Would Dutch be easy to learn for a native English speaking person? Is it true that Dutch is a lot similar?

Answer 1

Yes, I would agree with you. Dutch would be an easier spoken language to learn for an English native. When I was in Holland for a month during one summer, I was amazed at how quickly I began to understand WRITTEN Dutch. Speaking it was another story, however, but reading Dutch turned out to sound very similar to English when read aloud.