The schwa | Dutch pronunciation video: the most common vowel sound in Dutch!

Dutch pronunciation: how to pronounce the schwa?
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How to pronounce Dutch letters? This lesson is an extra lesson to the Dutch alphabet video by Bart de Pau about the schwa. 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.
These videos come with extra speaking exercises. Check the Dutch pronunciation playlist or learndutch.org.
This is a free course. Bart de Pau is an online Dutch Tutor at learndutch.org and program manager at the Dutch Summer School, www.dutchsummerschool.nl
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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  • @webrarian
    @webrarian7 жыл бұрын

    And that is one very good reason why Dutch sounds like English, even though they are not mutually intelligible. The explanation of "mijn" as "m'n" is really useful.

  • @desmorgens3120

    @desmorgens3120

    3 жыл бұрын

    English and Dutch/German belong to the stress-timed languages in which the stress syllables are said at approximately regular intervals, and unstressed syllables shorten to fit this rhythm. The Netherlands is situated between England and Germany, and thereby making Dutch look like English and look like German at the same time. According to the history, English was developed from Anglo-Saxon, a Low German dialect spoken by the Angles and the Saxons whose homeland was somewhere around the northern parts of The Netherlands and Germany. So, the three languages look alike: Come here! Kom hier! Komm hier! What is that? Wat is dat? Was ist das?

  • @edwardamosbrandwein3583

    @edwardamosbrandwein3583

    Жыл бұрын

    In the INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET the symbol depicting the "schwa" is the one shown in the video but in an upside-down position

  • @torischweyer5552
    @torischweyer55525 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Bart, this is an important detail many language teachers would gloss over. I appreciate the attention to detail.

  • @versietolenaars7025
    @versietolenaars70256 жыл бұрын

    I learned a lot from this lesson !Goodluck and more power!

  • @isarakorn
    @isarakorn7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for teaching. Love every lesson

  • @funkygawy
    @funkygawy4 жыл бұрын

    I thought schwa symbol was ə (e rotated by 180 degrees), not the left-right flipped ɘ in here.

  • @alfredoooooooooooooooooooooooo

    @alfredoooooooooooooooooooooooo

    2 жыл бұрын

    it is, the one in the video waas wrong but still a useful vid anyways

  • @evermorevictorious2742

    @evermorevictorious2742

    Жыл бұрын

    You are correct. Bart is wrong.

  • @DiMo28
    @DiMo287 жыл бұрын

    Excellent lesson!

  • @olisdandy
    @olisdandy7 жыл бұрын

    I love each and every lesson !!!

  • @elianacabras9156
    @elianacabras91567 жыл бұрын

    Very clear! Thank you!

  • @rafaharafat4824
    @rafaharafat48247 жыл бұрын

    Super teacher ever thank you so much

  • @naniyoo6247
    @naniyoo62477 жыл бұрын

    very clear you explain it, thank you... I like to follow you for learning dutch

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg97413 жыл бұрын

    Awesome lesson, thank you so much!

  • @brittlindgren
    @brittlindgren7 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks for yet a very clear and interesting explanation. /Britt

  • @devfaulter
    @devfaulter4 жыл бұрын

    I think the 'ɘ' schwa that's referred to here is the closed-mid schwa, while the schwa in most English dictionaries 'ə' is the mid-central schwa. Presumably there's a slight difference in the sound of these two variants.

  • @edwardamosbrandwein3583

    @edwardamosbrandwein3583

    Жыл бұрын

    I've always seen the schwa represented by the second symbol

  • @ramamonato5039

    @ramamonato5039

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@edwardamosbrandwein3583And so have I

  • @frafraplanner9277

    @frafraplanner9277

    4 ай бұрын

    I believe the Dutch actually use the first one

  • @frafraplanner9277

    @frafraplanner9277

    4 ай бұрын

    Actually they use the rounded version of that [ɵ]

  • @user-pv4hk4cz7e
    @user-pv4hk4cz7e Жыл бұрын

    Great lesson!! Hartelijke Dank!

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil40334 жыл бұрын

    A big thumbs up. I have just listened to this video. Cheers.

  • @djelikafofana5552
    @djelikafofana55523 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop watching your videos thank you so much ,i am not from here your voice has become familial to me and it has become my only contact and integration to this corona life far from everywhere and every one thanks

  • @jellees
    @jellees5 жыл бұрын

    The u-sound in bus is different from the schwa. The schwa is in the middle of your mouth while the u in bus is in the back of your mouth. You can even hear the difference in the video.

  • @NoHealerJustPain
    @NoHealerJustPain7 жыл бұрын

    Спасибо! Это - интересно и очень доходчиво.

  • @vrcr8640
    @vrcr86406 жыл бұрын

    Final r sound can sometimes be a schwa in some areas of Holland, but so can the rhotic r.

  • @psymetric3684
    @psymetric36844 жыл бұрын

    Today I learned which sound I have said the most in my life 😂

  • @haydnforisz4459
    @haydnforisz44596 жыл бұрын

    Bart, can you make one for UI please?

  • @valegier
    @valegier7 жыл бұрын

    Erg goede uitleg, Miriam, helder en erg nuttig.

  • @monikamonika4915

    @monikamonika4915

    7 жыл бұрын

    Valentijn Gier To

  • @stephenbantifo1426
    @stephenbantifo14264 жыл бұрын

    dit is een goed les voor veel nederlands spreken.

  • @CitizenofTatooine
    @CitizenofTatooine4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. De Pau, I have noticed that you speak English very slowly in Dutch versus Flemish videos. Don’t get me wrong, but those videos are for Dutch learners after all and we are advanced English speakers.

  • @VictoriaWells2023
    @VictoriaWells20232 жыл бұрын

    Hello Bart. Please guide me how I can find your first movie to begin and learn step by step dutch. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @ishakak147
    @ishakak1475 жыл бұрын

    So was looking for a video where it was explained why e sometimes is pronounce in different ways (normal e or like ei - even though it's not double e), found this, where it shows that e is pronounce different, but says only about uh sound. So i still have no idea.

  • @andrewwade8464
    @andrewwade84643 жыл бұрын

    Curiouser and curiouser

  • @fs2728
    @fs27286 жыл бұрын

    In the dictionaries the sound of short u is different from the shwa sound. Maybe it depends on the dialect?

  • @aletheran8590
    @aletheran85906 жыл бұрын

    Odd, i'm dutch and i use the schwa-sound (didn't know it was actually called that, haha) in places where you didn't (i.e. tél*è*foon) and i don't use it in places you did (i.e. v*é*rtellèn, v*é*rschrikkèlijk).

  • @dorusie5

    @dorusie5

    4 жыл бұрын

    indeed, I don't use the schwa for the first e in vertellen en verschikkelijk. It's the short e (like in "speck").

  • @XXX09615

    @XXX09615

    4 жыл бұрын

    Inspirational the spelling of "è" you use for the schwa or "open e".

  • @ramamonato5039

    @ramamonato5039

    6 ай бұрын

    ver-tel-len [fərˈtɛlə(n)] verschrikkelijk [fərˈsxrɪkələk]

  • @inhhongthang6563
    @inhhongthang65632 жыл бұрын

    so bascially I can make any syllable into a schwa sound if they are not stressed?

  • @richamo13
    @richamo136 жыл бұрын

    The first e in vervelend isn't pronounced as the schwa sound according to me

  • @sinkingso4603
    @sinkingso46034 жыл бұрын

    很好請多些句子加中文翻譯

  • @IvyTchen

    @IvyTchen

    2 жыл бұрын

    他可以,你为什么不先学英语?

  • @miewwcubing2570
    @miewwcubing2570 Жыл бұрын

    How does this guy have an english accent when speaking dutch but a dutch accent when speaking english

  • @evermorevictorious2742
    @evermorevictorious2742 Жыл бұрын

    You have got the schwa symbol wrong. It should be the upside down one.

  • @zerkovic
    @zerkovic Жыл бұрын

    Maar Bart, de e heeft nog een klank te dragen, als de e gevolgd wordt door een r: veer/ve-ren (i:); los van of je dat hier moet bespreken. Verder een dank voor Mirjam (en jou) goed stuk hoor, verhelderend.

  • @ZifStone
    @ZifStone5 жыл бұрын

    Hmm, video says schwa sound never stressed. But there are exist 'het', 'de' and 'een'. Does it mean these words are stressless or these words are exceptions?

  • @PS-cw1dq

    @PS-cw1dq

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're exceptions, these words can be stressed.

  • @ronaldderooij1774
    @ronaldderooij17743 жыл бұрын

    The rotated e should be mirrored. But whatever, I feel guilty as a Dutchman to speak the hardest language in the world. (Scientifically researched between 122 languages!).

  • @lumo8924
    @lumo89245 жыл бұрын

    This is a schwa: Əə

  • @CitizenofTatooine
    @CitizenofTatooine4 жыл бұрын

    I pronounce the word alive as a-live, not uh-live. I always thought it was the correct way to pronounce it in American English.

  • @ednajames3356

    @ednajames3356

    3 жыл бұрын

    uh-live is right

  • @bavrined5929
    @bavrined59295 жыл бұрын

    На самом деле, так просто выходит, что в слове 'bus' произносится 'schwa', я клоню к тому, что это произношение совершается физиологически, на мой взгляд.

  • @cca4401
    @cca44015 жыл бұрын

    Volgens mij is het symbool van de schwa verkeerd afgebeeld in uw filmpjes. Ook in de tekst van de svarabhakti staat deze letter op z'n kop.

  • @_MBK_18
    @_MBK_184 жыл бұрын

    Similar to turkish Letter "I,ı"

  • @brianbp4f
    @brianbp4f2 жыл бұрын

    De schwa van shoarma

  • @ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
    @ManuelRuiz-xi7bt2 жыл бұрын

    Bus, kus, mus is not a "schwa". Certainly not in Antwerp. It is a short "u".

  • @bangchu3579
    @bangchu35797 жыл бұрын

    I can't tell the difference of the pronunciation of "u" and "eu" 😭

  • @mistyminnie5922

    @mistyminnie5922

    6 жыл бұрын

    you do exactly the same, but with eu your mouth a tiny bit more open, still in the same shape and same vocals.

  • @Tobias-ek6bg

    @Tobias-ek6bg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mistyminnie5922 Most people push their bottom jaw out a little bit for the "EU"

  • @user-db5ty1gq7f
    @user-db5ty1gq7f6 жыл бұрын

    l

  • @TristanPJ
    @TristanPJ3 жыл бұрын

    I'm dutch, but I never heard about a "schwa"....

  • @user-db5ty1gq7f
    @user-db5ty1gq7f6 жыл бұрын

    l'm

  • @MsSilentH
    @MsSilentH6 жыл бұрын

    the whole "schwa" is weird. why do you refer to it as that, if it doesn't sound like it at all. i think it sounds like "uh", not the schw part. Is it just a way of describing the sound? sort of confusing.

  • @akoska
    @akoska3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, i can notice it easily, because english and german also have shva sound. But as i know, da word itself, SHVA is a hebrew o israeli word please! DAT WORD, SJVA IS ISRAELI WORD. PHOE IK SPREKE GEEN NEDERLANS!

  • @ALEXANDER1318
    @ALEXANDER13183 жыл бұрын

    Uh.......

  • @maramalkafry
    @maramalkafry11 ай бұрын

    Difficult and you went fast 😢

  • @shazzshank6393
    @shazzshank6393 Жыл бұрын

    ASS !

  • @stephenbantifo1426
    @stephenbantifo14264 жыл бұрын

    dit is een goed les voor veel nederlands spreken.

  • @user-db5ty1gq7f
    @user-db5ty1gq7f6 жыл бұрын

    l'm