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Dutch grammar is a little bit different
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from any other
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language when we
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conjugate we actually use our
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pronunciation Yes you heard it right in
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Dutch any conjugation is based on how we
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say things now before I explain that you
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need to know a few Concepts
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first the concept of
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syllables syllables are parts of words
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that help you to pronounce a word now we
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have what we call open syllables and
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closed syllables open syllables and in a
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vowel closed syllables and in a
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consonant now having said that here's
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the first rule of
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pronunciation or better said spelling as
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we need it in conjugating words verbs
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and
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adjectives here it
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goes in Dutch in
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principle a long sound stays long and a
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short sound stays short whenever we
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conjugate remember a long sound is a
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sound that you can make indefinitely for
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example the Dutch word word y
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y you can go on and on and on or the
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word
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c the sound gets stuck here in your
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throat that's a short sound you can't
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make it
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indefinitely so long
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sounds in Dutch the rule says that two
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vowels together is all always a long
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sound yes that means that when you have
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to the same vowels like two A's
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ah to e
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e to O's o or to
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use but also what we have been talking
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about in the past two vowels together
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that are kind of like a fixed
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sound remember a u o u
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ow or e i i j
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a i
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e
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e o e
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o and then that tricky one remember
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EU or the typical Dutch one u i i
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all those are long
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sounds okay third rule one of the most
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important rules so please pay attention
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pay
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attention in
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Dutch no syllable no syllable can ever
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ever end in two the same
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letters except except
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careful two
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e at the end of a word think for example
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three
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May e
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day these yes have two e at the end of
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the word any other syllable open or
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closed can never ever end in the same
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letters okay fourth rule the this one is
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crucial all right we have been talking
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about open and closed syllables right
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okay now know that an open syllable
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remember any syllable that ends in a
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vowel is a long sound example
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o or Tu
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c h f
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another one oh
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yeah and with a Y for example
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Bon all these are open syllables with a
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long sound there is actually an
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exception and that is the letter E the
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letter e at the end of a word is always
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a short
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sound we have talked about it in another
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another video but let me give you some
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examples
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May is a short
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sound
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clay these are short sounds and there's
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another exception and yes again the
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letter E the letter e at the end of a
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prefix is also a short sound
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remember a prefix is a syllable that we
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add to a word to change its
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meaning here we are talking about three
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that I can think
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of g
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e b be e and t
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t so as you can see an open syllable and
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especially at the end of the word it's a
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long sound
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while the e at the end of a word or the
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end of a prefix is a short
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sound okay rule number five we have been
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talking about long sounds this time
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short
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sounds now the configuration of a short
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sound in Dutch is usually
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consonant
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vowel consonant C v
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c an example we already talked about was
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cut k a t
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c that sound gets stuck here it's a
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short sound now what is important to
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remember that whenever we
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conjugate and a word has CVC
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Construction in the conjugation
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before we do that we need to double the
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last
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consonant for example C yes ends in a t
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i double the T and then add e n for
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example to make a plural
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Cut N
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cuton what happens when I have a longer
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word for example
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means
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conversation here I only look at the
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last three letters r e
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k what do I do I double the K because r
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e k is c v c short sound I double the K
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and then make it plural by adding n
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I will tell you in a minute why I need
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to double that K okay rule
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six now we are going to talk about these
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open and closed
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sys there is the trick on how long stays
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long and short stay short let's use
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those two words that we already saw
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y with a long sound and gut with a short
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sound
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okay one of the things that you need to
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understand is the
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following whenever I conjugate adding e
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n for example making words plural or
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adding e conjugating an
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adjective I need to move the last
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consonant to this e n or e why that is
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don't worry the rules for these is way
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too complicated so just except adding e
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n or E I need to move the last consonant
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to that syllable being added e n or E
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let's start with
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y j a a r yes 2 a long sound now I add e
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and to make a
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plural as we just discussed the r needs
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to go to the e n so I
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get but now I have a problem I have an
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open syllable with two A's that is not
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possible what do I need to do slash one
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of the A's
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the question then is do I still have a
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long sound the answer is yes because an
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open syllable that means a syllable that
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ends in one
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vowel has a long
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sound now let's take a look at how it
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works the other way around okay yag j a
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r e n to make it singular I take off e n
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now I get yah j a r Wait that is C
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VC I don't want that I want a long
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sound how can I do that all right rule
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number two two vowels together is always
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a long sound so I double the
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a so with short sounds it's the same
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thing
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remember the word c k a
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t now I also told you that in that case
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I need to double the last consonant why
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needs does that need to be done let's
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take a look
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got okay I moved the T to the
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Y wait now I get
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I have an open syllable and remember
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that's a long
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sound Ah that's why I double the T now I
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get got turn the Double T makes that I
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close the first syllable that's the rule
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now let's go the other way around got I
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need to make it singular I take off e n
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what do I have left k a t t according to
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rule number three that is not an option
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I can never have two the same letters at
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the end of a symbol I slash one t now I
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have c v c still a short
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sound rule number
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seven okay this one is very easy I hope
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a Dutch word can never ever end in a z
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or a
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v simple right Dutch words exactly
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that's the trick that means that English
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words Spanish words German words yes
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they can end in a z or a v an example
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for example the English word quiz ands
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in a z or the Spanish word Feliz ands in
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a z that never ever changes but Dutch
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words no very important to remember when
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we
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conjugate rule number eight okay now
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don't worry we're getting to towards the
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end okay rule number eight whenever a
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word ends in s or f after a long sound
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we change the S into a z and the F into
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a v let me give you a few
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examples for example the Dutch word
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house
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s h u i s UI long sound to make a plural
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I need to change the S into a z and then
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add N
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hous Easy right same happens with the F
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for
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example
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def d i e f means
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Thief f after a long sound I change it
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to V and add n
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div
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thieves easy
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right all right we have seen rule number
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seven and eight rule number seven that a
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Dutch word can never ever end in a z or
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a V and Rule Number Eight that when I
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have an S or an F after a long sound I
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change the S to a z and the have to of V
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now these two work together how remember
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housing houses okay the plural part I
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take off the to make it singular now I
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get
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hous that is not an option I changed the
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Z to S
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house see how the two rules work
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together the same happens with the
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V div was the word that we used thieves
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I take off n div V not an option take
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off the V change it to an f and I get
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DEF again yes def after f after long
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sound changes to V to make a plural in
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this case the other way
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around as you can see all these rules
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basically make that you will understand
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how to conj at words verbs and
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adjectives in Dutch the basic principles
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with this Dutch is so easy I guarantee
