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Dutch and Flemish

  1. één - ayn
  2. twee - tway
  3. drie - dree
  4. vier - veer
  5. vijf - viyf
  6. zes - zehs
  7. zeven - zayvn
  8. acht - ahg*t
  9. negen - nayg*n
  10. tien - teen
  11. elf - ehlv
  12. twaalf - twahlv

      g* sound: "a sound like you make when you clear your throat to spit"

Never mind if it gets more difficult to choose the correct Dutch words, or get the pronunciation just right after a few drinks. The Dutch are almost all bi-lingual and many have learned the basics of German - French - English and the talented few also the classics Greek and Latin. The Dutchies who love their favorite European holiday destination, can often speak fluently Spanish, Italian or Turkic.

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Do take care of correct pronunciation!

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by Oui on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 05:06:27 AM EST
I recall a couple of Amsterdam Dutch folks trying to teach me that glottal g-sound - they thought I was hilarious!

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 08:16:15 AM EST
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Reminds me of this page which discusses how to pronounce "Huygens", the physicist. It includes an audio file with examples from several speakers. I would have never guessed at the pronunciation. Very very interesting.

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by Kaitlin on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 08:40:04 AM EST
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  • by Oui on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:36:00 PM EST
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    I've been trying to learn the g sound the past few weeks and can't get it right. Aren't there any dialects of Dutch which make it easier? Is there any way I can sort of cheat with my g's?

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    by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 10:03:48 AM EST
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    Look under :  Spelling  G .
    G "a sound like you make when you clear your throat to spit"
    geel, legen, leggen, deeg, heg (ca 25K)

    [En: yellow, to empty v, to lay v, dough, hedge]

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    by Oui on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:17:00 PM EST
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    I was afraid someone would say that. :-)

    I once read somewhere that during the war the Dutch would ask suspicious persons to pronounce Scheveningen to prove their Dutchness.

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    by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Thu Jun 16th, 2005 at 01:31:28 PM EST
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