"He thought about how he had been persecuted and despised, and now he heard them all say he was the most beautiful of all the birds." Practice Dutch lesson

Recording	English	Dutch	Status
	and	en
	of	van
	was	was
	how	hoe
	now	nu
	all	al
	thought	dacht
	of	aan
	those	die
	to say	zeggen
	birds	vogels
	beautiful (inflected form)	mooie
	everybody	allen
	heard (singular)	hoorde
	most beautiful (superlative)	mooiste
	mocked	bespot
	persecuted	vervolgd
	He thought about how he had been persecuted and despised, and now he heard them all say he was the most beautiful of all the birds.	Het dacht aan, hoe het vervolgd en bespot was, en hoorde nu allen zeggen, dat het de mooiste van al die mooie vogels was.