字母發音法

字母的演變

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i=j, k,

l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u=v,

x, y, z

發音法

元音: a, e, i, o, u

複音: ae (eye), oe (oil), [au, ei, eu, ui]

輔音:

c = (car: always hard, no movement of lips or jaw)

s = (see: always voiceless)

t = (tea)

v = (we: no touch of teeth with lip)

ca, ce, ci, co, cu

ga, ge, gi, go, gu

gua, gue, gui, guo, guu (lingua)

qua, que, qui, quo, quu

ra, re, ri, ro, ru

tia, tie, tii, tio, tiu

va, ve, vi, vo, vu

中世紀發音法

ae => e: laetus -a -um, 高興; aequus -a -um, 平等 (equus -i m. 馬); caelum -i n. 天空

oe => e: coeptus -us m. 肇始

ce: cena -ae f. 餐

ci: cinis -eris m. 塵; Cicero 西塞羅

ge: genu -us n. 膝

gi: magister -tri m. 教師

gn: dignatio -onis f. 尊嚴; magnes -etis f. 磁力; ignis -is m. 火: ignotus -a -um, 無知; agnus -i m, 羊

sc: conscientia -ae f. 良心

ti+vowel => si+vowel: laetitia -ae f. 喜樂; mutatio -onis f. 改變; sapientius 更有智慧

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