{"id":5132,"date":"2017-08-08T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2017-08-23T00:26:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T00:26:32","slug":"tweeklanken-2-ie-ieuw-ijei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-2-ie-ieuw-ijei\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweeklanken 2: ie, ieu(w), ij\/ei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! Welcome to the second post on\u00a0<em>tweeklanken<\/em>, or vowel combinations. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-1-ae-ai-aai-auou\/\">Here&#8217;s last week&#8217;s post on <em>ae<\/em>,\u00a0<em>ai<\/em>,\u00a0<em>aai<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>au\/ou<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Today we have an exciting one, because we will discuss the\u00a0<em>ij<\/em>, one very special letter in the Dutch alphabet and in the realm of\u00a0<em>tweeklanken<\/em>. Apart from the\u00a0<em>ij<\/em>, we will discuss the\u00a0<em>ie\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>ieu(w)<\/em> today, because they also start with an\u00a0<em>i<\/em>. I will also talk about\u00a0<em>ei<\/em>, because\u00a0<em>ij\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>ei\u00a0<\/em>are very much related. You will see. Let&#8217;s dive into it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-1-ae-ai-aai-auou\/\"><strong>Tweeklanken 1: ae, ai, aai, au\/ou<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-3-eeuw-ei-eu-ui\/\"><strong>Tweeklanken 3: eeu(w), ei, eu, ui<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-4-oe-oei-oi-ooi\/\">Tweeklanken 4: oe, oei, oi, ooi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tweeklanken 2: The incredible ij!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91J0zNNBOmw?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<div style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/UP3n_S4jUoA\/download\" aria-label=\"Download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"732\" height=\"732\" \/ alt=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/UP3n_S4jUoA\/download\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Dutch fiets (bike)!<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>ie<\/h2>\n<p><em>ie<\/em> is pretty simple: it sounds like a normal <em>i<\/em>\u00a0but longer. A normal <em>i<\/em>\u00a0is pronounced as the <em>i\u00a0<\/em>in <em>ik\u00a0<\/em>(I). The i-e combination gives it a sound as in <em>fiets<\/em> (bike). You say it like the English ee as in need, keep, sleep. Still, it is a bit shorter, though, best comparable with knie (Dutch for knee): knie and knee. Unlike the next one, <em>ie<\/em> is very common.<\/p>\n<h2>ieu(w)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feces#\/media\/File:Badaia_-_Heces_de_caballo_02.jpg\" aria-label=\"1024px Badaia   Heces De Caballo 02\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"855\" height=\"642\" \/ alt=\"1024px Badaia   Heces De Caballo 02\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/18\/Badaia_-_Heces_de_caballo_02.jpg\/1024px-Badaia_-_Heces_de_caballo_02.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eeew! <em>Poep<\/em>! (Image by Basotxerri at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 4.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eeeew! Yeah, yucky. That&#8217;s how you can remember <em>ieu <\/em>best. The\u00a0<em>w\u00a0<\/em>is in brackets, because\u00a0officially, it is not part of the tweeklank. However, the sound is rounded off best with a <em>w<\/em>, as it might otherwise sound too much like a french\u00a0<em>-ieu<\/em>.\u00a0So <em>ieu<\/em> is a combination of <em>ie<\/em> and <em>u<\/em>. It is not so common, and you will find it in words as <em>nieuw\u00a0<\/em>(new) and\u00a0<em>benieuwd<\/em> (curious). Caution\u00a0with the word <em>interview<\/em> &#8211; we just write it the English way!<\/p>\n<h2>ij<\/h2>\n<p><em>ij<\/em> is quite a different story. While it is considered a <em>tweeklank, <\/em>it is also a more strict letter combination. It is the only letter combination that is capitalized together: <em>IJ<\/em>. In alphabetical order, you should place it just in the <em>i-<\/em>row<em>.\u00a0<\/em><em>IJ\u00a0<\/em>started being used in the Middle Ages because words like <em>prise<\/em> (price) had to be pronounced with a long i, a <em>lange ij<\/em>. So <em>prise\u00a0<\/em>evolved into <em>prijs<\/em>. This <em>ij<\/em> is still called <em>lange ij<\/em> today. I will get to the <em>korte ei<\/em>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, the <em>y<\/em> was still used in a lot of words. Words like <em>tyd<\/em> and <em>bevryd<\/em>\u00a0would now be written with ij (<em>tijd\u00a0<\/em>(time) and\u00a0<em>bevrijd\u00a0<\/em>(freed)).<\/p>\n<p>This <em>y<\/em>\u00a0is called <em>griekse y<\/em> (greek y), <em>i-grec<\/em>, or\u00a0<em>ypsilon\u00a0<\/em>in Dutch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a thing with pronunciation though.<\/p>\n<p>There are words where the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ij<\/span><\/em> is still pronounced as the medieval <em>i<\/em>, such as <em>bijzonder<\/em> or the name of the town\u00a0<em>Wijchen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It is also pronounced differently in words that end with <em>-lijk<\/em>, such as <em>eerlijk\u00a0<\/em>(honest, fair) or <em>gevaarlijk <\/em>(dangerous).<\/p>\n<p>In all normal cases, it sounds like <em>ij<\/em> as in <em>dijk\u00a0<\/em>(dyke) or\u00a0<em>wijk\u00a0<\/em>(neighborhood).<\/p>\n<p>And pronounced the same as the\u00a0<em>lange ij\u00a0<\/em>is&#8230;\u00a0de\u00a0<em>korte ei<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>ei<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>korte ei<\/em> sounds exactly like the <em>lange ij<\/em>, and is also very common. It is used a lot in words that end with <em>-heid<\/em>,\u00a0such as <em>eenheid<\/em>\u00a0(unit, unity) or <em>overheid\u00a0<\/em>(government).<\/p>\n<p>It is achieved by &#8220;gliding together&#8221; the\u00a0<em>e\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>i\u00a0<\/em>sound.<\/p>\n<p>There are also words that sound the same but because of their <em>ij\/ei<\/em> mean something else:<\/p>\n<p><em>lijden<\/em>\u00a0means &#8220;to suffer&#8221;, whereas\u00a0<em>leiden<\/em>\u00a0means &#8220;to lead&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>korte ei<\/em> is not considered to be its own letter, and so only the e is capitalized, not the i, just like all other tweeklanken.<\/p>\n<p>So the\u00a0<em>ij\u00a0<\/em>is really special!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any questions left? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! Welcome to the second post on\u00a0tweeklanken, or vowel combinations. Here&#8217;s last week&#8217;s post on ae,\u00a0ai,\u00a0aai, and\u00a0au\/ou.\u00a0Today we have an exciting one, because we will discuss the\u00a0ij, one very special letter in the Dutch alphabet and in the realm of\u00a0tweeklanken. Apart from the\u00a0ij, we will discuss the\u00a0ie\u00a0and\u00a0ieu(w) today, because they also start with an\u00a0i&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-2-ie-ieuw-ijei\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713,27710],"tags":[11,146,445094],"class_list":["post-5132","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture-2","category-dutch-grammar","tag-pronunciation","tag-spelling","tag-tweeklanken"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5132"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5132\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}