TheMyrco
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| 12 Oct 2012 01:10 PM |
Yeah, let's now get all the vowels down. I am not gonna tell you how to pronounce that, as it could differ for people, but I am just gonna show you wich there are and how I'd write their transliterations.
Short vowels: a / à e / è i / ì o / ò u / ù
Long vowels: aa / á ee / é ie / í oo / ó uu / ú
Special-vowels: au / au ou / ou (pronounced the same as the au)
Eu / êû OR ø
ei / ei ij / ij (pronounced the same as the ei)
oor / ôr OR òr (Basicly a short-o (ò) with a r) (this does not count for other double-vowels + r (the above sentence)).
Aai / âî OR æ
Accented vowels: ê, as in ênquete, pronounced as the English word "an" (the ên part) or "en" in Dutch. (the ê is almost always used in French words that are imported to Dutch (like: crêpe), Frysian uses it regularly, so does Afrikaans, other Dutch dialects might also use it regularly). â (VERY VERY VERY uncommon): just like à or á. (circumflex accent)
ä, ï, ö, ë, ÿ - The Diaeresis or Umlaut (¨) is to seperate two vowel sounds wich without it would be one vowel sound: Kopiëren "Kópí'èrèn", not "Kópírèn".
We also use the accent grave and acute: hè, hé. Both are pronounced as they are written. Hè doesn't mean anything, but it could be translated as "huh". Hé doesn't mean anything either, but could be translated as "hey".
A special case: The Y is a very special letter, it can either be a constant and be pronounced as a j or be pronounced like an i(e). Most of the times, it's just an i(e).
The a has 4 different pronounciations; long, short, English and another one I can't think of atm.
I hope I didn't miss anything this time. Have fun! ;3
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sinii
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| 13 Oct 2012 09:52 AM |
| That's too much. It's like English: not a very phonetic language?? |
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TheMyrco
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sinii
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| 13 Oct 2012 12:07 PM |
| You combine any vowel with another random vowel, and it's an entirely new sound unrelated to the vowels chosen. That's not very phonetic/ |
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TheMyrco
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| 13 Oct 2012 12:15 PM |
| Well, these exist in our language. Note that everything behind the slash (/) is a transliteration/explanation/stuff/idk. |
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| 13 Oct 2012 01:42 PM |
| Ya the dutch words... I know french HA |
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TheMyrco
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| 13 Oct 2012 01:43 PM |
^Trying to impress me or something else?
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