{"id":5140,"date":"2017-08-14T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2017-08-23T00:26:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T00:26:37","slug":"tweeklanken-3-eeuw-ei-eu-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-3-eeuw-ei-eu-ui\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweeklanken 3: eeu(w), ei, eu, ui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi again. Welcome to the third instalment on the series on\u00a0<em>tweeklanken<\/em>. \u00a0Today, we discuss those that start with an\u00a0<em>e<\/em>. Last week, we discussed <em>ei\u00a0<\/em>already, as it is very much related to the\u00a0<em>ij<\/em>.\u00a0The other two\u00a0<em>tweeklanken\u00a0<\/em>with\u00a0<em>e<\/em>\u00a0are pretty straightforward, I think. Furthermore, because the <em>ui\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>eu\u00a0<\/em>are kind of related in what they sound like, I will also discuss\u00a0<em>ui\u00a0<\/em>today.\u00a0They are all used quite some, so they are valuable to learn! Let&#8217;s dive into these vowel combinations!<\/p>\n<p>Here are all posts of the series:<\/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-2-ie-ieuw-ijei\/\"><strong>Tweeklanken 2: ie, ieu(w), ij\/ei<\/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 3 - eeu(w), eu, ui\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YjmpoiUl-Ww?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<h2><em><strong>eeu(w)<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1102px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/seagull?photo=FCwn2O3gyRM\" aria-label=\"Download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"1092\" height=\"728\" \/ alt=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/FCwn2O3gyRM\/download\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A meeuw! (seagull)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like\u00a0<em>ie<\/em><em>u<\/em><em>(w)<\/em>, which we discussed last week,\u00a0<em>eeu(w)\u00a0<\/em>is not used very much. As\u00a0<em>ieu(w)<\/em>, it is always followed by a\u00a0<em>w<\/em>, but the\u00a0<em>w\u00a0<\/em>is not officially part of the\u00a0<em>tweeklank<\/em>. The great thing about this\u00a0<em>tweeklank<\/em> (as with\u00a0<em>ei<\/em>, which means egg as a noun), is that\u00a0<em>eeuw\u00a0<\/em>is a noun by itself. It means\u00a0age or century. So:\u00a0<em>zeventiende eeuw\u00a0<\/em>means &#8220;seventeenth century&#8221; and\u00a0<em>Gouden Eeuw\u00a0<\/em>means &#8220;Golden Age&#8221;. Furthermore, it is seen in verbs, such as\u00a0<em>geeuwen<\/em> (to yawn), or as a noun, such as\u00a0<em>meeuwen\u00a0<\/em>(seagulls)!<\/p>\n<p><em>eeuw\u00a0<\/em>is a rather long sound. You combine\u00a0<em>ee<\/em> and\u00a0<em>u<\/em>. Glide:\u00a0<em>eeu<\/em>. The\u00a0<em>w<\/em>, as in\u00a0<em>ieu(w)<\/em>, just rounds off the\u00a0<em>tweeklank<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On to the more common\u00a0<em>eu<\/em>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong><em>eu<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/nose?photo=N-1XGL54pQg\" aria-label=\"Download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"1130\" height=\"772\" \/ alt=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/N-1XGL54pQg\/download\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">a <em>neus<\/em> (nose) of a <em>kat<\/em> (cat)!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>eu\u00a0<\/em>is in many different words, such as\u00a0<em>neus\u00a0<\/em>(nose),\u00a0<em>keus\u00a0<\/em>(choice), <em>E<\/em><em>uropa\u00a0<\/em>(Europe), or an all-time favorite of the Dutch: <em>leuk\u00a0<\/em>(nice). The letter combination is easy:\u00a0<em>e\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>u<\/em>. Glide:\u00a0<em>eu<\/em>. Pretty simple. The focus is a bit on the\u00a0<em>u\u00a0<\/em>here, as in\u00a0<em>ui<\/em>. We will get to that below.<\/p>\n<p>What is interesting is that the\u00a0<em>eu\u00a0<\/em>can sound different when it precedes an <em>r<\/em>. Listen to\u00a0<em>neus\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>beuren\u00a0<\/em>(to lift),\u00a0<em>zeuren\u00a0<\/em>(to whine) or <em>geur\u00a0<\/em>(smell). As you can hear, the\u00a0<em>eu<\/em> becomes a bit longer because the word is a bit longer, and the focus is more on the <em>e<\/em> here.\u00a0Pretty interesting, right?<\/p>\n<p>Now to the\u00a0<em>ui<\/em>, a vowel combination that is quite related in its pronunciation to the\u00a0<em>eu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>ui<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/vmkhhhXzMqU?from_login=true&amp;like_photo=true\" aria-label=\"Download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"1271\" height=\"715\" \/ alt=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/vmkhhhXzMqU\/download\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An <em>ui<\/em> (onion).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>ui\u00a0<\/em>is a pretty difficult letter combination to pronounce, which it is infamous for. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-ui-conundrum\/\">My colleague Karoly wrote a whole post about it!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sound is a bit between an\u00a0<em>ou\u00a0<\/em>and an\u00a0<em>eu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u00a0<em>ui\u00a0<\/em>is a combination of\u00a0<em>u\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>i<\/em>. Glide:\u00a0<em>ui<\/em>. It sounds like the\u00a0<em>u\u00a0<\/em>is coming from below, but that becomes difficult with time, so the\u00a0<em>u\u00a0<\/em>starts higher, and becomes\u00a0<em>u. Uit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ui\u00a0<\/em>is a word that is easy to practice again, because guess what:\u00a0<em>ui\u00a0<\/em>means &#8220;onion&#8221;. It is used a lot, and is also in words that are difficult to pronounce properly in English as well:\u00a0<em>uil\u00a0<\/em>(owl). Or:\u00a0<em>buiten\u00a0<\/em>(outside).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think about these\u00a0<em>tweeklanken<\/em>? Do you have difficulty pronouncing any of them? Any other comments or questions? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi again. Welcome to the third instalment on the series on\u00a0tweeklanken. \u00a0Today, we discuss those that start with an\u00a0e. Last week, we discussed ei\u00a0already, as it is very much related to the\u00a0ij.\u00a0The other two\u00a0tweeklanken\u00a0with\u00a0e\u00a0are pretty straightforward, I think. Furthermore, because the ui\u00a0and\u00a0eu\u00a0are kind of related in what they sound like, I will also discuss\u00a0ui\u00a0today.\u00a0They are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/tweeklanken-3-eeuw-ei-eu-ui\/\">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":[60713,3590,27711],"tags":[11,146,445094],"class_list":["post-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture-2","category-dutch-language","category-dutch-vocabulary-2","tag-pronunciation","tag-spelling","tag-tweeklanken"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","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=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5162,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/5162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}