Learn the Dutch Accent

(69.6MB, 70 minutes) 2011 Edition

This download includes a written examination of how to learn a Dutch accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Jim Johnson:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation, and Helpful Hints  (5:57)
2. Consonant sound changes for learning a Dutch accent  (14:16)
3. Vowel sound changes for a Dutch or Holland accent  (6:28)
4. changes in Diphthongs in the Netherlands accents  (3:53)
5. Alternate Pronunciations of words for Dutch speakers  (1:24)
6. Wrap up on how to learn a Dutch accent  (1:01)
7. Noord-Brabant Netherlands Male reading  (:55)
8. + his conversation  (9:41)
9. Noord-Brabant Female reading  (:56)
10. + her conversation  (4:04)
11. Noord-Brabant Female conversation  (7:40)
12. Zuid-Holland Netherlands Female reading  (1:17)
13.  + her conversation  (6:02)
14. Drenthe Netherlands Female reading  (1:14)
15.  + her conversation  (5:33)
16. Noord-Brabant Male conversation  (4:47)

Dutch accents have a lot in common with German accents and the accents of France, especially depending upon what part of the Netherlands the speaker is from.  Holland is actually only one part of the Netherlands, though the country as a whole is often called Holland.

I also recommend that you get our guide to basic ideas behind learning accents - and it's free! (And it's included in this download.)

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along. This download also contains four versions of the written materials:  A printer-friendly pdf, a pdf that is in a larger format for use on a portable reading device, and both mobi and epub editions for other portable readers.