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the tricky sounds

g, ij, ui, eu, oe — listen & copy
these sounds have no real english match — tap to hear them and copy.
listen & copy
goedthe g / ch
ijsij (ice)
huisui (house)
deureu (door)
boekoe = "oo" (book)
some sounds (like ij, ui, g, r) sound harder in the netherlands than in belgium — but it’s understood everywhere and isn’t a different dialect.
easiest way to rememberthe hard ones: g/ch, ij, ui, eu. listen and copy — don’t read them like english.