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G, No need to overdo it, the hard G is an above the rivers thing with a hard mouth clearing sound. Below the rivers is more of an H with air blowing out, but with small mouth. | |||
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A specific object. There are multiple cars, but the car I'm talking about is a specific car. The red car, de rode auto | A specific object. There are multiple cars, but the car I'm talking about is a specific car. De is most common, but some words are Het. There are some rules, but mostly it's something you need to know or lookup. Plural is always De and a singlar Diminutive (-je) is always Het | ||
The red car, de rode auto, de rode autos, het rode autootje | |||
The blue house, het blauwe huis, de blauwe huizen, het blauwe huisje | |||
NL: De Het | NL: De Het | ||
EN: The | EN: The | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 16 February 2024
Vowels
Pronunciation of vowels is shifted in dutch. The dutch letter E is pronounced similar to an English A. The dutch letter I is similar to the English E
NL: A E I O U IJ EN: _ A E O I
Long v.s. Short / Lange klanken, korte klanken
AA EE IE OO UU
A vowel followed by one consonant and then a vowel is pronounced long.
Two character vowels
EU, OE, UI AU/OU, IJ/EI
Three character vowels
EEUW, IEUW
Consonants
G, No need to overdo it, the hard G is an above the rivers thing with a hard mouth clearing sound. Below the rivers is more of an H with air blowing out, but with small mouth.
Persons / Persoonsvorm
NL: ik, jij, hij/zij/het, wij, jullie, zij EN: I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they
Verbs / werkwoorden
to be ... zijn: ik ben, jij bent, hij/zij/het is, wij/jullie,zij zijn
zij zegt
Articles / Lidwoorden
A specific object. There are multiple cars, but the car I'm talking about is a specific car. De is most common, but some words are Het. There are some rules, but mostly it's something you need to know or lookup. Plural is always De and a singlar Diminutive (-je) is always Het
The red car, de rode auto, de rode autos, het rode autootje
The blue house, het blauwe huis, de blauwe huizen, het blauwe huisje
NL: De Het EN: The FR: Le La Les DE: Der Die Das Dem
Prefixes / Voorvoegsels
ge- be- ver- ont-
Suffixes / Achtervoegsels
-teit -heid -lijk
electriciteit eerlijk vergetenheid
garage verplicht zo'n fiets knalgeel vuurwerk verschrikkelijk