Dutch Pronunciation, Video 1: Dutch Phonetics & Spelling (2021, new version)

[@ilyilyaily]

thank you for using professional language, transcription signs and schemes to describe the sounds, it makes understanding so much easier. most of the videos on YT offer you to just repeat without actually explaining what's going on. would also love to see mouthing closeups but still - this video is excellent

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello Илья! We're so glad to hear you found the video helpful. 🙏

[@rei0go50]

I absolutely love your pronunciation guide series! Please make more in other languages 😃 Looking forward to Danish and Vietnamese.

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We're delighted that you enjoyed the videos! We will consider your suggestions for our future videos.

[@joadsonmatias2610]

We need the new version of the phonetic description of the other languages and new ones. This is an excellent work!

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We're happy to hear you found it useful! 😀

[@AcuCN]

The dutch 'Sj' like in 'Sjaal' is just like the 'Xi' in chinese, this really helps!

[@FluentForeverApp]

Happy to help!

[@sjuns5159]

Or Russian щ. But honestly, as a Dutch person, English sh or Russian ш are also completely fine, I don't think anyone will notice, and there's no meaningful difference in Dutch.

[@midcentralvowel]

Loving the fresh look

[@FluentForeverApp]

Thanks for stopping by! 🙌

[@eduardo-ur4nj]

This is what I needed thank you so much!!

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We're delighted that you found the video helpful, Eduardo!

[@pixelfrenzy]

I'm very pleased to stumble across this since I just started learning Dutch, but the audio quality on this is bad in places... much too heavily compressed, at least on Gabe's parts. Is there a better quality version somewhere else? Dank je wel!

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hi Chris, this is the only version currently. We're sorry for any audio issues; hopefully, you'll still be able to get the information you need from it 🙂

[@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775]

To me, it seems like only the vowel changes tone and not the aspirated/ unaspirated consonants (that I couldn't recognize)

[@memo6032]

Please make a video for the Turkish language

[@ejt321]

Very helpful. I took notes. But it also seems you left out the sound of 'd' at the end of words, which is often like 't'. I observe that Dutch 'wind' is pronounced something like 'vint' as an English speaker would say that spelling. In other words, a final 'd' seems a bit reduced from 'd' in other start or middle locations. Comments? ejt

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hi Eric! We are glad to hear this is helpful! Video 3 on Dutch pronunciation covers the voicing and devoicing of consonants. Please have a look at the link below. We hope you find it useful! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXjLdYGmhp6iqKs

[@nwaiwuogechi7011]

Dutch language is the best

[@romuloVG]

Not "American" R, but English R in all English major variants

[@420olof2]

how do i pronounce ‘gr’ or ‘chr’ like in graag, schrijven?

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello, you may find these tools useful for checking the pronunciation of words you're learning in your target language (we used these ourselves before creating our app): forvo.com/ rhinospike.com/ We hope this helps! If you're interested, you can check out our app here: fluent-forever.com/ 😊

[@MaybeNotBread]

How to spell word in Dutch

[@Hwelhos]

i actually pronounce both f and v as v word initially and say sjaal as [sʃɐːʟ] and [sʃɪps], chip, jus and gin r said as [tjɪp], [ʒu] and [dʒɪn] i usually use the correct one, [r], word finally its sometimed /ɾ/ and sometimes /ɽ/, having [buːʊɾ] also /ʋ/ can be pronounced [w] word initially before o and u, like in [wɔrt]

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Thanks for sharing!

[@sjuns5159]

Hmm eh where are you from? These seem pretty unlikely to me, definitely [ʒu], it's not "zjoe", right? I've also never ever heard [tjɪp] or [sʃ].

[@Hwelhos]

@@sjuns5159 i apparently made a mistake with jus, it should be [ʒy]. the others are correct for me, though. i am from the north of the netherlands

[@fgdfhdhjd7776]

You gave a wrong pronunciation guide for L. The l and ɫ are both in English and Dutch. It is not as you said that /ɫ/ for English and /l/ for Dutch. English link it is still /ˈlɪŋk/ not /ɫɪŋk/. It is sad that I need to point out this as a Dutch learner of first week.

[@natec4339]

I think he was pretty clear that the dark ł is only at the end of words like english, and the l found at the beginning of words is very similar to english, but varies slightly in phonology

[@MK-mm7ui]

Theres a lot of mistakes with the IPA in this video

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hi there! We'd be happy to look into this. Could you please provide a couple of examples via email at [e-mail]? That way, we can get any errors reported and fixed. Thanks so much!

[@pallieterbeer168]

As a native Dutch speaker I found that terribly hard to understand. Some of the sounds appeared totally foreign to my ears. I regret just spending money on a 2 year subscription to follow Spanish following your program. I thought I check out what you have to say about the pronunciation. What can I say: not impressed. 🤨

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello Geert! The videos were created to be used with our pronunciation trainers or the app. When you start using the app, everything will be easier to understand. But in case you need help, you can always contact us at help.fluent-forever.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. We'll be happy to help you!