How to Get Rid of Your Dutch Accent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- Looking to polish up your English and lose your (ahem, DUTCH) accent? This episode is for you: another EXTENDED version of an early TikTok video that seemed to resonate with people.
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** More accent tips and related videos at length coming soon! **
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A comedian and actor from Amsterdam, Rogier asked himself years ago what his dream job would be, and the answer remains simple: "to make people laugh." He is Dutch, and has worked incredibly hard to make sure you could never tell. Having spent his formative years in the US, he feels like a foreigner in his own country. His comedy is inspired by his life and personal experiences, and his love for accents, characters, and storytelling.
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thanks for the tips. Apparantly most people don't dislike the Dutch accent, but as a Dutch guy myself, I feel shame whenever I hear our countries leaders and professionals speak English with our horrible Dutch accent. I hate it so much.
I remember an English colleague commenting to me about another Dutch colleague "Don't worry, your accent is nowhere as bad as his" and it made me feel so good.
The way we dutchies speak English actually make it very understandable for native and non-native English speakers.
For example, just listen how Dutch airtraffic controllers speak English.
@@VeniVidiAjax both aero or maritime English is very distinct from regular English in general. It might not be a good example for normal English.
It's more that a lot of Dutch people will use what I call Dutch English . the wordt are English but the way it is spoken is very typical Dutch.
conversely i hate the way most dutch politicians speak dutch, because its a very particular sort of accent, somewhere between elite and "amsterdamian/hague". I wish more people spoke with a regional accent like it was back in the day
Obviously I have been living in England for over 13 years and gradually, learning how to relax the R's and stick a d at the end really pronouncing it like a d and finally the English hold on to vowels a bit longer than the average Dutch national does so, thirteen years in a wonderful marvellous country they ask me frequently: are you an African national ( so mostly South African ) in which I reply no I'm Dutch as I get the gratification I yearned for with another reply: my my I wouldn't have thought you'd be Dutch you sound nothing like them
As a non-dutch student in Eindhoven I gotta say that Dutch accent is probably the most clear and nice sounding accent to understand
Really
Dear Dutch people,
Your accent never (no matter how thick) impedes understanding, and in my opinion, it's not an accent that I would ever categorize as annoying!!
P.s. do learn the difference between 'make' and 'do' because this does make it hard to understand
i guess i'd have to make do with this info :)
That's very nice of you 😃
listen we "pee" very "ard" "butt" we still "lofe" "joe"
In Dutch, the words "to learn" and "to teach" are the same in way, so often you'd see Dutch people saying "I learnt him that" or something similar. It's the small things that might stand out to native English speakers. I am very into accents myself so I love to hear those mistakes myself. If one is interested look up "stone coal English" or as in Dutch "steenkolen Engels". It basically originates bad transliterations from the dock workers back in the day when English wasn't so thriving in the Netherlands, but them dockworkers had to make due!
Hoi Rogier, als beginnende voice-over erg handig om ook wat EU Engelse teksten te gaan doen. En ja, soms wordt er echt een duts aksent geasked he? 👍😉
Being english and having learnt to speak dutch fluently after some time I appreciate your videos very much
Trying to learn to speak dutch while living in amsterdam was not successful as the dutch are so keen to show how they speak english that you don't have the chance to think of the word that you were looking foer
Its also amusing that dutch people when asked say that they speak english well when in fact the level is a lot lower than they themselves think.
zelf overschatting
Which was the reason that I needed to learn as then at least I knew if we understood each other or not as dutch peols don't admit not understanfding something
I have heard that the problem is that english people never correct mistake while dutch and especially the french do And even to this day my step daughters biggest pleasure is to correct my dutch
Amusing is that you will always know the dutch person speaking when they say thaat they can't find it back
but on a personal note I am fond of saying hand shoes and nothing on the hand
Not to forget louis and his gladioli or the dead which was unintelligible fotr the english press not knowing about the nijmegen vierdaagse
The downside is telling the time
vijf voor half acht still causes me severe problems
as does the pronunciation of huid or hout
Care to explain where the ' steencoal ' came from in wim koks english and why toe clips are referred to as ' two clips 'instead of toe (teen ) clips ?
visiting amsterdam these days and asking for de rekening in a cafe I will still be answered in english, even after forty four years.
You seem to be making a career out of it , and good luck
would be nice if you added a few regional accents to you programme
liverpool and birmingham are very easy
very impressive
I am 2 years into muh dutch experience, but I am in Fryslan, And let me tell you, the Friesians are probably the hardest dutch people to enjoy, but my god I love them, Just a bunch of shit talking cement brains but man they can be fun.
I never try to hide my Dutch accent. I love it. Just as Italians, French or Spanish speakers have an accent when speaking English so do we.
Embrace it people.
ugh.. I'm trying to move to the Netherlands from Oklahoma. I would love to lose my Southern Oklahoma hick accent and adopt a more sophisticated Dutch accent :D I can dream eh?
Cool vid. Could you make a followup, focusing more on the intonation and melody of sentences? I think Dutch is more monotone and its sentences finish with a lower pitch, but I can't really put my finger on it.
My dutch accent is stopping me from making a quality TH-cam channel...
Don't let it stop you! It's all good, just make your content.
I feel you. That's also why I'm wachting this vid
Jeetje, dit is handig zeg. Ik spreek redelijk Engels, maar mijn accent..... 🤯
Awesome how u change accents!
Gast, deze video.
10/10
Thanks!
No tips, just have to learn it by heart just like: thought, through, though, shout, cough. Haha!!
Not sure why I’m here but I’m happy 😆 I could listen to you recite the dictionary
Toen hij dat Nederlandse accent deed in het begin ging ik helemaal stuk. Haha
Excellent video Sir! Could you make the opposite video to this one where you show English people how to get a better Nederlands accent please??
Dit is echt top content. Geweldige goos dit.
why would you want to get rid of a Dutch accent? its gods gift. Your videos have helped me improve mine, which has been super hard fo rme since i'd always default to german.
Maybe you can make a serie out of this and come with example sentences/words on how to pronounce it without a dutch accent. Just an idea for your future videos :)
Good video, you are a phonetics genious! ☺
There is also a problem when the Dutch pronounce the soft TH. They will say something like "my broder went to dat gadering ...". And also some S at the end of word will be too strong (like SS instead of /z/, the vibrating S)
Thanks so much! And you're absolutely right! The 'th' and 'warm s' as I like to call it (what you're describing as a vibrating 's', which is how I've explained it to people as well) is tricky for a lot of Dutchies.
@@RogierBak Great video! Do you have tips on how to get rid of the 'warm s'?
Hey! What about the T in "night" for example. I have a feeling I pronounce it pretty harsh and that it makes my Dutch accent jump out. Feedback appreciated!!🍀🙏🏽🥰
Bro ik kan vloeiend engels. Maar mijn accent is om te huilen 😅 ik kom makkelijk in de buurt van rutte met mijn accent 😢
Next, make a video reaching English people to do a dutch accent.
Hey! I struggle most with the th/s/t sounds, and especially when they are right next to each other like in “first things first”. Would you have any tips for that? Or some practice sentences?
I think the thing about the English "w" is that it's a very distinct sound than the "v". I still don't hear the difference between these two in languages like Dutch, but apparently there is a difference? Is the Dutch "w" closer to "v" or "f"? I always feel like I'm pronouncing all three the same. Perhaps a word with all three in it might help.
it's stupid but when I speak English I hardly have an accent but if I pick up a book and start reading out loud my Dutch accents is back for the first 2 chapters..
im not dutch. i just like the dutch language and want to understand its phonology better. so this video is good for understanding it from a completely dif. perspective. so consider your video the source of my villainy. i have disobeyed your wishes. i will do exactly the opposite of what you said. ahahaha.
Wait, i thought the dutch speak english with very american accent in the first place
Haha geweldig
Hoeee heeft deze man zo weinig volgers!
Ik moet meer posten op YT! Soon, soon!
In een deuk! Dutch pee; hard and straight! 🤣 Ik ken er anders genoeg die scheef pissen, of 'naast de pot', maar da's misschien een Belse uitspraak 🤔
Als ik als vlaming engels spreek lijkt dat op afrikaans
What about the sloppy Dutch ‘s’ sound (that slowly seems to evolve into sh). Shouldn’t we put the tip of our tongue closer to our teeth?
dutch "accent", which one though? there are many
ik weet nog steeds niet of hij amerikaan is of nederlander
Nederlander
noop, het is mijn accent, mijn Nederlands accent is prima.
ewa faka nederlandse peeps
Bruh you can see this dude really almost not to sound like he’s speaking English with a Dutch accent we know you have that accent don’t even try fake ahh American wannabe