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Vowels and Diphthongs Spelling and Pronunciation Examples - Short Rules | ||
'Short' A
af
('~off, ~out // ready')
- al
('already'
>>)
- acht
('8')
- (de) akker
('acre, field')
- (het) hart
('heart')
- (de) man
2
('a man, a male')
- (het) pak
('package // formal suit for men')
- slap
('weak')
- strak
2
('tight, rigid, fixed')
- (de) tak
('branch')
- van
2
('of')
- (de) vlam
'flame')
- wat
('what? // some, a little')
>>
- (de) want
2
('for, because // a mitt')
- (de) zak
('bag')
'Long' A aan ('~at, to') - ja ('yes') - na ('after') - (de) maan 2 ('moon') - (het) paar 2 ('a pair, a couple, a few') - (de) zaag 2 ('a saw') - laag ('low') - lager ('lower') - (het) graan 2 3 ('grain, cereal') - (de) slaap 2 ('sleep' ->>) - staan ('to stand') - (het) water 2 ('water') - (de) vader ('father') (de) taal 2 ('language') laat ('late') 'Short' E het 2 3 ('the // it') - (het) vet ('grease, fat') - en 2 ('and') - er ('~there // ~it' ->>) - men ('~they') - [(het)] net ('net // barely') - ver ('far') - (de) zet ('a move - in a game') - (het) spel ('play, game') - (de) stem ('voice // vote') - (de) ster ('star') - (de) les ('lesson') - -es 2 (suffix) - -et 2 (suffix) - her- 2 (prefix) - ter- (prefix) 'Long' E nee ('no') - (de) keel ('throat') - veel 2 3 ('many, much') - (de) zeep ('soap') - [(het)] meer 2 ('more // a lake') - [(het)] weer 2 ('again // weather') - geen ('no, zero quanitity' ->>) - (de) geest ('mind // spirit // ghost') - (de) greep ('grip') - vreemd ('strange') - (de) steek ('jab // stitch') - (de) steen 2 ('stone') 'voiceless, unstressed E' (the 'schwa') de ('the') ->> - te ('at // too') - me ('me') ->> - je ('you' - informal singular) - ge (Flemish 'you') - we ('we') - ze ('she // they') - 'n ('a') be-, ge-, te-, ver- (prefixes) -en, -er, -el (suffixes) 'Short' I wit ('white') - ik 2 3 ('I') - dit 2 ('~this') ->> - (de) lip ('lip') - (de) kin ('chin') - (de) vis ('fish') - zich ("oneself") ->> - slim ('clever') - stil ('quiet, silent') 'Long' I (IE) die ('that, those') ->> - (het) idee ('idea') - wie 2 ('who') - niet 2 ('not') - ziek ('sick, ill') - lief ('sweet, dear') - vies ('dirty') - vier ('4') - tien ('10') - (het) wiel 2 ('wheel') - (de) vriend 2 ('friend') - (de) vlieg ('a fly') 'Short' O of ('or') - om ('around // ~to; about // ~because') ‑>> - op ('on top of // finished, out of') - [(het)] ons 2 ('us // 100 gram, ~3 oz.') - los ('loose') - nog ('still, yet') - (de) rok ('skirt') - (de) pot ('pot, jar') - (de) wol ('wool') - krom 2 ('bent, crooked') - rond 2 ('round' - like a circle) - (de) worm ('worm') 'Long' O (de) boot 2 ('boat') (het) oog ('eye') - (het) oor ('ear') - ook ('also, too') - (de) boom ('tree') - (de) doos ('box') - (de) poot 2 ('leg' - animal, table or chair) - hoog ('high') - hoger ('higher') - (het/de) koper ('Copper // buyer') - (de) foto ('picture, photograph') - (de) olie 2 ('oil') 'Short' U dun ('skinny, thin') - nul ('zero') - (de) hulp ('help, assistance') - (het) punt ('point') - [(de)] druk ('pressure // busy') - [(het)] stuk ('piece // broken, not working') - (de) vlucht ('flight // escape') - (het) zusje ('sister') 'Long'U U ('you' - formal) - (het) uur ('hour') - nu 2 ('now') - duur ('expensive') - puur 2 ('pure') - (het) vuur 2 ('fire') - (de) muziek 2 ('music')
AU/OU
nauw
('narrow, tight')
blauw
('blue')
nou
('now')
jou
2 ('you')
->>
- jouw
('your')
- oud
('old')
- (het) hout
('wood' - the material)
- (het) touw
('rope, string')
- (de) vouw
('fold')
- (het) zout
2
('salt')
- (het) gebouw
2
('building')
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