{"id":4250,"date":"2016-05-20T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2016-06-14T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T18:15:47","slug":"can-you-say-this-correctly-3-tonys-chocolonely-melk-passievrucht-yoghurt-c-s-or-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/can-you-say-this-correctly-3-tonys-chocolonely-melk-passievrucht-yoghurt-c-s-or-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Say This Correctly? &#8211; 3: Tony&#8217;s Chocolonely Melk Passievrucht Yoghurt &#8211; C: [s] or [k]?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>One of the hardest things about learning Dutch is pronunciation. Whether it is about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-ui-conundrum\/\"><em>ui<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-ui-conundrum\/\">-klank<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(the &#8220;ui&#8221; sound), the<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-super-scary-dutch-g\/\">\u00a0<em>G-klank<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>(the &#8220;G&#8221; sound) or other sounds you might have a hard time with. This series, called &#8220;Can You Say This Correctly?&#8221;, is about providing a speech example that I recorded. I will give the Dutch text, a translation, and I will add one comment or more for parts that you have to heed for\u00a0pronunciation.\u00a0If there are any sounds that you would like to see\u00a0a post about, let me know in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>OTHER PARTS OF THE SERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/can-you-say-this-correctly-1-arla-biologische-volle-melk-long-and-short-klinkers\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Part 1: Arla Biologische Volle Melk &#8211; how to pronounce long and short vowels<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/can-you-say-this-correctly-2-innocent-goedgemutste-smoothie-ei-ij-ie-je-pje-tje\/\"><strong>Part 2: Innocent Goedgemutste Smoothie\u00a0&#8211; how to pronounce\u00a0ei, ij, ie, -je, -pje, -tje<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/can-you-say-this-correctly-4-tonys-chocolonely-puur-samenstellingen\/\"><strong>Part 4: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tony&#8217;s Chocolonely\u00a0Puur &#8211; how to pronounce samenstellingen<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/can-you-say-this-correctly-5-fair-trade-basmatirijst\/\"><strong>Part 5:\u00a0Can You Say This Correctly? &#8211; 5: Fair Trade Basmatirijst &#8211; How to pronounce ij<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4251\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tony Chocolonely 2 1024x865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4251\" class=\" wp-image-4251\"  alt=\"The inside of the wikkel, with the special shape of the chocolate.\" width=\"535\" height=\"452\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-2-1024x865.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-2-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-2-350x296.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-2-768x649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inside of the <em>wikkel\u00a0<\/em>(wrapper), with the special shape of the chocolate. This is the text you read below!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4252\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tony Chocolonely 1 1024x582\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4252\" class=\"wp-image-4252 \"  alt=\"Tony Chocolonely 1\" width=\"535\" height=\"304\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-1024x582.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-350x199.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The package of Tony&#8217;s Chocolonely Chocolate in the flavor melk, passievrucht, yoghurt (milk, passion fruit, yogurt)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">THE RECORDING<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The recording of the Dutch text:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/The-Recording-Text.mp3'>The recording of the Dutch text<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/The-Recording-Text.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"The recording of the Dutch text\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"The Recording - Text\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"1:07\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">THE TEXT<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Deel onze <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>chocolade<\/strong> <\/span>en deel dit verhaal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Op dit moment werken er slaven op de <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>cacao<\/strong><\/span>-plantages in West-Afrika. Veel van hen zijn kinderen. Dit is niet normaal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Onze visie is 100<\/em>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>procent<\/strong> <\/span>(<\/em>%)<em> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">slaafvrije <\/span><\/strong>chocolade. Niet alleen <span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>\u00f2nze<\/strong> <\/span>chocolade. Maar <span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>\u00e0lle<\/strong> <\/span>chocolade wereldwijd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Met waanzinnig lekkere chocolade geven we het voorbeeld en laten we zien dat chocolade maken anders kan: in smaak, verpakking en de manier waarop we met de cacaoboeren omgaan: 100% slaafvrij, eerlijk en transparant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>In ons eentje maken we onze chocolade slaafvrij, maar samen maken we alle chocolade 100% slaafvrij. Dus we vragen jou met ons mee te doen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Want hoe meer mensen kiezen voor slaafvrije chocolade en ons verhaal delen, hoe eerder 100% slaafvrije chocolade normaal wordt. Uiteindelijk bepaal jij. Doe je mee? Deel onze chocolade en deel dit verhaal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Crazy about chocolate, serious about people.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">THE TRANSLATION<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Share our chocolate and share this story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At the moment, slaves are working on cocoa plantations in West Africa. Many of them are children. This is not normal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With insanely delicious chocolate we give the example and show that making chocolate can be done differently: in taste, packaging, and the way in which we treat cocoa farmers: 100% slave-free, fair and transparent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On our own, we make our chocolate slave-free, but together we make our chocolate 100% slave-free. So we ask you to join in with us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Because the more people choose slave-free chocolate and share our story, the sooner 100% slave-free chocolate becomes normal. In the end, you decide. Do you join us? Share our chocolate and share this story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Crazy about chocolate, serious about people.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>TONY&#8217;S CHOCOLONELY &#8211; THE STORY<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before we get into the grammatical part of this post, I will explain a little about Tony&#8217;s Chocolonely. As you might have guessed from the text above, they are not your usual chocolate manufacturer. They release different flavors every so often, and have very crazy, but awesome flavors, such as the one of this post:\u00a0<em>melk, passievrucht, yoghurt <\/em>(milk, passion fruit, yogurt). And I think it tastes awesome. The shape of their bars is different, too. They found it weird that a chocolate bar is divided in equal squares, even though chocolate production is not fair at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If that wasn&#8217;t already enough, the chocolate manufacturer started 10 years ago with the goal of 100% <em>slaafvrije\u00a0<\/em><em>chocolade.\u00a0<\/em>However, the amount of (child) slavery has actually increased since then, and the impact of Tony&#8217;s is, according to themselves,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trouw.nl\/tr\/nl\/4332\/Groen\/article\/detail\/4274716\/2016\/04\/02\/Tony-s-Chocolonely-helpt-amper.dhtml\">een druppel op een hete plaat <\/a><\/em>(a drop on a hot plate).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">How did they get to this weird name? Tony is the anglicization of\u00a0<em>Teun<\/em>, the name of the founder of the brand, who even wanted to get himself sued once for eating chocolate produced with slavery, calling himself a\u00a0<em>chocoladecrimineel\u00a0<\/em>(chocolate criminal). The\u00a0&#8220;Chocolonely&#8221; is a\u00a0<em>samentrekking\u00a0<\/em>(contraction) of &#8220;chocolate&#8221; and &#8220;lonely&#8221;, and was chosen because\u00a0<em>Teun\u00a0<\/em>felt like he was the only one in the chocolate industry that is\u00a0fighting for 100% slave-free chocolate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you want to know more about what the company\u00a0does, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyschocolonely.com\/\">check out their website<\/a>, or check out the documentary they made about their cause! Here is a trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TONY - Offici\u00eble NL trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKFB2BhZcqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Anyway, on to the comments!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">COMMENTS<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>chocolade;\u00a0cacao<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Chocolade.mp3'>Chocolade<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Cacao.mp3'>Cacao<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Chocolade.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Chocolade\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Chocolade\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:02\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Cacao.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Cacao\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Cacao\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:02\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The main thing I want to focus on here is the pronunciation of\u00a0the <em>c<\/em>\u00a0in the words\u00a0<em>chocolade\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>cacao<\/em>. As in English, the <em>c<\/em>\u00a0is pronounced as a [k]. Why?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The letter &#8220;c&#8221; is always pronounced as a [k] if it comes before an\u00a0<em>a<\/em>,\u00a0<em>o\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>u<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">De letter <i>c<\/i> spreken we voor een <i>i<\/i> of een <i>e<\/i> altijd uit als een [s], voor een <i>a<\/i>, een <i>o<\/i> of een <i>u<\/i> als een [k] (uitzonderingen zijn <i>scepter<\/i> en <i>sceptisch<\/i>).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>procent<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Procent.mp3'>Procent<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Procent.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Procent\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Procent\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:02\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the case of the word\u00a0<em>procent<\/em>, it is the other way around. You can see why: there is an\u00a0<em>e\u00a0<\/em>after the\u00a0<em>c\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0<em>procent<\/em>! The rule here is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The letter\u00a0<em>c\u00a0<\/em>is always pronounced as a [c] if it comes before an\u00a0<em>i\u00a0<\/em>or an\u00a0<em>e<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Exceptions to this are\u00a0<em>scepter\u00a0<\/em>(sceptre) and\u00a0<em>sceptisch\u00a0<\/em>(skeptical) (<em>c\u00a0<\/em>pronounced as [k] here!). But\u00a0&#8220;skeptical&#8221;\u00a0also has a weird spelling in English&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">MISTAKES<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>\u00f2nze, \u00e0lle<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/\u00f2nze-\u00e0lle.mp3'>\u00f2nze - \u00e0lle<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/\\u00f2nze-\\u00e0lle.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"\\u00f2nze - \\u00e0lle\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"\\u00f2nze - \\u00e0lle\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:02\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One mistake I have found in their text is in how the so-called\u00a0<em>klemtoonteken\u00a0<\/em>(stress mark) or\u00a0<em>nadrukteken\u00a0<\/em>(emphasis mark) is used. In Dutch, this is supposed to always be an\u00a0<em>accent aigu\u00a0<\/em>(\u00b4), e.g.\u00a0<em>er zijn n\u00f3g meer dingen te beleven!<\/em> (There are\u00a0<em>even\u00a0<\/em>more things to experience!). I have also found this mistake on their website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What the company has done here is use the\u00a0<em>accent grave\u00a0<\/em>(`) as a\u00a0<em>klemtoonteken<\/em>. And that is incorrect. It is used in Dutch sometimes to clarify how to pronounce a word, for example\u00a0<em>app\u00e8l\u00a0<\/em>(appeal, call), compared to\u00a0<em>appel\u00a0<\/em>(apple). Listen here for the difference:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Appel-App\u00e8l.mp3'>Appel - App\u00e8l<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Appel-App\\u00e8l.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Appel - App\\u00e8l\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Appel - App\\u00e8l\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:03\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another small mistake, which is more a stylistic choice, but purely technically incorrect, is their sentence structure. For example, a sentence that starts\u00a0with\u00a0<em>maar\u00a0<\/em>(but), is incorrect in the Netherlands, as it should follow right after a comma to introduce a contradiction to the previous. But that is not a big deal! (Here you go! \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">FINAL NOTES<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">slaafvrij<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Slaafvrij.mp3'>Slaafvrij<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Slaafvrij.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Slaafvrij\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Slaafvrij\\\". Released: 2016.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2016\",\"length_formatted\":\"0:02\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Slaafvrije\u00a0<\/em>is not an actual Dutch word, but was created by Tony&#8217;s crew back in the days. It is a\u00a0<em>samenstelling\u00a0<\/em>(compound) of the words\u00a0<em>slaaf\u00a0<\/em>(slave)\u00a0and\u00a0<em>vrij\u00a0<\/em>(free).\u00a0<em>Slaafvrij\u00a0<\/em>is easier to work with than\u00a0<em>zonder slavernij\u00a0geproduceerd\u00a0<\/em>(produced without slavery).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Such a new word is called a\u00a0<em>neologisme\u00a0<\/em>(neologism).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On a final note, just before I go, I have a little extra for you: can you translate their slogan\u00a0<em>Crazy about chocolate, serious about people\u00a0<\/em>to Dutch? Give your translation below in the comments, or let us know in a Facebook message!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.messenger.com\/t\/learn.dutch\/\" aria-label=\"Messenger CTA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4202\"  alt=\"Messenger CTA\" width=\"370\" height=\"131\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Messenger-CTA.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Messenger-CTA.png 708w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/04\/Messenger-CTA-350x124.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Of course, you can also reach us for any other question, comment or remark you might have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-350x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-350x199.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/05\/Tony-Chocolonely-1-1024x582.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>One of the hardest things about learning Dutch is pronunciation. Whether it is about the\u00a0ui-klank\u00a0(the &#8220;ui&#8221; sound), the\u00a0G-klank\u00a0(the &#8220;G&#8221; sound) or other sounds you might have a hard time with. This series, called &#8220;Can You Say This Correctly?&#8221;, is about providing a speech example that I recorded. 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