Dutch pronunciation: korte EI vs lange IJ, part 1

Dutch pronunciation: How to pronounce 'de korte ei' and 'de lange ij'?
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How to pronounce Dutch letters? This lesson is an extra lesson to the Dutch alphabet video by Bart de Pau. In each Dutch pronunciation lesson Bart explains in detail how to pronounce letters in Dutch (vowels, consonants, diphthongs), with recommendations for students of Dutch on how to pronounce and overcome difficulties in speaking.
Translation of the dialogue in the video:
Hello Mr Small, how are you?
Hello Mr Rich, I am very well. What about you?
I am fine as well! I arrived at five o’clock by a train from Leiden.
Oh… I never travel by train. I always drive my small, grey car.
Oh… How nice that you have your own transport. I envy you!)
These videos come with extra speaking exercises. Check the Dutch pronunciation playlist or learndutch.org.
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This Dutch pronunciation lesson is written bij Mirjam van Beijsterveldt. She is a Dutch teacher (NT2) at the BLC Dutch Summer School, and author of books for children, like 'tips voor de verdrietige koe', 'de avonturen van de huunkvogel', 'de huunkvogel en de supermuggen van Sweenjoland'.
If you are serious about learning Dutch, you need to be able to make phrases. For that purpose the course #dutchgrammar can be recommended: www.learndutch.org/dutch-grammar/

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  • @AverageSilenceEnjoyer
    @AverageSilenceEnjoyer6 жыл бұрын

    Damn i used 6min watching this when instead you couldve just said "theyre the same"

  • @SilverSkySE

    @SilverSkySE

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yup they are pronounced exactly the same, in order for you to know which one to write, you need to know the vocabulary by heart.

  • @calus-superiorjackass3906

    @calus-superiorjackass3906

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @DikWhite
    @DikWhite3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm half Dutch and grew up bilingual. When I started watching this video I wondered whether I had always incorrectly assumed ei and ij were pronounced the same. Thanks for putting my mind at rest. By the way, when the ij comes at the beginning of a word it is always written as IJ as in IJmuiden or IJsselmeer. I thought that was worth adding here.

  • @alexisericson241

    @alexisericson241

    2 жыл бұрын

    Woah people do treat it like a letter unto itself then!

  • @etiennedevignolles7538

    @etiennedevignolles7538

    9 ай бұрын

    @@alexisericson241 I used to have a typewriter which had "ij" as a single letter!

  • @kokorox61
    @kokorox615 жыл бұрын

    Jeeez, 7 minutes just to say that they're pronounced exactly the same. LOL

  • @Definitely_not_pi

    @Definitely_not_pi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @ronaldderooij1774
    @ronaldderooij17743 жыл бұрын

    The short and long IJ are called that way because originally (40 years ago) the ij was one letter instead of two and it was written with a tail below the writing line. So therefore "long". The short ei remained above the writing line, so it was called "short". Officially it the ij is a separate letter and is unique to the Dutch language, just like the "ß"is unique to German. However, with all the computer keyboards nowadays, it is easier to replace it with "ij".

  • @richardbrinkerhoff

    @richardbrinkerhoff

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had a typewriter at my first job that had a separate key for the ij where the two letters were written as one.

  • @ronaldderooij1774

    @ronaldderooij1774

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@richardbrinkerhoff Ja, met de rechterpink te bedienen.... rampzalig.

  • @richardbrinkerhoff

    @richardbrinkerhoff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ronaldderooij1774 Het was 46 jaar geleden, dus ik weet niet meer met welke vinger.

  • @nhunka44
    @nhunka445 жыл бұрын

    I've heard people in Den Bosch say "ij" as we say the word "eye" or "I" in English. The way Bart pronounces is sounds more like the sound in "hey"

  • @dominikam7508

    @dominikam7508

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi. The same problem with people from Haarlem / Amsterdam. On the other hand my flemish teacher has taught me the same pronunciation as in tge video. Honestly, I don't know which of these I should follow. Weird thing that no one is able to explain these differences.

  • @koen293

    @koen293

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dominikam7508 I think this is because of (regional/local) dialects, of which we have many in the Netherlands.

  • @rrbrambley

    @rrbrambley

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly the reason I came to this video. I cannot figure out which sound I should be using. If I say it like "eye," is it okay to always pronounce it this way? For example, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say hij or mij with the "eye" sound, but only instead as Bart says it in this video. Can someone please address this?

  • @richardbrinkerhoff

    @richardbrinkerhoff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rrbrambley English 'eye' sounds like aai to a Dutchman. It's definitely not the same pronunciation as ei or ij.

  • @anaisaerksen
    @anaisaerksen3 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking about that when studying my vocabulary today. Thank you :)

  • @etiennedevignolles7538
    @etiennedevignolles75389 ай бұрын

    I loved this video (I've just started trying to learn Dutch). And I have subscribed for more of this.

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg97413 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @cherylunrestricted7816
    @cherylunrestricted78167 жыл бұрын

    Bedankt :)

  • @kdub1242
    @kdub12423 жыл бұрын

    To my uneducated ear, the Dutch language rather sounds like a "kinder, gentler" German.😉

  • @teleclipse8489
    @teleclipse84897 жыл бұрын

    i'm not learning dutch, but my last name is 'cosijn' and i've wanted wanted to know why it was pronounced so differently to it's spelling. interesting video! :)

  • @gijsbrans2338

    @gijsbrans2338

    7 жыл бұрын

    holographic cloud its not that different, the dutch soilund for "i" and "j" right behind each other almost sound like the "ij" sound so its really more of a simplification in the pronunciation that has been created over time.

  • @ArmArmAdv
    @ArmArmAdv6 ай бұрын

    Bedankt! These two sound so similar.

  • @michaelyemane2063
    @michaelyemane20637 жыл бұрын

    zeer bedankt

  • @timpeters7852
    @timpeters78528 ай бұрын

    Ik heb me altijd afgevraagd waarom we nog niet een van de twee hebben afgeschaft.

  • @thales361
    @thales3617 жыл бұрын

    Bart you are awesome! I am studying the 1000 most common words and using Duolingo to learn Dutch from scratch, after I have some good ground I will start the #dutchgrammar, your teaching skills, voice and programs are awesome! Dankjewel! =) By the way, do you think it is necessary to begin with the #dutchgrammar1 if I already studied for like 4-6 months (everyday at least 30min, sometimes more than 1 hour)? Or should I just dare and go to #dutchgrammar2 ?

  • @amandahicks9858

    @amandahicks9858

    Жыл бұрын

    w is u

  • @NamNguyen-hz9tn
    @NamNguyen-hz9tn6 жыл бұрын

    Heel erg bedankt

  • @ochampagne1157
    @ochampagne11577 жыл бұрын

    bedankt!

  • @huiyuanzhu2585
    @huiyuanzhu25853 жыл бұрын

    Heel erg helpen 👍

  • @brasil366
    @brasil3667 жыл бұрын

    heel goed !!!!!

  • @benw9949
    @benw99494 жыл бұрын

    Two notes: (1) The leading sound is somewhere between English short E (bed, let, egg,), English short A (apple, cat, ash), and a schwa E, (up, but, the last sound in sofa, and so on). Like UH-EE, EH-EE, AE-EE with their first sounds all blended together. But AA/AE (apple, cat, ash) + EE sounds most like it, even if technically, it's EH-EE. (2) If the only phonetic difference between korte and lange EI/IJ is duration, prolonged for the long one, then my goodness, just say so. Much simpler.

  • @Niels-3

    @Niels-3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Native Dutch speaker here. There is no difference in duration between ei and ij. The reason ij is called 'de lange ij' is because the letter j is vertically longer, lol.

  • @mostafakayal632
    @mostafakayal6327 жыл бұрын

    bedankt

  • @itinglin8290
    @itinglin82907 жыл бұрын

    Hi Bart, thanks for the excellent video. I have a question though regarding pronunciation for ij, I notice that some people when saying "vrijdag" like English Friday, and "kijken" the ij is pronounced as English i. Can you explain why?

  • @Sloanexhd

    @Sloanexhd

    7 жыл бұрын

    There are loads of dialects so it's probably the accent.

  • @gijsbrans2338

    @gijsbrans2338

    7 жыл бұрын

    Iting Lin that might be a dialect, we have a shit ton of those in the netherlands. but in proper dutch the "ij" should be pronounced like in this video.

  • @mehreteabte1139
    @mehreteabte11397 жыл бұрын

    bedankt.Bart Tot deel 2.

  • @esunisen3862
    @esunisen38623 жыл бұрын

    Dutch: ei, ij French: è, ê, est, aie, aies, ais, ait, aient,...

  • @mykolapokhylets3105
    @mykolapokhylets3105 Жыл бұрын

    Actually, I do hear a subtle difference between ei and ij, The latter sounds a bit closer to ai.

  • @fs2728
    @fs27286 жыл бұрын

    Are there people in the Netherlands who still make a difference between ij and ei? Cause they were different in old german: ij was a long î and ei was a real diphthong.

  • @DithanBeatz
    @DithanBeatz2 жыл бұрын

    De lange ij is called lange ij omdat die j er lang uitziet toch? Maar dan heb je ook nog woorden als "Heerlijk" en "Moeilijk" waar de ij als een sjwa klinkt.

  • @noushindamirchi775
    @noushindamirchi7759 ай бұрын

    Wat leuk 👌

  • @elisabird6245
    @elisabird62454 жыл бұрын

    I´d love a teeshirt like Bart has.

  • @salimjamal8799
    @salimjamal87997 жыл бұрын

    dank u bart. ik ben een van uw studenten, ik vind het leuk

  • @gijsbrans2338

    @gijsbrans2338

    7 жыл бұрын

    Salim Jamal you're comment is gramatically perfect, and yet i can make up from it you're not natively dutch. I think the main problem is that you could have finished your sentence in a better way, as well as "dank u wel" will sound better than just "dank u". it is not necessarily a problem but maybe something you want to look at if you want to become really good at dutch.

  • @MarksmanSnir

    @MarksmanSnir

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yours isn't grammatically perfect, though :(

  • @anjapalmer8305
    @anjapalmer83052 жыл бұрын

    Kan u mischien alstublieft de nederlandse verkortingen leren?(( Woon 50 al jaar in Zweden . Ben wel heel veel vergeten)) dit berrichtje ook verkeert?

  • @miguelangel6368
    @miguelangel63685 жыл бұрын

    agrega por favor subtitulos en español

  • @pedrosaavedra437
    @pedrosaavedra43711 ай бұрын

    Bedankt 🙂

  • @sandralechner2974
    @sandralechner29747 жыл бұрын

    tiny little little spelling mistake in the English subtitle; min 1:55-2:03 litterally instead literally German subtitle is done

  • @deliefsteroos4449
    @deliefsteroos44494 жыл бұрын

    haha, interessante video! ;)

  • @amcaesar
    @amcaesar3 жыл бұрын

    Try telling that to south Amsterdam residents who pronounce the arena neighborhood as "Ballmer."

  • @inhhongthang6563
    @inhhongthang65632 жыл бұрын

    so they are the same?

  • @rcidcobo
    @rcidcobo5 жыл бұрын

    too long for such a simple fact :-)

  • @ogulcanyldrm8409
    @ogulcanyldrm84097 жыл бұрын

    bart turkish cc please

  • @zeyaddaoud3503
    @zeyaddaoud35035 жыл бұрын

    ik wil u iets vragen waarom u heeft gestopt met de viedoes van seizoen 2 als u blieft verder gaan u viedoes is gaaf

  • @PS-cw1dq
    @PS-cw1dq4 жыл бұрын

    Mirjam van Bijsterveldt, or Beisterveldt, or Beijsterveldt. You see that this vowel comes in more than one appearance 🤣

  • @lordronn472
    @lordronn4722 жыл бұрын

    I know how to pronounce IJ because of Rebecca Romijn

  • @user-ld5sg7nw6e
    @user-ld5sg7nw6e5 жыл бұрын

    Dit filmpje is kort en makkelijk

  • @PS-cw1dq
    @PS-cw1dq4 жыл бұрын

    In most parts of The Netherlands these vowels do not sound the same.

  • @Niels-3

    @Niels-3

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's not true at all.

  • @PS-cw1dq

    @PS-cw1dq

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Niels-3 so please enlighten me

  • @PS-cw1dq

    @PS-cw1dq

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Niels-3 Waar jij hebt leren praten klinken de ij en de ei wellicht hetzelfde, maar in bijvoorbeeld de Achterhoek niet hoor.

  • @Definitely_not_pi
    @Definitely_not_pi3 жыл бұрын

    Now you finally know ij is not pronounced as an itch and ei not etch

  • @Frahamen
    @Frahamen6 жыл бұрын

    is het niet "mijn klein, grijs autotje" ipv 'mijn kleine grijze autotje"?

  • @xAquamarinax

    @xAquamarinax

    6 жыл бұрын

    Frahamen no, the written version in the example is correct. When you use it as an adjective you usually add an e. If it is used by itself then you don't. For instance, mijn kleine, grijze autootje VS mijn auto is klein en grijs

  • @jessezandstra1

    @jessezandstra1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nee, omdat autootje een 'het' woord is vanwege de verkleining. Je zegt ook het kleine kind, niet het klein kind.

  • @PS-cw1dq

    @PS-cw1dq

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ik heb een klein grijs autootje, het is mijn kleine grijze autootje.

  • @thuglifewestside3397
    @thuglifewestside33977 жыл бұрын

    een naam vertaal je toch nie meneer klein blijft toch mister klein en meneer rijk blijft mister rijk

  • @Kokurorokuko
    @Kokurorokuko Жыл бұрын

    Hey, Bart. I noticed a lot of native speaker pronounce these difthongs more as /ai/. I said "Hij is goed" or something like that to a Dutch speaker and they didn't understand me.

  • @Thomas.c4647

    @Thomas.c4647

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually it is closer to 'ae-i'. The amount of speakers pronouncing a-i are still a minority, but it is gaining ground. Ei and ij might one day be pronounced like 'eye' in English.

  • @aamirkhan6692
    @aamirkhan66924 жыл бұрын

    5 mins just to say they are both the same 🤔

  • @vladimirchorchordin5615
    @vladimirchorchordin56154 жыл бұрын

    Heerlijk, leiden of lijden? ;-)

  • @aeiouaeiou100
    @aeiouaeiou1002 жыл бұрын

    What's the difference? There's no difference. The end.

  • @sovideo_
    @sovideo_4 жыл бұрын

    You realise you deal with a stupid language teacher, when they say one in long, one is short, but they are the same :D It is actually a diphthong , where the main vowel is short/long and the semivowel is what a semivowel is :) The stupid teacher seems to now know the original pronunciation of the Latin letter E, thus delivering confusing information. The original Latin E is like in Italian, Spanish, Romanian. The Dutch E is a little funnier, but you can fairly approximate it with the Latin E. Then you just have the diphthongs [ei] and [e:i], with a funnier Dutch [e].

  • @Niels-3

    @Niels-3

    4 жыл бұрын

    The reason ij is called 'lange ij' is because the letter j is vertically longer. It has nothing to do with pronunciation. Ironic how you call Bart (a native Dutch speaker no less) stupid while you're the one who misunderstood

  • @TaylorHailee
    @TaylorHailee3 ай бұрын

    IJ EI

  • @giorgosmalfas7486
    @giorgosmalfas7486 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot perceive any difference at all. Please do not call me deaf or stupid, because I 'll be tempted to reciprocate the compliment.

  • @Legac706
    @Legac7069 ай бұрын

    De pijp

  • @naniyoo6247
    @naniyoo62477 жыл бұрын

    bedankt

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