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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION¨ in Latin
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Alphabet and Pronunciation in Latin
LETTERS
IN LATIN |
PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS |
A | ah | a |
B | b | b |
CA / CO / CU | kah / kou / koo | ca / co / cu |
CE / CI | cheh / chih | tche / tchi |
D | d | d |
E | eh | e |
F | f | f |
G | g | g |
H | no shound | sem som |
I | ih | i |
J | j | dj |
K | k | k |
L | l | l |
M | m | m |
N | n | n |
O | oh | o |
P | p | p |
Q | q | q |
R | r | r |
S | s | s |
T | t | t |
U | ou | u |
V | v / ou | v – f |
W | ou | u |
X | ks | ks |
Y | y | y |
Z | z | z |
The classical Latin alphabet
The classical Latin alphabet has only 23 letters, and upper cases.
The following table shows the Latin alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, with some examples in Latin:
Letter | Pronunciation | Examples |
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A | [a:] | Ac [ak]: and |
B | [be] | Bellus : beautiful |
C | [ce] | cesar Cesar |
D | [de] | dos : two |
E | [e] | Epistula : letter |
F | [ef] | Facilis : easy |
G | [ge] hard | Ego : i.me |
H | [ha:] | Hospitis : host |
I | [i:] | Iam : already |
K | [ka:] | Kalo : proclaim |
L | [el] | Laetus : joyful,glad |
M | [em] | Māgnus : great |
N | [en] | Nātus : son |
O | [o:] | Oculus : eye |
P | [pe] | Puella [pu'el.la] : girl |
Q | [ku:] | Aqua : water |
R | [er] trilled | Recēns : fresh |
S | [es] | Sacer : holy |
T | [te] | Tener : young |
V | [we] | Verbum [wer'bum] : word |
X | [iks] | Ex : out of |
Y | [i:greca] | Yarda : yard |
Z | [ze:ta] | Zebra : zebra |
- NB : Latin is a phonetic language so the word sounds exactly like how it's written and every letters in a word is sounded.