Using AI to practice Dutch for the inburgering exam

The short answer

An AI chat assistant can be a patient practice partner. It is available at any time, and it never gets tired of the same question. But it is not DUO, and it is not the exam.

This guide is general advice about practicing, written on 14 November 2026. Exam facts come from inburgeren.nl, DUO and our own checked guides. Your letters from DUO and your municipality decide what applies to you.

• Good for: explanations in your own language, speaking practice, feedback on your writing, and role-play.
• Not good for: rules, dates, deadlines and fees. AI can be wrong, and still sound sure.
• Not the real exam: practice in the exam format too, with DUO's free practice exams.
• Keep your data safe: never share your BSN, DigiD login or passport details.

What AI is good for

Used well, an AI assistant helps with the parts of learning where you need many tries and quick answers.

• Explanations in your own language. Ask why a Dutch sentence is built the way it is, and ask for the answer in your language.
• Speaking practice. If your assistant has a voice mode, you can answer questions out loud and hear Dutch back.
• Feedback on writing. Write a short message in Dutch and ask what is wrong, and why.
• Role-play. Ask the assistant to be a doctor's assistant, a neighbour or a shop worker, and answer in Dutch.
• Easier texts. Ask for a short text at A2 level about a daily topic, then questions about it.
• Word lists. Ask for words you need for a topic, like work, health or housing.

Where AI goes wrong

AI assistants write fluent text. That does not mean it is correct. Be careful with these:

• Rules, dates and fees. These change. The IND, for example, changes its fees every year on 1 January. AI may give old or invented information. Always check inburgeren.nl, duo.nl or ind.nl.
• Your own situation. Which exams you take and your deadline are in your letters and in Mijn Inburgering. An AI cannot see them, and it should not guess.
• Real exam questions. The exam is secret. Anyone, or any tool, that offers you real exam questions is offering fraud. Use practice questions written for practice.
• Marking. An AI cannot tell you what DUO or the Staatsexamen would give you, or whether you will pass.
• Dutch mistakes. AI usually writes good Dutch, but it can still make mistakes, for example with de or het. If something looks strange, check it in a dictionary or ask your teacher.

• De or het? How to choose →

Practice in the exam format too

Chatting with an AI is not the same as the exam. The exam has a fixed format, and it helps to know it well. Some facts about the A2 exams, from DUO and our checked guides:

• Spreken A2: on a computer, with headphones. You watch short videos or look at pictures, hear a question, and answer out loud into a microphone. At most 35 minutes. Since 1 March 2025 it is spoken answers only.
• Schrijven A2: on paper, in a booklet, with 4 writing tasks, for at most 40 minutes.
• Lezen A2: on the computer, with multiple-choice questions. Luisteren A2: on the computer, with headphones, audio and video.
• KNM: on the computer, with short video clips and multiple-choice questions.
• DUO has free practice exams for all A2 parts and KNM on inburgeren.nl. They work best on a desktop computer. The Spreken practice exam does not work in Safari.
• For the Staatsexamen NT2 (B1 and B2), there are official practice exams too.

• inburgeren.nl: official practice exams ↗
• The A2 speaking exam, explained →
• Practicing the A2 speaking exam out loud at home →

Prompts you can copy

Copy one of these into your AI assistant. Change the words in brackets. Ask for explanations in your own language, and ask the assistant to keep the Dutch at A2 (or B1) level.

• "Explain in [your language] why the verb goes to the end in this Dutch sentence: [sentence]. Keep it short and simple."
• "Ask me 5 short questions in Dutch at A2 level about my daily life. Wait for my answer each time. Then tell me in [your language] what I can say better."
• "You are a doctor's assistant on the phone. I want to make an appointment. Speak simple Dutch at A2 level. Correct me after each answer."
• "Here is a short message I wrote in Dutch to my neighbour: [your text]. List my mistakes, explain each one in [your language], and give a corrected version."
• "Write a short Dutch text at A2 level about [topic], then 4 questions about it. Do not give the answers until I have tried."
• "Give me 15 Dutch words for [topic] with de or het, and an example sentence for each."
• "Do not tell me rules, dates or fees for the inburgering exam. If I ask, tell me to check inburgeren.nl."

Keep your personal data safe

What you type into an AI assistant may be stored. Treat it like a message to a stranger.

• Never share your BSN, V-number, DigiD username or password, or passport details.
• Do not upload photos of your letters, residence permit or passport. If you want help with a letter, type only the sentence you do not understand, without your name, address or numbers.
• Use made-up names and places in role-play and writing practice.
• Check the privacy settings of the assistant you use.

On exam day: no AI, no phone

AI is for practice at home. On exam day your phone and watch go into a locker before you enter the exam room. You may not take photos of the exam, or share its content afterwards.

• What happens on your exam day →
• What the inburgering exam looks like on the computer →

Kora as one option

If you use Claude, you can add Kora as a free connector. Then Claude can answer questions about the inburgering exams with Kora's checked guides, and give you KNM practice questions.

The Kora app lets you practice every exam part in the exam format, with explanations in 12 languages. It shows what you practiced and what you got right. It cannot tell you if you will pass. Kora is independent and not part of DUO.

• Use Kora in your AI assistant →
• How Kora uses AI →