Learn Dutch with articles from the web

Parloquo translates articles from the web into Dutch and adapts them to your level (A1–C2), from separable verbs to the passive.

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On a computer as a browser extension. On your phone, you paste the text into the app.

The same paragraph at three levels

Original Alpine glaciers are melting faster than ever, researchers warn. Since 2000 they have lost a third of their ice.

De gletsjers in de Alpen smelten heel snel. Sinds 2000 hebben ze een derde minder ijs. Wetenschappers maken zich zorgen.

De gletsjers in de Alpen smelten sneller dan ooit, waarschuwen onderzoekers. Sinds 2000 zijn ze een derde van hun ijs kwijtgeraakt.

De Alpengletsjers trekken zich in een ongekend tempo terug, waarschuwen onderzoekers: sinds 2000 hebben ze een derde van hun ijsmassa verloren.

Grammar at each level

Up to B1, Parloquo only uses the grammar that syllabi set for each level. Each level adds what is listed here. The terms are in the language you are learning.

A1: presens, gaan + infinitief, scheidbare werkwoorden
voegwoorden: en, maar, want
A2: perfectum, imperfectum van zijn en hebben
bijzinnen met omdat, dat, als
B1: imperfectum, zou + infinitief, passief, relatieve bijzinnen
B2: Normal newspaper style; only very long sentences and rare words adapted
C1: Close to the original; only convoluted sentences split up
C2: The original text; pages in other languages are translated

What Parloquo takes care of in this language

Word card. Parloquo looks up the base form, translation, part of speech and, for verbs, the conjugation with an AI dictionary, together with the meaning in the sentence.

How it works

Open an article

Open an article in your browser, in any language. On your phone, copy the text and paste it into the Parloquo app.

Click the Parloquo icon

The Parloquo icon is at the bottom right of the page. Click it or press Alt+Shift+S, and Parloquo translates the article paragraph by paragraph and adapts it to your level, headings included. Ads, navigation and comments are left out. A second click shows the original again.

Look up words

Click a paragraph, then a word. The word card shows the base form, translation, tense, person, the conjugation table and the meaning in this sentence.

Guide Installation, word card, exercises, vocabulary deck and the phone app, explained step by step. Read the guide →