Dutch pronunciation: the GGGGGGG-spot!

What is your favourite Dutch word to pronounce?
What sound makes you crazy?

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

Of course... the GGGGG-sounds... drive foreigners crazy, but at same time... so much fun to say!

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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

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

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[Vocnor]

That pronunciation of “angstschreeuw” was impressive! I doubt I’d be able to tell she is Canadian if I heard this out of the context of this video. Cheers!

[Jan_Koopman]

I'm Dutch, but up until now, I never really thought about 'angstschreeuw' having 8 consonants in a row😅

Fonologically, it's 6 tho

[ddiirrkkiiee]

Just use the (soft) 'g' sound as it's pronounced in the south of the Netherlands and in Belgium. Even though I live in the Randstad these days, I usually still teach foreigners that g-sound as it's a lot easier to pronounce for most people (especially Anglophone people).

[katy]

Wow 1:26 i just thought she could speak dutch, she spoke it so well

[gotuble]

It is a well known misunderstanding that each native Dutch speaker uses the 'rasping g'. Hopefully those who came from abroad, live longer in our country and regularly visit Noord-Brabant, Limburg and other parts from The Netherlands - so outside Holland - get familiar with the more softer pronounced g. Which is also commonly used in our neighbour countries Belgium and Germany.

[carolina]

I honestly will never understand how it's hard to pronounce the G. (I'm dutch)

[PrinceWalacra]

It's funny to hear that they all exaggerate the Dutch "G" sound. They should use it more soft, that's more natural.

[coreysivan]

Seeing them struggle to pronounce some words just made me think about 'Scheveningen' ahahah

[J.-T.]

Lmao here in belgium people in Western-Flanders barely pronounce the 'g', which results in something that sounds like a 'h'

[sewinginscottish]

I think being Scottish gives me a slight advantage with the g’s and the ch’s, we’re quite used to making those sounds unlike most other English speakers

[tohulohe]

The Sumi tribe of Nagaland, India has a similar usage of "ggg" in our dialect.
We use letters/words like "qhi, qhu, xhi xu, xa, gha, ghi, etc".

[hayden]

“Angstchreeuw” Im Dutch but the girl who is saying that can say that better dan I can do🤣

[legaleagle]

Actually, the "G" sound became very easy for me once I realized that it was the same sound as the Spanish "J" in '"jugar." And my favorite Dutch word is "gezellig."

[Kuro_Reaper]

I can do the 'G'...BUT the 'UI' on the other hand! My bf has been trying to teach me for months, just can not get it right.

[jurjenzuidland]

Super trots op iedereen die bezig is met leren 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻😄

[Huasteco]

to get a good pronunciation in Dutch, one must let a small chicken bone get stuck in the throat and then speak. The bone will help get the right pronunciation.

[CandidZulu]

When I hear people say Schatje or school the ch is gutural, but in Bossche (bollen) it seem to be a different sound that is almost silent sometimes?

[BojanaStevic]

I love Dutch lanuage and watching this video's really help me a lot to prepare for Inburgering exams. 👏🏻😍🇳🇱

[lesleyjulianto]

Als je nederlands bent is het echt grappig om te horen🤣

[DezRosswess]

Somebody asked what KLM stood for once, makes sense why it's abbreviated.