Count to Ten in Dutch

Dutch is fairly easy for English speakers to pick up quickly. A good way to begin is by learning to count to ten.

Steps

Pronounce the numbers the way they are written in the parentheses:
- Een (the 'ee' sounds like 'a' in way an add an n after it)
- Twee ( the 'ee' is like 'a' in way and 'tw' is like tv [not as in televition] in English)
- Drie ( 'ie' sounds like the 'e' in me and the rest sounds the same)
- Vier ( 'ie' sounds like the 'e' in me and the rest sounds the same)
- Vijf ( 'ij' sounds like 'i' in 'ice')(note by a dutch person: the vowel 'ij' is only in dutch, you can break your head trying to pronounce it, but it's only possible if you've been doing it since you're a child or even toddler.)
- Zes ( 'es' sounds like the 'ess' in mess)
- Zeven ( the first 'e' sounds like 'a' and the rest is the same as seven)
- Acht ( 'a' = ah, ch sounds like 'ch' in chronicle with a g-sound)
- Negen (the first 'e' sounds like 'a' in way and the second like the second e in seven. The 'g' is guttural and more like a subtle clearing of the throat)
- Tien ( 'ie' sounds like the 'e' in me and the rest sounds the same)
Note that "one" in Dutch is accented with the accent grave (´) if you cannot recognize whether it should be the article "een" or the number "een". It's written without accents in compositions:
- Een huis. (A house)
- Één huis. (one house)
- Eendagsvlieg. (Shadfly)
- Een, as in the article, is pronounced like uh-n whereas één sounds like the a in game with a n.

If you know anybody who does speak Dutch, ask him/her to count to ten so you know exactly how it sounds. It's much easier
If you seriously want to study Dutch you should learn more about the way Dutch people pronounce words before you can actually speak a full sentence.

Try to avoid speaking with an English accent.
Avoid speaking with a German accent as well. They may sound similar to you, but they don't to someone who actually is Dutch.