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PICS:arrowlink.gif"internal link" [[FORUM:quiz.php?c=8 | Spelling exercises]] PICS:link_icon.gif"link" [[AXS:ax.pl?http://taalunieversum.org/nieuws/1393/ | Dutch spelling reform 2006]]
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{$TransBy} [[Main.AboutMe | Bieneke Berendsen]]
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Double vowels are long vowels. Even though they consist of two vowels, they are pronounced as one.

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(:cellnr class='gray' style='font-size:2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center; color:#ff8040' width='10%':)aa
(:cell valign='top' class='gray':)Pronounce like English 'a' but open your mouth (a lot!) wider: <span class="phon">[a]</span>\\
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(:button-player SOUND:staan_waar_kaart.mp3 text="staan, waar, kaart":) \\
staan (to stand)\\
waar (true, where)\\
kaart (card, map)
(:cellnr class='gray' style='font-size:2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center; color:#ff8040':)ee
(:cell valign='top' class='gray':)Pronounce like English 'ai' in claim: <span class="phon">[e]</span>\\
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(:button-player SOUND:zee_been_kleed_geel.mp3 text="staan, waar, kaart":) \\
zee (sea)\\
kleed (carpet)\\
been (leg)\\
geel (yellow)\\
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But: pronounce like English 'ea' in beard when followed by the letter r: \\
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(:button-player SOUND:Meer_zeer_verkeerd_heersen.mp3 text="meer, zeer, verkeerd":) \\
meer (more)\\
zeer (very)\\
verkeerd (wrong)\\
heersen (to reign)
(:cellnr class='gray' style='font-size:2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center; color:#ff8040':)oo
(:cell valign='top' class='gray':)Pronounce like English 'oa' in boat: <span class="phon">[oo]</span>\\
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(:button-player SOUND:rood_hoofd_groot_troosten.mp3 text="rood_hoofd_groot_troosten.mp3":)\\
rood (red)\\
hoofd (head)\\
groot (big)\\
troosten (to comfort)\\
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But: when it precedes the letter r, pronounce like the English ''oo'' in door: <span class="phon">[&#596;&#720;]</span>\\
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(:button-player SOUND:woord_vermoorden_noord_noors.mp3 text="woord_vermoorden_noord_noors.mp3":) \\
woord (word)\\
vermoorden (to kill)\\
noord (north)\\
Noors (Norwegian)
(:cellnr class='gray' style='font-size:2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center; color:#ff8040':)uu
(:cell valign='top' class='gray':)Pronounce like French 'u' in 'tu' or German 'ü' in Düsseldorf: <span class="uu">[y]</span> \\
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(:button-player SOUND:vuur_uur_muur_duur_debuut.mp3 text="vuur_uur_muur_duur_debuut.mp3":)\\
vuur (fire)\\
uur (hour)\\
muur (wall)\\
duur (expensive)\\
debuut (debut)
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[[SOUND:staan_waar_kaart.mp3|{$MP3}]] staan, waar, kaart [[SOUND:zee_been_kleed_geel.mp3|{$MP3}]] zee, kleed, been, geel [[SOUND:Meer_zeer_verkeerd_heersen.mp3|{$MP3}]] meer, zeer, verkeerd, heersen [[SOUND:rood_hoofd_groot_troosten.mp3|{$MP3}]] rood, hoofd, groot, troosten [[SOUND:woord_vermoorden_noord_noors.mp3|{$MP3}]] woord, vermoorden, noord, Noors [[SOUND:vuur_uur_muur_duur_debuut.mp3|{$MP3}]] vuur, uur, muur, duur, debuut
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