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from a native Netherlands............thanks to him as wellllllll.................................
Say the alphabet in Dutch
snd practice Note
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a. ah the 'u' in: butterfly
b. bay the 'b' in: begin
c. say In some words this letter is often spoken as a 'K' or 'S'.
d. day the 'd' in: under
e. eh the '' in: As an individual it's: the 'ay' in way, day, say.
f. ef the 'ph' in: photo
g. This character has no sound in English.
h. hah the 'h' in: house
i. ih the 'i' in: is, in, big As an individual it's: the 'ey' in Wesley.
j. jay the 'y' in: you
k. kah 2nd 'c' in: character This character sounds a bit harder then the English sounds.
l. ell the 'll' in: well
m. em the 'm' in: many
n. en the 'n' in: and
o. oh the 'o' in: Oscar
p. pay the 'p' in: pay
q. que the 'q' in: queue In some words this letter can be spoken as 'KW'
r. er This character has no sound in English, because our 'r' sounds much harder.
s. as the 's' in: sit
t. tay the 't' in: it As an individual it sounds: tay (they/day).
u. uh the 'u' in: Utha As an individual it sounds short.
v. vay the 'v' in: vanish
w. way the 'w' in: wish
x. ix the 'x' in: sex In some words this letter can be spoken as a 'KS'.
y. This character has no sound in English.
z. set the 'z' in: zipper
More sounds (these are all sounds, so there ain't more):
-aa-. aah the '' in:
-au-. au the 'au' in: automatic
-ch-. It has the same sound as the Dutch 'G', so there is no English sound of this character either
-d. t the 't' in: bet
-ee-. ay the 'ay' in: way
-ei-. This character has no sound in English
-eu-. This character has no sound in English
-ie-. ey the 'ey' in: Wesley
-ij-. This character has no sound in English
-ng. nn the 'ng' in: thing
-nk. nk the 'nk' in: bank
-oe-. oo the 'oo' in: kangeroo / the 'ou' in: you
-oo-. oooh the 'o' in: rose
-ou-. ou the 'ou' in: out
sch-. s + ch
-sch-. s + ch
-sch. ss the 'ss' in: less
-th. it the 't' in: it
-th-. it the 't' in: it
th-. ta the 'ta' in take
-ui-. This character has no sound in English
-uu-. This character has no sound in English
The y, -ij- and the -ei- has the same sound
The -au- and the -ou- sounds, as in English, the same |