"Het water en het brood"
Translation:The water and the bread
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what's the regional dialect for this pronunciation of 'brood'? I am practicing as I have lived outside of NL since I was young but my family is from Gelderland. We say a longer, deeper 'o' sound. However, the pronunciation for 'brood' sounds "german-accented" to me?
The computer voice used sounds German-accented to me for quite a lot of words (I'm a native Dutch speaker). You could look up words on http://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ or on http://nl.forvo.com.
In the case of brood you indeed hear a longer 'o' sound :
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Can somebody please explain me the difference between "de" and "het"? Is "de" a masculine definer and "het" a feminine definer like "der" and "die" in German?
You can find a thorough explanation in this thread: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3732938
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Thank you very much. This is so helpful, thanks for your precious efforts for us.
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Can we use "et" for the word "and?" On a previous question I put "et" for "and" and I didn't get the question wrong.
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Hummm... the word "brood", I pronunciate look-a-like "vrod". Does this sound have a name?
Wouldn't this translate into English just as Bread and Water and not The bread and The Water??
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Bread and Water would translate to Dutch as Brood en Water. If the original sentence includes articles, the translated sentence should, too.