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Dutch Grammar :: spelling and pronunciation :: consonants
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English version by Bieneke Berendsen :: other languages When you produce a consonant, the airwave that leaves your mouth is modified by a certain 'obstruction' that you create with your tongue or lips.
The Dutch have three consonant combinations in which the separate consonants are merged into a new sound: ch, sch, and ng.
You can find these at the bottom of this page.
[p] If it occurs at the end of a word, it is pronounced the same as the letter 'p' (see below).
[k] In all other cases, this consonant sounds like 'k'.
[t] If it appears at the end of a word, it is pronounced like 't' (see below)..
The same goes for English but the Dutch pronounce these letters in a slightly different way.
The Dutch v sounds more like English f and the Dutch w is something between English w and v.
Compare the following pairs and see if you can hear the difference: .
In Flanders and in the southern part of the Netherlands, this consonant sounds much softer [x] .
[h] This letter is pronounced more or less the same as in English.


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Dutch Grammar :: nouns and articles :: articles > definite articles > het-nouns
home grammar audio to holland! books links forum how you can help You are here: grammar > nouns and articles > articles > definite articles > het-nouns .
English version by Bieneke Berendsen :: other languages About one third of all nouns are 'het nouns'.
There are no clear rules to help you determine which article to use so it will be a matter of learning the article-noun combinations by heart.
However, there are a few hints, which are listed below.
All infinitives used as nouns (see the verb as a noun ):.
All nouns of the type the good thing, the bad thing etc.
Most nouns beginning with the prefixes ge-, be- and ver- but not those ending in -ing .

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