9Prologue – welcome to a new world 11User guide 15Deel 1 171. Reza en de serveerster 182. Ben moet Nederlands leren 203. Reza helpt Ben 224. Natuurlijk Nederlands 245. Het advies van Ben 266. Een Nederlands afspraakje 287. Ben gaat naar zijn schoonouders 318. Ben viert Sinterklaas 349. Reza moet naar de huisarts 3710. Belangrijk nieuws 40Deel 2 431. De verjaardag van Yolanda 442. De brandende katten 473. De ster van het voetbalteam 504. Vergelijken is slecht 535. Ben helpt iedereen 566. Drama in een klein huis 597. Iedereen heeft een verhaal 628. Bijna alles goed en wel 65Deel 3 691. Ouders leren veel van hun kinderen 702. De ruil 733. Casper en Lisa in de kleuterklas 764. De katten zijn terug 795. De kinderen pesten Lisa 826. Drama in groep 6 857. Het perfecte duo van groep 7 878. Lisa wordt vrienden met de pesters 909. De musical van groep 8 94Epiloog – Wat nu? 96Dankwoord 98References 100Learn Dutch by reading and listening to an engaging story: learn Dutch words in a cultural context with this novel for beginners.Learn Dutch without studying? Use this proven method! Learn 1500+ essential words by reading a novel. The novel starts easy and gradually becomes more challenging, so your Dutch improves. Full audio included. A unique book in The Netherlands! Reza is an architect from Iran. He falls in love with Yolanda, a waitress from Rotterdam. But how should he approach a woman in a new culture? His English friend Ben is a doctor who needs to learn Dutch. Can they help each other?Max Koedood is a Dutch teacher, philosopher, language coach and author. He introduces the internationally renowned natural method to expats in Holland. He also teaches English and speaks Spanish, German, French and Persian on different levels. He learned these languages using books like this novel. Then he decided to write the first one in Dutch, for beginners like you.Are you up for it?Also includes:1) An English introduction and user guide2) 1 separate word list for each chapter Dutch - English3) 45 beautiful images to help you understand the story4) 41 useful dialogues in real-life context5) An audio book on Spotify6) Online bonus materialwww.learningdutchnow.comStruggle with learning Dutch? I get it! Boring and artificial material is hard to get through…This novel will finally get you going with ease, since you’ll want to know what happens next. It’s not about Peter doing groceries in the Albert Heijn. It’s an actual novel about something real. About expats like you, living in Rotterdam.It’s the first ever Dutch novel for beginners. The images, dialogues and easy language will make you smile: finally you’ll understand something enjoyable in Dutch.Step by step the book builds up in lexical and grammatical complexity, but you won’t even notice. You just read the book and listen to the free audio. One page a day, please. When you finish it, you are no longer a beginner.