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this makes so much sense - speaking German and English fluently, my brain always defaulted to interpret "ij" in dutch as "ee’" - but it took your comment to mak
by krsdcbl 2y ago
this makes so much sense - speaking German and English fluently, my brain always defaulted to interpret "ij" in dutch as "ee’" - but it took your comment to make me understand that it's indeed correct, and actually why
- gpvos 2y agoWell, it used to be correct until about 1600 or so. There are a couple of words like bijzonder where it is still pronounced as English "ee", and in the suffix -lijk it is reduced to a schwa.