Latin Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet (see page xxiv.)

Vowels LONNNNG Vowels short vowels ā“ah” like father-a“a” like alike ē“eh” or “ay” like“egg”-e“eh” like pet ī“ee” like “seen”-i“ih” like it ō“oh” stove-o “o” like often ū“oo or uuu” as in moon-u“u” like put

Dipthongs Dipthongs are two VOWELS combined in one syllable (sound) and pronounced together as one sound ae“eye” au“ow” ei“ehy” eu“eoo” oe“oi” like “oil” ui“we”

Consonants (see page xxvi) c – “ka” hard sound b – “buh” when followed by a “s” for instance urbs -> pronounced “urps” g – “guh” k – “ka” very rare will only see in Kalendae the very first of the month q- “queh” like queen v- “w” “veni, vidi, vici” r – trilled slightly

Consonants (cont) x – double consonant (ks or gs) like six z – double consonant (dz) like “dzebra” ph – “pfuh” th – “tuh” ch – “khuh”

Accent VOCABULARY TO KNOW ultima – the last syllable in a word penult – the second-to-last syllable in a word antepenult – the third-to-last penult

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