Real situations, explained in your language, practised out loud.
Rinava is a language-learning app for people who live in the Netherlands and are learning Dutch. The Dutch you practise stays the same for everyone; the explanations, grammar notes and cultural background are written in Simplified Chinese, English, Ukrainian or Polish, so you never have to learn one new language through another.
Uw tafel staat bij het raam. Welkom!
Your table is by the window. Welcome!
The restaurant you just saw is a theme in the App, with its scenes and the customs a phrasebook leaves out.
70 scenes, with more on the way
Every scene comes with its words, everyday expressions and listen-and-repeat practice, an audio explanation in your language, and a roleplay to act it out; every theme adds tips on local customs and how things are done. The words, expressions and listen-and-repeat practice of all 70 scenes are free, and so are 3 roleplays a week.
- everyday themes
- 15
- practice scenes
- 70
- words
- 600+
- everyday expressions
- 450
Een pakket ophalen
Collecting a parcel
Een uitnodiging afslaan
Declining an invitation
De weg vragen naar de bibliotheek
Asking the way to the library
Een afspraak maken
Making an appointment
Uitslag en vervolg
Result and follow-up
Een pakketje aannemen
Taking in a parcel
De kosten uit de advertentie
The costs in the advertisement
De monteur is er
The fitter is here
Hulp vragen bij het gesprek
Asking for help during the conversation
Een aanwijzing verduidelijken
Clarifying a landmark and a turn
Welke tram, welke kant op?
Which tram, which direction?
Een kort gesprek afsluiten
Ending a short conversation
Een bezichtiging afspreken
Arranging a viewing
Eerst rondkijken, dan hulp vragen
Look around first, then ask for help
De fiets ophalen
Collecting the bike
Afronden: geld terug en de retourbon
Wrapping up: the refund and the return receipt
Een uitnodiging aannemen
Accepting an invitation
Verkeerd gelopen
After a wrong turn
Een allergie bespreken
Discussing an allergy
De kapper bellen
Calling the hairdresser
Prijs en tijd vragen
Asking the price and the time
De fietsenstalling vinden
Finding the bicycle storage
Terugbrengen: de waterkoker doet het niet
Returning: the kettle does not work
Afronden en betalen
Finishing and paying
Nog niet opgelost
Not solved yet
Het pakket is er niet
The parcel is not here
Een afspraak maken
Making an appointment
Vertellen hoe u het wilt
Explaining how you want it
De telefoon opnemen
Answering the phone
Aankomen met een reservering
Arriving with a reservation
Bij de kassa
At the till
Uitverkocht: een alternatief?
Sold out: an alternative?
Feliciteren bij aankomst
Congratulating on arrival
Het consult
The consultation
Afrekenen en betalen
Settling the bill and paying
Storing: de trein rijdt niet
Disruption: the train is not running
Als iets uitverkocht is
When an item is sold out
Je melden bij de kapper
Checking in at the salon
Een fout in de bestelling melden
Reporting a mistake in the order
Vragen om herhaling of langzamer
Asking for a repeat or slower directions
Overstappen op de trein
Changing to the train
In de kledingwinkel
In the clothes shop
Formeel kennismaken
A formal first meeting
Vragen of het zachter kan
Asking for the volume to be turned down
Een tafel reserveren
Reserving a table
Een product vinden
Finding a product
Laten maken of niet?
Have it done or not?
Voor het eerst kennismaken
Meeting for the first time
Vragen over de voorzieningen
Asking about the facilities
Tijdens het knippen verduidelijken
Clarifying during the cut
Jezelf voorstellen aan de buren
Introducing yourself to new neighbours
De details van een uitnodiging vragen
Asking about the details of an invitation
Afgeven en het verzendbewijs
Handing over and the proof of postage
Vragen over inschrijven
Questions about registering
Een bekende tegenkomen
Running into an acquaintance
Is mijn kaartje geldig?
Is my ticket valid?
Een storing melden
Reporting a fault
Triage door de assistente
Triage by the assistant
Een hoeveelheid bestellen
Ordering a quantity
Later komen of eerder weggaan
Arriving late or leaving early
Schoenen passen
Trying on shoes
Het probleem melden
Reporting the problem
Je pakketje ophalen
Collecting your parcel
Bestellen en iets vragen
Ordering and making a request
Beschikbaar vanaf en het vervolg
Available from, and the next step
Een pakket versturen: welke optie?
Sending a parcel: which option?
Passen en een andere maat vragen
Trying on and asking for another size
Prijs controleren en afrekenen
Checking a price and paying
Buiten kantooruren
Outside office hours
Ruilen: de trui is te klein
Exchanging: the sweater is too small
En hoe laat wilt u komen?
And what time would you like to come?
Every scene, explained in your language
Hear how the Dutch works before you say it. Rinava explains each scene’s dialogue in your language, line by line.
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Line by line, in your language
What each line means, which words matter, and the custom behind it.
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Hear it again, slowly
The other person’s lines play once more, at a slower pace.
- 3
Then it’s your turn to say it
Rinava pauses for a few seconds so you can say the line out loud.
Free accounts hear the first scene of each theme in full and samples of the others; members hear all scenes. Listening needs an Apple or Google sign-in.
Roleplay practice
Practise the conversation before you need it for real. Your practice partner stays in the scene and answers as someone in that situation would. Afterwards you see what you said and how to say it better.
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A task for every scene
Each scene opens by telling you what to get done. Stuck? Help turns what you want to say in your own language into Dutch.
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Rinava coaches your sentence
When a sentence can be better, she rewrites it and explains why in your language.
- 3
Say it again slowly
Didn’t catch it? The partner repeats the line more slowly, and phrases for asking again are at hand.
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Debrief and save expressions
At the end you see which goals you met and what help you used, and you save the expressions you want to keep.
What Rinava points out
- Word choice
- Preposition
- Word order
- Verb
- Article
- Spelling
- Politeness
- More natural
Listen firstRecommended
Listen first, then read.
In a roleplay you hear the other person’s Dutch line before you see it. If you can’t catch it, tap Show text. You work out the meaning by ear first, then check it against the text.
Prefer to read along, or need quiet? Switch to Listen and read or Silent at any time.
Have your first Dutch conversation today, free.
Zal ik het langzamer en stap voor stap herhalen?
Shall I repeat it more slowly, step by step?
What you say comes back for review
Expressions you save in a conversation can go into My focus; scene cards, patterns and the words you add to review come back in your daily review. Rinava schedules them with the FSRS memory algorithm, so you practise again just before you would forget.
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Say it in a conversation
Voor drie dagen.
- 2
Rinava coaches
Sinds drie dagen.
- 3
Save expression
Add to my focus
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Review on time
Every review makes the next gap longer
- Quick review
- Practise offline with saved cards
- Read cards aloud automatically
- Learning footprint
Rinava
In the last four weeks you studied at least two days every week. That is a steady rhythm; keep going at your own pace.
Daily discovery · One expression a day
Rinava09:00Oefening baart kunst.
Practice makes perfect.
Daily discovery remindersReminder time 09:00
A new expression every day.
The Today screen: your daily discovery and your current theme.
Wilt u weten hoeveel het kost?
Would you like to know how much it costs?
Rinava membership
Free plan
€0
Free to download, free to start learning
Monthly
€9.99 / month
Yearly
€69.99 / year
about €5.83 / month
Lifetime
€99.99
One payment. No renewals.
Members can start 60 roleplay sessions per UTC calendar month and hear the audio explanations of all scenes. Monthly, yearly and lifetime membership have the same benefits.
Each roleplay session allows up to 60 AI replies, including expression help. Practice packs add 10 roleplay starts, valid for 90 days from purchase. Lifetime does not mean unlimited AI or include all future products or World services.
These are Netherlands reference prices. The localized price in the App Store or Google Play purchase confirmation is the amount payable.
Lifetime is a separate charge and does not automatically cancel or refund an existing subscription. The store where you bought it, Apple or Google Play, decides refund requests. Support
Roleplay, audio explanations and sync need an Apple or Google sign-in.