Can I Speak Dutch? (Dutch vs. Afrikaans)

*FAST FORWARD TO 2:42 FOR THE ACTUAL EXPERIMENT!!* Interested in learning Afrikaans? Check out the 21 best tools and resources for learning Afrikaans here: https://wp.me/p8Blud-1n Support The Polyglot Files on Patreon:   / thepolyglotfiles   Aside from my millisecond of studying Dutch about seven years ago, I have been studying Afrikaans intensely for about a year. But that got me wondering: I know Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch, and the two languages are mutually intelligible, but how much Dutch can I understand with my knowledge of Afrikaans? EXPERIMENT TIME! In this video, I read a Dutch text and listen to a Dutch audio clip to see if learning Afrikaans actually lets me understand Dutch. Check out the results! Written Dutch article by http://nt2taalmenu.nl. Audio clip by DutchPod101.com. Music provided by Ian Martyn (http://ianmartyn.com). *FIND THE POLYGLOT FILES ONLINE!!* Website: www.thepolyglotfiles.com Facebook:   / thepolyglotfiles   Twitter:   / polyglotfiles   Instagram:   / thepolyglotfiles