Below are some lines from the poem Oote oote boe by Jan Hanlo. Note that the words in the poem are mostly made-up ones – the key thing here are the sounds ‘oo’, ‘oe’ and ‘eu’.

Read the poem and listen to the sound file accompanying it to familiarise yourself with the sounds. Then do the exercises below.

1. Oefening 1 – ‘oo’ or ‘oe’?
2. Oefening 2 – ‘oo’, ‘oe’ or ‘eu’?
3. Oefening 3 – pronunciation practice