Lesson 1: alphabet and pronunciation; basic rules
Le alfabete Pacariane e se pronunciacione
The Pacarian alphabet has only 23 letters. It lacks k,j and w. These letters are only used in words from other languages.
| Accione: like in father but short. |
| Blo: like in English, or like p if before a consonant |
| Cente: as k or s. Like in most languages. To determine if it is pronounced s or k, look at related words in other languages (mostly Roman languages, but also English!) Sometimes not pronounced according to the rules of fluency (see below) |
| CHercher: like in chance |
| Doble: as in English |
| Escriver: as in end (short) or as a in game (long). sometimes as i in in (also short). |
| Fo: as in English. |
| Grande: as in great. Sometimes not pronounced according to the rules of fluency (see below) |
| Homme: slightly aspirated. NOT like in help. |
| Interessante: as e in to be or as y in yellow when before a vowel. |
| J does not exist. |
| K doesn’t exist either. |
| Literale: like in English. |
| Materiale: like in English. |
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Nater: like in English. |
| aNGlese: like in angle |
| Otre: like in October (short), or open in American English (long) |
| Pacaria: like in English. |
| QUalitado: like in quality. Sometimes pronounced as c in cat according to the rules of fluency (see below) |
| Ryer: slightly rolled. Like in Dutch and Scottish/Irish. |
| Samedye: like in sea. when surrounded by vowels, s in misery is also allowed. |
| Teste: like in table, NEVER as s |
| User: Always try to pronounce it like w in why. Sometimes when preceding a consonant this is impossible. Then: like oo food but short. So traduyer =>tradw-yer, cuyer => cw-yer |
| Vyeye: like in English. |
| W does not exist. |
| eXtreme: like in English, somethimes like s in misery according to the rules of fluency (see below). |
| Ye: as in yellow. |
| siZe: as in English. |
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Pacarian vowels are pronounced shortly like in Spanish, without an /i/ at the end, like sometimes in English. |
In most cases, the vowel in stressed syllable is pronounced long, the others short. The last letter (the vowel) of a word is also long. For example: pŕcŕriáné,…
Pacarian has no dipthongs, only vowel combinations with i, u and y. These are then always pronounced as y in yellow or u in ueste, so they are semi vowels.
Regles de fluencia
The Rules of fluency are
there to make Pacarian speech more fluent.
- If a word ends in s, the s does not have to be pronounced. If it ends in a vowel and the following word starts with a vowel, the vowel of the first word doesn’t have to be pronounced. fe. Ye vole me inscriver por les corses del langue Anglese. => ye vole m inscriver por le corse del langu Anglese.
- C before a consonant does not have to be pronounced. example: subyecte,…
- B pronounced as P or P itself before a consonant does not have to be pronounced. For example: subscriver,…
- G before another consonant does not have to be pronounced. fe. signifyer,…
- QU may be pronounced as C. fe. que, quel, qualitado,…
- The articles/pronouns “le”, “me”, and “te” are often attached to the preceding word if it ends in a vowel in pronunciation: Ye trove le difficile => ye trovel difficile.
It is important you practice these rules! They are part of the base of the Pacarian language!