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.

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.

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!

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