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Long v.s. Short / Lange klanken, korte klanken
Long v.s. Short / Lange klanken, korte klanken
  AA EE IE II UU
  AA EE IE OO UU
 
A vowel followed by one consonant and then a vowel is pronounced long.


Two character vowels
Two character vowels
  EU, UI
  EU, OE, UI
  AU/OU, IJ/EI
  AU/OU, IJ/EI



Revision as of 09:17, 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

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

NL: De Het
EN: The
FR: Le La Les
DE: Der Die Das Dem 

Prefixes / Voorvoegsels

ge-
be-
ver-
ont-

Suffixes / Achtervoegsels

electriciteit
eerlijk
vergetenheid
garage
verplicht
zo'n fiets
knalgeel
vuurwerk
verschrikkelijk