Dutch pronunciation
Could anyone tell me how to pronounce the Dutch -tion please? As in station, internationaal, etc? Bedankt!
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Hey Weiran, good question. Actually the pronunciation in the two examples is different.
So first -tion in station. I think it can either be pronounced like a /sh/ or a /ts/. The vowel is pronounced like a short vowel o [ɔ]. Listen here for some examples: https://nl.forvo.com/word/station/#nl (number 1 and 3 are the clearest in my opinion).
The -tion in internationaal can be pronounced like a /sh/ or even a /tsh/. But, unlike the previous word, this time the vowel is pronounced like a long o [o]. Listen here for an example: https://nl.forvo.com/word/internationaal/#nl .
I hope this was helpful.
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