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A vowel ending a syllable is always pronounced long in Dutch, ex. gr. (zij) nā-men, (they) took, vē-le (many), Lī-ze (Eliza), zō-nen (sons), ver-hū-ren (to let out).
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Hoogvliet, J.M. (1891). Pronunciation. In: Elements Dutch Grammar. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6224-3_2
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