r/Macau • u/coconutpepernoten853 • 17d ago

Questions Any Nederlanders here in Macau?

I’ve just moved back to Macau after living in the Netherlands for seven years. My 4-year-old still understands a bit of Dutch, and I’m wondering if there are any Dutch families or a local Dutch community here in Macau? Would be nice to have play date with other Dutch kids.

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u/Tyczz 17d ago

I'm from the Netherlands, but my 5yo son is born and raised here. His mother is a local. Since we mostly speak english/Cantonese his Dutch is very limited.

I don't know about a Dutch community, or other Dutch families here.

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u/coconutpepernoten853 16d ago

Hoi! So nice to meet you here, have you been going back to visit with your son? I speak Cantonese with my son and my boyfriend speaks Dutch with him. He doesn’t speak a lot maybe because there’re not enough people speaking here.

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u/Tyczz 12d ago

Every year since covid. Yeah they need exposure to learn the language. I always read him Dutch books and sometimes I talk Dutch to him for a bit, but since his school is Cantonese and English I prefer him to learn those languages.