Although it transliteration system in SBNT is not based on the (assumed) sound of the Greek words, it does provide help with pronunciation. According to the pronunciation commonly used in the Netherlands, one reads the transliteration text as if it were Dutch, except in the following cases:

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Anyone reading Greek will need to know where to put the emphasis. For this, two systems are in use in the Netherlands. The already mentioned Erasmus proposed the system where one puts an emphasis on the syllables written with an accent in Greek. The difference between the Greek accents can no longer be heard in the pronunciation.

The system traditional in the Netherlands was proposed by the 17th century Dutchman Henninius. In this system, Greek is pronounced with the stress rules of Latin, which are as follows:

1. The emphasis falls on words
2. Of two syllables on the first syllable (e.g., kalos)
3. Of three or more syllables
4. On the second syllable from behind if it is long, as in mathçtos
5. On the third syllable from behind if the second is short, as in heteros
6. A syllable is long if it contains:
- a long vowel
- a diphthong
- a vowel followed by two or more consonants, where the h is not counted and the z and x, on the other hand, both count as two consonants.

A diphthong is a sound in which two vowels blend together within one syllable. The Greek possibilities of diphthongs are:

For other combinations, remember that the vowels always belong to different syllables, especially when they belong to the same syllable in Dutch (aa, ee, ie, oe).

According to both pronunciation systems one can now read the transcription. However, if one reads with emphasis according to Erasmus' system, one will have to read the accents from the Greek text. If one reads according to Henninius' system, one will have to know the Latin rules of stress.

In order to determine the emphasis, one needs to know whether the second syllable from behind contains a long vowel or a short vowel, the transliteration finds the decisive answer in the form of a dash above the letter: presence indicates long, absence indicates short.