Mee in Dutch: how to use it

[@isobellevillablanca7666]

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[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Awesome, thank you!

[@15837pawimomo]

Great explanation

[@juancarlosvegaoliver8513]

Great video!. I am confused about the pronunciation of mee. I though the rule was that ee is always pronunced with a long e sound, like the a in the English word take, however you pronounce it as the e in the English word me. Am I correct or I am mishearing it? Is the pronunciation of ee different for this particular word or is it just a regional difference with respect to Dutch of the Netherlands?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Hello Juan, in phonetic script, ee in Dutch is /e/ and take in English is /teɪk/, so there is a difference with the ɪ. There are some regional differences, but I believe this one would only change with a heavy accent. Hope it helps!

[@ganeshtawade2664]

Hi alien you posted great video. Can you start video series for Dutch discussion at various location. How we should ask questions and answer to that.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Thanks for the idea, but what kind of discussions would you be interested in?

[@jeebiah]

Thank yoiu so much.

[@Ibranda]

Ze doe mee(meedoen) Praat je mee# can it be translated like join us in the convo??

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Yes.

[@ridhoarr28]

Dank je wel :)

[@lyndatelford4370]

Literally are you with me/ us

[@avenkhero4597]

Dank u wel

[@burcindemirsoy6738]

Dank u wel. 👌

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Rica ederim :)

[@ClaudiaRodriguez-yq1qx]

I think I'm a bit lost in pronunciation, "mee" you pronounce like" mi" but I think here in Antwerpen they just say "me", or am I wrong? Thanks

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Hm, I can't judge based on what you write, Spanish/Portuguese mi isn't English mi or me. But indeed, regional differences exist.

[@ridhoarr28]

He is from Belgium

[@papimapi8992]

he does not pronounce it correctly

[@seankennedy8506]

Je kan het als een invitatie gebruiken zoals 'Ga je mee' 'Kom maar mee' Is dat waar of niet waar? Merci, Sean

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

'Ga je mee?' is een invitatie, maar 'Kom maar mee!' is een imperatief.

[@seankennedy8506]

@@LearnDutchwithAlain Ah Oke Ik snap het nu

[@TheOkinawaBoy]

moet ik uitspreken een word mee als "mi" of "mej"?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Assuming you're Russian or having another Slavic mother tongue, this is typically difficult because Russian doesn't make a difference between the i and the e. I would say mej.

[@TheOkinawaBoy]

@@LearnDutchwithAlain That's the way I say: "mei". And, of course I can hear the difference between e and i- eq sinij(blue in Russian). Nobody says "senej", if this is what you meant. I'm not an linguist, and my ears are way too old. 😀

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

@@TheOkinawaBoy Haha :) And I don't speak Russian, but many of my Slavic students had issues with these i-e, some couldn't hear the difference... Practice usually helps, but some things only come with time :)

[@Igor_-_K]

Олег привет, слушай, хочу спросить тебя, ты спрашивал у других людей то что объесняет Alain? У меня сейчас урок с учителем голандцем и он говорит, что все выражения что он объясняет не правильно по смыслу, т.е. в Нидерландах они имеют другое значение. Я в замешательстве! Конечно я склонен прислушаться к моему учителю, потому что он живет именно в Нидерландах. А Alain с Бельгии. Я сказал это моему учителю, он сказал, что да разница в смысле может быть.

[@TheOkinawaBoy]

@@Igor_-_K К сожалению, у нас нет учителей нидерландского, язык непопулярен. Я работал много и с голландцами и с их соседями. В данном ролике всего лишь разница в произношении и она очень тонкая. Я бы не останавливался на этом и фокусировался на общем смысле и правилах. Если скажешь ми или мей никто этому внимания не предаст.

[@munoadan9952]

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[@masniursitorus8125]

Confusing