Learn Dutch - Vowels

[saratheawesomest]

How is that weird guy the first thing you get when you search up Dutch lessons?.... Youtube these days....

Thank you, you actually helped me!

[jmcdaris595]

So I just stumbled upon your videos (so helpful!) and I’m trying to clearly understand the difference between the “ou/au” and “ui” sounds. In terms of the phonemes, it sounds like the “ou/au” diphthong is a combination of the short “a” and the “oe” sound, while the “ui” is a combination of the long “aa” and the short “u”. Does that sound about right to you? Thanks again for the videos!

[dutchforn00bs]

@jmcdaris595 Hey! According to my phonology book it should be a combination of short u, then long u. If you understand IPA it'd be œy :)

[Floor1778]

You missed eeu, ieu, eau, aai, ooi, etc.

[r3bol]

a and aa is like Finnish a and ä

[MiniMaster34ever]

Bom in my language means "good" :D

[dutchforn00bs]

@MiniMaster34ever What language is that? :D

[MiniMaster34ever]

@dutchforn00bs Portugees :D

[AnnieWaffles]

@dutchforn00bs Portuguese =D



[filipa596]

@dutchforn00bs portuguese (:

[xAz3r]

one = een

two = twee

three = drie

four = vier

five = vijf

six = zes

seven = zeven

eight = acht

nine = negen

ten = tien

[xAz3r]

alles word een keer herhaalt :D

[IIPKNERDSII]

i wanna make babys with you

[Elysiacw]

I still can not say the ui correctly, but it think this is helping! thank you so much! (you made me feel better by saying it gets mixed up by other native english speakers too!)

[workaholic7880]

Hello and thanks for these wonderful lessons. I have seen your videos for the regular verbs which help for the present tense. Can you please tell something about Past tense ? and how do we segregate or make Past Indefinite, Past Perfect or Continue Tense ? I searched but could not find it. Can you please help ? and once again thanks for such a nice lessons :)

[dutchforn00bs]

@workaholic7880 hey, you can probably find it on some other website if you google it :) Doing all of those tenses are not part of my plans for the near future, sorry ^_^

[HANSMKAMP]

Between a and aa there isn't just a difference in the length, but also in the pronunciation itself. While pronouncing a the lips are relaxed. While pronouncing aa the mouth is made wide and the tongue is low. The only way to learn is looking at her mouth and listening to her sound, to hear the difference.

[Boom4Carel4Eva]

Could please explain more about "U" ?

thanks >_<

[HANSMKAMP]

@Boom4Carel4Eva U is a rounded i. Pronounce i like in "pit" (as the girls explained) and then round your lips. It is much close than the u in English "but".

[Bumbumawangis]

I want to kiss her,all over her body.hoi from New Zealand(ChCH).

[pyrosuperman]

So what about eu as in the name veurink. I know its dutch. But how would you pronounce it

[Karinvt]

ui ui i still can't pronounce it

[HANSMKAMP]

@Karinvt Ui is hard to explain. It starts with the u in English "but" (at least in my speech) and then you have a gliding sound to uu (English ee in "meet" but with rounded lips). Look at the girl's pronunciation between 3:27-3:40.

[maltodextrin1000]

ben beening

[iwatchyoupk]

the way you edit the video is very annoying

[fanisoranje]

hi and thaks for the videos!

I'd like to ask you about the pronunciation of the "uy" or "uij"???

For example in the name Cruijff!

:)

thanks again

doi

[dutchforn00bs]

@fanisoranje heyy :D uy or uij is pronounced just like "ui" in this video :D

[fanisoranje]

@dutchforn00bs Dankjewel & kisses from Griekenland! :)

[HANSMKAMP]

@dutchforn00bs Yes as @fanisoranje said, but the spelling uy and uij is only used in names, not in normal Dutch words.

[HANSMKAMP]

@fanisoranje As if it were writen "kruif".

[Pasatyzy]

Thank you so much for these lessons! I just started learning dutch and i love it!!!!

Your videos are really helpful! : ))

[1deidrich]

Ik wou dat ik nederlanders ik google taal te gebruiken om deze lol ik niet te schrijven

[Zijn1990]

Too Cute :)

[LiovaElise]

Zo, goed uitgelegd! Snap nu wel nog beter waarom Nederlands zo moeilijk is voor buitenlanders :')

[Kohrote]

I love your videos :D You are so smart! :D

[Corvard]

What about y? Is it similar to ei, ij? Ho do you pronounce y?

[dutchforn00bs]

@Corvard hey :D Y can be pronounced like the Y in yoghurt OR like the Y in baby :) so same as in English!

[Mollumbus]

Hey, nice video! I really like the Dutch language and since I'm German, it's really easy for me to learn it! ;)

I have a question though (that has however nothing to do with the video ^^): is there a terminal devoicing of consonants in Dutch, like there is in German? For example, do you pronounce the "d" in huid as a "t"?

[dutchforn00bs]

@Mollumbus Yes, there is :D

[Yannisastra]

@Mollumbus

Yes, all terminal consonants are devoiced in Dutch.

[HANSMKAMP]

@Mollumbus Yes, the same as in German, the Auslautverhärtung, IIRC. In the same way the b in "rib" and "heb" is pronounced as p. We don't have g like in German. We often do not devoice it (unlike in German) because they are often in foreign names from languages that do not devoice final g.

[HappyCupcakeGirl]

Ik ben Nederlands.

Ik kijk deze video's....

Waarom? XD

[dutchforn00bs]

@HappyCupcakeGirl ... geen idee :D

[EliseCharlotte]

No problem, dankje!

Whats is your next video going to be about?

[dutchforn00bs]

@EliseCharlotte Possibly the pronunciation or R, but I need to ask one of my professors some stuff about that first :D

[EliseCharlotte]

Hi, and thanks for the video. I have a question: how do you pronouce, for example 'beetje'?

[dutchforn00bs]

@EliseCharlotte "beet-je" is pronounced bate-yuh :)

[EliseCharlotte]

@dutchforn00bs Like the 't' in Russian? Dankje!

[dutchforn00bs]

@EliseCharlotte I have no idea!! Sorry :D

[pulsengine]

Can I ask you, hoy did you learn English so well? It's annoying how so many people around the world can speak English to a very good level yet maintain their own native languages. It sets us out as we can only understand our own as we don't need to learn other languages :(

[AleksandrNestrato]

@pulsengine Yeah!!! I've been wondering about that for all my live too!:))

Count someday countries in the world with English as the official language, then count nationalities speaking it as native one.

Your ancestors tried a lot. They called it The British Empire.

P.S. Still annoying...

[raedos1]

@pulsengine No offence but I think English is one of easiest languages to learn (especially that simple English variant). That's what makes it so special though. Plus the fact that to speak with rest of the world you'll have to learn English.

[dutchforn00bs]

@raedos1 I'm not sure if it is.. I mean, for Dutch people it's probably one of the easiest languages (except for maybe German and Swedish/Norwegian), but if you don't speak a Germanic (or even European) language already it not nearly as *easy*. I guess what I'm saying is that how hard/easy learning a new language is always depends on what languages you already speak.

English does have relatively simple grammar (eg plural nouns). Spelling, on the other hand, is extremely difficult.

[pulsengine]

@raedos1 The problem is, many people can speak English to a decent level and so can easily communicate. I think some people either don't actually have a good grasp of our ridiculous range of vocabulary or think they're doing well. English speakers are far less picky with their language than many other ones and you'll be surprised how many criminal errors people make which go unpunished. Trying to speak German is different cos they're so fucking picky

[dutchforn00bs]

@pulsengine People in the Netherlands are constantly exposed to English on TV, and in movies.. Plus, English is cumpulsory for everyone in secundary school (6 years for me).

No *need* to learn other languages, doesn't mean you can't do it, though.. :)

[pulsengine]

@dutchforn00bs I'm talking more of English speakers in general (especially the Americans) but for me personally I'm learning German to an intermediate level and I'm just starting to learn Italian. I was checking out your vids cos of how similar German and Dutch are, as well as it being English's little West Germanic cousin :)

[HANSMKAMP]

@dutchforn00bs True. BTW, American movies (almost all of them in English) are subtitled and not voice-dubbed. So we can hear the original English speech and learn English that way (amongst other ways) and people who do not understand English can read the subtitles. Voice-dubbing is only applied in cartoon movies for children who are too young to read.

[raedos1]

wauw, I feel so proud that people actually take the time to learn our shitty language

[AleksandrNestrato]

@raedos1 Don't you ever say so about your language! It's like spitting in your own mother's face for no reason!

[AleksandrNestrato]

Hi there!

Could you, please, make a video about the R-sound. I heard three (or even four) ways of pronouncing it:

[r] – alveolar trill

[ɹ] – alveolar approximant

[ʁ] – voiced uvular fricative and/or [ʀ] – uvular trill

Please! Anything about that!!!

Thanks!

[dutchforn00bs]

@AleksandrNestrato We use all three forms, yes! :) The american sounding r is only used following a vowel (by some people), the other Rs depend on where you're from - so you can use either.

[AleksandrNestrato]

@dutchforn00bs Thank you so much, Lidewij!

Will you make a video about this? Please, please, please!!!

By the way, you already have a video about vowels, I thought it would be fair to demonstrate the consonants too.

[dutchforn00bs]

@AleksandrNestrato I will! At some point :) I think I will make a video about the R, as well.

[dutchforn00bs]

@AleksandrNestrato I think I'll make a video about the R, yeah :) Need to do some research first, though, because there are so many ways of pronouncing it - and I'm not 100% sure which people use which R and why :D

[Karinvt]

i've so much problem with the "ui" I cannot order onion in dutch!!!!

[Deblijeegel]

what about oe en eu? or did I just miss them :)

[dutchforn00bs]

@Deblijeegel they're there! 2:40

[themafia306]

Thank you so much for these videos!! I have just started learning Dutch and I am pretty excited! I'm going to subscribe!

[andytalksnonsense]

As an English person it's really difficult to pronounce "huid" properly, it always comes out pretty much like the English would "out", it's a pain! Your videos have been really helpful by the way, bedankt. :)

[alethorpe]

Thanks a lot for the video :) i think i will watch it several times until i totally learn it. But i think i'm doing good so far :) I get like 70% of them correct :D

[Nerdfighterlife]

I noticed the "oo" in "boom" is pronounced close to the oa in the English word, "Foam." At least the way I say it (I pronounce things funny).

[dutchforn00bs]

@Nerdfighterlife yeah, they're similar! :D

[Nerdfighterlife]

Oh, when you mention the difference between "a" and "aa" you should probably link to your video on the differences in pronunciation of "a". (=

[Nerdfighterlife]

Thanks for making this! Vowels are always one of the hardest parts of learning pronunciation. (=

[devildmaycryxfire]

Hiya, nice videos, ik leer Nederlands met Rosetta stone ik vind een goed programma voor leren :) Tot ziens mijn vriend ^^

[JoLllama]

Excellent! Thanks for these videos!

[Gyroglle]

Maybe it's worth noting that a lot of the times, you'll see ij spelled as y. It is mostly considered a single letter. In words like IJzer the entire IJ must be capitalized at the start of a sentence.

[charlyavatar]

That's a very nice and useful video! :)) I'm learning! slowly, but I'm learning! :) thanx!

[Ercolano78]

In finnish language when you say "ei", it means no.

[dutchforn00bs]

@Ercolano78 really? :D Awesome. "ei" means "egg" in Dutch xD

[mazterarius]

The word "duur" (expensive) is ~exactly as in norwegian. "Duur" -> "dyr" which *is* the word for expensive in norwegian! :) I find it awesome.

[HoldeMaid]

the dutch vowels sound much more like dark colors then the german ones..

[74coneill]

Welcome back after a long hiatus! Super busy with school work no doubt. Told you studying linguistics helps you be a better language teacher!

[jlspma]

Hoi! How 'bout the 'ië' diphtongs? Like België, or Australië? Don't they count?

[dutchforn00bs]

@jlspma No, those are 2 separate vowels :) 

[Gyroglle]

@jlspma Those aren't really diphtongues. The dots (trema) over the e mean that it needs to be pronounced seperately.

[JoinTheMadVender]

Yay video! Good thing too, my Dutch was getting out of practise! xD

You're missing a pronunciation of the E, dear. The E can also be pronounced as a Ə (or something similar, I don't know phonetics. =Þ) when it's stressed. (I'd say "het" is a nice example, but only if you pronounce it in Flemish. ^_^)

[dutchforn00bs]

@JoinTheMadVender Oh, I mentioned the Ə. Just watch the damn whole video :p

[JoinTheMadVender]

@dutchforn00bs Are you implying that I didn't watch the damn whole video? :'( #mocksadness

You do mention that the E (also goes for U, btw) when UNstressed, is pronounced as Ə, like in so many other languages. But the E can also be pronounced as a Ə, when stressed (e.g. "te")

And talking about Ə's, the (stressed) U sound, while quite similar, is still different from the Ə, right? Like, there is a clear distinction between "het" [in Flemish] and "hut", right? Or is that just us Flemish people? =Þ

[dutchforn00bs]

@JoinTheMadVender dude, we've talked about the het/hut problem SO MANY TIEMZ already. In Dutch HET and HUT are completely different words, because we use the "e" from "ben" in "het".

The Ə is not EXACTLY the same as the unstressed U (which you can hear in "katterig" vs. "kattenrug"), but the difference is so small.. it doesn't matter much.

The word "te" is an exception. It's an often used, one syllabic word. Those sometimes don't follow pronunciation rules (neither does DE, for example).

[JoinTheMadVender]

@dutchforn00bs Okay, I'll be quiet now. ^_^

[RODalicious]

oh Bedankt!! Lidewij you just saved my life Dutch-wise xD

Now Eveliiiine should do one with the Flemish pronunciations heheee

Best wishes from Spain,

Rubén

[dutchforn00bs]

@RODalicious Agreed! Flemish = Awesome :)