These DUTCH sounds drive foreigners CRAZY!

Which Dutch words sound funny?
Are there specific sounds that you find difficult...
or is the pronunciation simply impossible?
Vowels... dipththongues... the letter 'G'?

That's what we asked to the Dutch language students of the BLC Dutch Summer School.

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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)

Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
Music: MGAnalog

Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School - 2019 in Drenthe

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[jeffreyvisser]

How the Dutch say it, how foreigners try to say it, how we explain them to say it when it’s wrong, how foreigners think about it.

How we say it properly: vliegtuig

How foreigners possibly say it: vlietuih

How we explain when it’s wrong:

Foreign thoughts:

Hehe but if you need help with a word of knowing how to say it, please put the word in the comment and I will try to explain it well

[taegiseoktrash]

Interesting that no one could pronounce the eeu sound correctly o.o

[HorseAround]

Pronunciation for sneeuw: pronounce it like 'snail' and switch the L for W. There fixed it :)

[jwvdvuurst]

"De jaarvergadering van de Scheveningse schoorsteenvegersvereniging verklaar ik voor geopend."

[idiosyncraticRyugu]

Figures that it drives them crazy.. no one is teaching them the correct pronunciation..

[thistlebites]

Heel veel klinkers proberen ze achter in de mond uit te spreken. Met als gevolg dat je een totaal andere klank hoort. Verder leggen de nadruk heel erg op de G/CH bij de uitspraak, terwijl dat totaal niet nodig is.

[BrazenNL]

So, noone corrects them in that the pronunciation of "eeu" is closer to "ay" than "ee"?

[ronaldderooij]

Wij schrobben op Schiphol een schoorsteen zo ontzettend mooi schoon, dat de Scheveningse schuwe ooievaar over een eeuw nog een schoon nest kan bouwen.

[theo]

Our language helped us in WW2 against Dutch infiltrators. When someone suspected a man or woman wasn't Dutch they let them pronounce the city of Scheveningen lol

[SuuzieQ]

"Eeuw" sounds like, "ew" the way that guy says it lol

[pietateip]

There is also the soft G which is used more in Belgium and sounds less harsh.

[StratosTitan]

A lot of the harsh g or sch sounds are easier to teach the way it is in Flemish. Then the sounds are easier to learn because they are not so harsh.

[Opmehoofd]

one of my favorites is: 'Hoogstwaarschijnlijk' pronouncing this is impossible unless you are very skilled in dutch language
meaning: very likely, or almost a certainty

[WouterWeggelaar]

The first word my partner actually tried to pronounce in Dutch, believe it or not, was kraamvisite. And after that, Sneeuw and Afdruiprek.

[LeonKerkdijk]

There's nothing wrong with having an accent. I know plenty of people who have. Just make sure that we understand you.

[erwinrommel]

For the foreigners:
Try to say “eeu” in the back of you’re throat and without the ‘u’

We just have an standard pretty weird rule that if we say something with a “w” on the end we put an “u” before the “w”

[GeorgeKarayannis]

yeah initially I was thinking hearing Dutch that its like German, when you are having a stroke. Then I heard how danish sounds and Dutch doesnt sound have as bad now. Anyhooo, any suggestions for a book on expanding vocabulary? BART.

[S.A.]

its funny to look at this when you're dutchman. like me :)

[sannevanberkel]

I want to meet them and learn them how to speak with a G from Brabant. Gonna save them throats

[mirceapintelie]

Dutch language has all the vowels that Polish language desperately needs☻