Just like the post just before this, I’ll give the vowel, give a close English approximation of how it’s pronounced and give two examples of Dutch words that have the vowel. The Dutch words will be highlighted in black and in parentheses. The English meaning will follow afterwards.<\/p>\n
ie – kind of like the ee in seen. (lied<\/strong>) song, (vriend<\/strong>) friend<\/p>\n eu – made by forming the mouth for the oo in book and then having the tongue lowered and pulled back. (neus<\/strong>) nose, (keuken<\/strong>) kitchen<\/p>\n oe – like the o in English word do. (goed<\/strong>) good, (zoet<\/strong>) sweet<\/p>\n ei\/ij – makes the same sound in English ay in say. (rijs<\/strong>) rice, (reist<\/strong>) travels<\/p>\n au\/ou – like the ow in now. (gauw<\/strong>) quickly, (goud<\/strong>) gold<\/p>\n ui – round your lips and make a sound between a Dutch ou and eu. (huis<\/strong>) house, (vuil<\/strong>) dirty<\/p>\n aai – this is a combination of Dutch aa and ie. (draaien<\/strong>) to turn, (maaien<\/strong>) to mow<\/p>\n oei – combination of oe and ie. (groeien<\/strong>) to grow, (vermoeid<\/strong>) tired<\/p>\n ooi – combination of oo and ie. (gooien<\/strong>) to throw, (mooi<\/strong>) beautiful<\/p>\n eeuw – combination of ee and oe. (leeuwen<\/strong>) lions, (geeuwen<\/strong>) to yawn<\/p>\n iew – combination of ie and oe. (vernieuwen<\/strong>) to renew, (kieuwen<\/strong>) gills of\u00a0a fish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just like the post just before this, I’ll give the vowel, give a close English approximation of how it’s pronounced and give two examples of Dutch words that have the vowel. The Dutch words will be highlighted in black and in parentheses. The English meaning will follow afterwards. ie – kind of like the ee…<\/p>\n