When they are followed by /rm/, they become in many dialects. In the Ghent dialect, /i/ has diphthongised to , /y/ has diphthongised to when followed by an /r/ or /l/, and /u/ has inconsistently diphthongised to [ou]. The same diphthongisations of /i/ and /u/ occur consistently in the dialect of Ronse. Word-finally or before , /y/ can be pronounced [œ], [ɔ], [ʏ] etc., depending on the dialect. In Platgents, has an allophone [o] when it is followed by /l/. Diphthongs The following table shows the common diphthong phonemes in East Flemish, but it also includes some allophones or alternative realisations of the vowels mentioned above. Notes: In most dialects, is realised , but some peripheral dialects have . Central Flemish has both sounds, depending on its position, but in the southeast of the Waasland, it is pronounced or , depending on its position. In the city dialects of Ghent and Ronse, and are monophthongised to and , respectively. In the Ghent dialect, diphthongs, however, are still realised before /r/ and /l/. and are the "true" East Flemish realisations of and . is an allophone of . and are northwestern realisations of and , respectively, but is a separate phoneme from only in the same area. In many other dialects, diphthongs occur only before /v/ or /z/. In the Central Flemish and the city dialects, those phonemes are generally realised as dark diphthongs. used to be an allophone of /e/ before /r/. Because of elision the elision of /r/, can now also be found before other consonants, and the elision of /d/ and French loanwords have reintroduced [e] before /r/. In the dialect of Ghent, is either similar or identical to . In the dialect of Ghent, has inconsistently split into two phonemes and . In the dialect of Ronse, is the common realisation for , but in Central Flemish, is an allophone of after velars or labials. is an allophone of /o/ in the dialect of Ghent, and its most common realisation in the dialect of Ronse. is a highly-divergent phoneme in East Flanders. In most dialects, it has two different realisations: when followed by /d/ or /w/, and are common realisations, bur before /t/ and /s/, it is usually pronounced or . Other realisations may, however, occur in both positions. Grammar Verbs As in many other southern Dutch dialects, verbal constructions can take several forms, depending on stress,