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Main
differences in sounds Nĭderlande - Latvija
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sound description Spoken examples: see below |
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short a |
More back in the mouth. Like Geman verhaften |
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aa & long a
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ā
……..► like German Die
Tat |
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short e with accent |
Like English best
or German Herr |
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short e without accent |
Like English the |
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ee &
long e
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ē
……..► Like German sehr |
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short
i |
Sharp and short ……..► Like English
a bit |
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ie & long i
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ī ……..► Like English here,
Like German hin |
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short u |
Very different from Latvian ……..►About like English to cut |
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uu & long u
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Very different from Latvian ……..► Like
German die Tür |
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oe |
u ……..► Like German nur gut |
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short o |
Like English top
and German Porträt |
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oo & long o
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Like English boat and
German Botschaft |
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ui |
Like French l’oeil and acceuil Listen also to the spoken examples below |
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ei
and ij |
different from Latvian …….►A little
bit like German die Eiche or Leihambt But not like ‘ai’ |
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k |
Like English and German k (not hard palate) |
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l |
Like English and German l (not hard palate) |
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n |
Like English and German n (not hard palate) |
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r |
Softer than Latvian r. Like English and
German r |
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c |
s or k
circus = sirkus |
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sj |
like Latvian ž |
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v |
like English very
or Geman viel |
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w |
like Latvian v |
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g or ch |
like Latvian h(r ) |
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ng |
Like English sing and German singen |
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nk |
speak ngk |
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You find a long a
o u i
en e in an open syllable Long sound: a.pen
o.pen bu.ren be.ren
li.bel Short sound: tap.pen
bof.fen hulp kers
lip.pen |
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Examples
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Spoken
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short a |
kat ram ballen |
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aa & long a
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aap ramen raken |
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short e with accent |
bel kers rendier |
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short e without accent |
de me geloof |
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ee &
long e
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eet eend veel |
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short
i |
kip dit
gil |
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ie & long i |
trampoline dier dienen |
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short u |
hut rust dutten |
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uu & long u |
muur vuren duvel |
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oe |
boer hoeven boeken |
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short o |
kop bollen botsen |
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oo & long o
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koop horen loods |
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ui |
huis ruilen duiken |
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ei
and ij |
mei rijen kijken hei |
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k |
kopen kilo bedrukt |
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l |
los langs beleven |
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n |
naar kraan namens |
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r |
rood beroofd |
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c (ç = s) |
cactus circus reçu |
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sj |
kosjer sjoelen sjabloon |
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v |
veel beleven voortaan |
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w |
wereld geweld bewateren |
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g or ch |
geld graag beginnen lachen gezicht |
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ng |
lang ding belangrijk |
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nk |
koninkrijk koninkje lonken |
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