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* ''maat'' (''a'' is long) > ''m'''a'''te'' (''a'' remains long, but it is now found in an open syllable, so it is written once); | * ''maat'' (''a'' is long) > ''m'''a'''te'' (''a'' remains long, but it is now found in an open syllable, so it is written once); | ||
* ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed). | * ''mat'' (''a'' is short) > ''mat'''t'''e'' (''a'' remains short, but a short vowel occurs never in an open syllable, so we need to double the following consonant to maintain the syllable closed). | ||
However, when two vowels that form a hiatus are found together, the rules change a little bit: if the first vowel is written just one time it is considered short, even if it is at the end of the syllable (that is even if the syllable is open), otherwise, if it is long, it has to be written doubled, ex.: | |||
* ''meyk'', "doctor", is read ['mεik], ''ey'' is not a diphthong: ''me-yk'', the ''e'' is short; | |||
* ''ooijr'', "to hear", is read [o:εi̯r], ''ooij'' is not a diphthong: ''oo-ijr'', the ''o'' is long. | |||
===Digraphs=== | ===Digraphs=== | ||