Looking to learn Flemish

Awpii

So I'm looking to learn Flemish, and I'd like to know any topics in which I should start (for example, in English you want to focus on the verb "To be").

Any tips are appreciated!

Ornorm

@awpii Hello Awpii, can you please explain a bit more the concept of "To be" in English? (what do you mean by saying the, in English, you want to focus on the verb "To be"?)
Flemish isn't really difficult when you know English because the vocabulary is regularly the same :
house = huis
grass = gras
we were = wij waren
I = ik, you = je/jij, he = hij, we = we/wij, etc.
where = waar, when = wanneer
school = school (but the pronunciation is different)
etc. etc.
Let me know if I can help you further.
Laat me weten of ik je verder kan helpen wink

Awpii

@ornorm The verb "To be" is the root of the english language as it allows you to easily learn the possible conjugations for all the words, I'm basically looking for this same root in the Flemish language, to be able to study it easily

I am aware of the similarity but I'm having trouble conjugating verbs

Ornorm

@awpii I would recommend Duolingo. I used it to learn the basics of Italian. I quite appreciated the gamification layer of it. You can just start by learning only 5 minutes a day.
I don't know if you already know this site but I would warmly recommend it to learn a new tongue (don't know the quality for Flemish/Dutch but, based on what I learned with Italian, it should be ok).
Let me know if this suits you.

Ornorm

@awpii It's true that conjugating in Flemish is more difficult than English but easier than French haha
I am = Ik ben
I was = Ik was
I have been = Ik ben geweest
I will be = Ik zal zijn

Good luck in any case and congrats for wanting to learn a new language! party

Awpii

@ornorm Duolingo doesn't have Flemish

Those are only basic conjugations, I need to learn verb conjugations as well

Ornorm

@awpii Flemish and Dutch are the same languages. Only a very few words could differ : jus d'orange in Dutch (same as French for orange juice) becomes sinaasappelsap for example. The rest is the same.
The Duolingo link in my previous comment is the one for Dutch.

hlehyaric

@Quinca71 Belgium is a bilingual country: North (Antwerp, Bruges, Gent, Ostend) is Dutch speaking, South (Liège, Namur, Mons, Charleroi) is French speaking. There is a small German speaking community near the German border. Brussels, as capital, is supposed to be bilingual.

Ornorm

@Quinca71 I just confirm what @hlehyaric wrote...