LATN 102 Lecture 1: LATN 101 Alphabet & Pronunciation
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Alphabet has 24 letters (no "j" & "w") If "i" is before another vowel, pronounce like "y", can look like "j: vowels are either long (marked by macron) or short, macron - long mark on top of vowel, ex. Rude a - alike e - pet i - it: - off u - put, pronounce every letter, try to roll r"s. Diphthongs: two vowels, one sound, ae - aisle, au - out, ei - weigh, eu - feud, oe - soil, ui - tweed. "c" & "g" are hard sounds: cat, not cent, goat, not gentle. "veni, vidi, vici" (i came, i saw, i conquered) - pronounced weni, widi, wici.
