1. Alphabet and Pronunciation

2. “Qui transtulit, sustinet” Connecticut state motto “He who transplanted, sustains” (He who transported us, will support us)

4. ABCDEFGHI LMNOPQRST UVXZ The letter “K” might sometimes be used in words of Greek origin No letters “J”, “W”, or “Y”

5. There are no silent letters. Even final letter e’s are pronounced Latin is very consistent in the sound a letter represents. There is usually only one way to pronounce each letter.

6. C - always sounds like a K (cena is pronounced “kena”) G – always hard, like in the English word “great” I – like our letter Y in English, the Latin letter I can be both a consonant and a vowel. The consonant “I” is pronounced like the Y in the word “yes” V – pronounced like the English letter W (avis is pronounced “awis”)

7. rigidus(stiff) magicus(magical) biceps (two-headed) facile (easy) circus (racecourse) iaciō(I throw) vestitus (costume)

8. Latin has the same 5 vowels that we have in English, and each vowel can be either long or short. Long vowels will have a line over them, and will be pronounced differently from short vowels Short VowelEnglish Ex.Long VowelEnglish Ex. aaheadāfather ebetbetēhey ibinbinīsee ooffōrole uputputūmood

9. Latin also can combine two vowels to create a single sound DiphthongExample aeaisle auout eieight euey-oo oetoil uiPhooey!

10. ōs(mouth) oculī(eyes) caeruleus(blue) iēiuna(hungry) aurēs(ears) equī(horses) manūs(hands)

11. Pick 5 vocabulary words that you have trouble pronouncing and write them down. (Pick words that are longer than 1 syllable) Practice them using the rules you have learned. Come to class prepared to show me your word list and pronounce your words for me.