Flemish for Dummies
A guide for learning the Flemish variant of Dutch, and using Flemish as a passport to virtually discover 'vintage' Hawaii.
'Float Like a butterfly, sting like a bee'-Mohammed Ali
Mount Tantalus Lookout
Flemish can be described as a 'softened' version of Standard Dutch. When spoken fluently it can evoque the sound of a babbeling brook. 'Light', 'nimble', 'humorous', 'warm', and 'vigorous' are apt descriptions. Thanks to these qualities, Flemish makes an exceptional tool for capturing and conveying the experience of a day spent in scintillating Hawaii- particularly the Hawaii of yesteryear.
Universiity of Hawaii at Manoa
To make Flemish-Dutch easier for second language speakers, the language teaching company, Calidocious Inc., has developed a novel way to write Standard Dutch so that a text . when read aloud, sounds like Flemish. To achieve this, Calidocious Inc., followed seven guiding principles while developing the modified writing system- called 'Dot Dutch'.
University Mall
The tools Dot Dutch uses to achieve the seven goals are 1. Superscript accent marks and 2.Three 'new' letters. The marks are fórward/rèverse accents, apostrophe's, circûmflexes, trëmas, and dȯts. They new letters are æ, œ, and ꜵ. The seven principles apply to both written and spoken Flemish.
Manoa Heritage Center
Principal #1 is to strive for Dot Dutch to be fully comprehensible to a native Dutch/Flemish speaker. #2 is to strive relentlessly for increased speed and brevity. #3 is to strive to be 100% phonetic-with no ambiguity in how any word sounds, #4 is to strive to reduce all pronouns and articles to a single syllable,
Robert Louis Stevenson Shack
#5 is to systematically, and progressively, abbreviate pronouns and articles as a sentence progresses. This causes sentences to devolve from higher to lower energy, or 'go downhill'. #6 is to strive to restrict all written words to a single meaning, and #7 is to strive to be 100% gender consistent/ unambiguous.
Manoa Falls and Lyon Arboretum
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
Lunch under a Banyan Tree
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
Sea Life Park
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
Kualoa Ranch
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
Polynesian Cultural Center
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
Waimea Bay
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.
'Talking Story' on the Patio with fresh Mangos and Ice Cream
At Dot-Dutch, our mission is to make the Flemish variant of Dutch more accessible to second language speakers.