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I took a short course - just a couple of months - in Middel-Nederlandse Po"esie once, which I loved, but I've never learnt modern Dutch. I find that I can read, say, a Dutch newspaper quite confidently for a few paragraphs, and then suddenly I might as well be reading Guarani or Sanskrit! Interesting, but frustrating too. And speaking Dutch or even understanding spoken Dutch is beyond me. I do sympathise with your immigrants.