Lesson 3: ui and eu

In every lesson we start of with the alfabet (which you can find in lesson 1). My student has been practising this a lot, so it goes quite well. After the alfabet, we do the long vowels. Some of them are quite easy, but some of them are very difficult.
Especially the sounds of ui and eu are very difficult to distinguish. I had already noticed that with students from other countries.
These two sounds are apparently quite unique. So again, I created a small video to show a lot of Dutch words, each time opposing a word containing ui to one containing eu.
I have included a list of pictures/translations of the words being used after the video.



Beuk - type of tree, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=beuk&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Buik - belly, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=buik&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Leuk - nice (no picture)
Luik - blind, shutter, or a place in Belgium, see http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&q=luik&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20
Reuk - smell (noun), see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=reuk&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Ruik - smell (verb) (more or less the same pictures)
Reus - giant, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=reus&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Ruis - noise
Heus - really
Huis - house, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=huis&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Deuk - indentation, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=deuk&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Duik - dive (either noun or verb), see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=duik&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Zeul - lug (verb) = Carry a heavy bag, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=zeulen&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Zuil - column, pillar, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=zuil&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Beul - executioner, torturer, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=beul&aq=f&oq=&start=0
Buil - bump, bruise, see: http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&q=buil&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20
Teun - name of a boy
Tuin - garden, see http://images.google.nl/images?gbv=2&hl=nl&sa=1&q=tuin&aq=f&oq=&start=0

Lesson 2: Vowels

After practising the alphabet, we started of with the vowels in Dutch. This is always very challenging, as the Dutch language contains vowels you will find in no other language. Again I created a small movie containing all vowels.



This movie can help to hear the different sounds of the letters and to practise them.
After practising the vowel, we continued with basic spelling of the words we used in the first lesson, but adding the three letter words containing double a:
Aaf, Aag, aak, aal, aan, aap, aar, aas.

Aaf and Aag are names of a girl
aak = a type of boat
aan = to or on
aap = ape
aar = ear (of corn)
aas = ace (in a card game) or bait