Learn Dutch - Episode 16: the last letter of a word

In this podcast series you will learn a few Dutch words and pronunciations every week in a few minutes. The lessons are in English and are hosted by Dutch teacher Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce. In this episode, Joyce will give an explanation about the last letter of a word / verb.

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Words from lesson 16: the last letter of a word

Some important rules to remember:

- if you don't hear a letter at the end of a word, then you don't write it

- a Dutch word never end in a V or a Z.

- When the stem of a verb ends in a V or Z, then these letters change into the 'softer version' —> the V becomes an F, the Z becomes an S

- in Dutch a word never ends on two of the same vowels. Exceptions are words borrowed from another language such as jazz.

English	Dutch
to read	lezen
I read	ik lees
to paint	verven
I paint	ik verf
to travel	reizen
I travel	ik reis
to give	geven
I give	ik geef
I want	ik wil
I will	ik zal

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