Latin Rules to Spell Certain Sounds

Question 1

“ah”

Answer 1

O-Anglicized, much more common; (A-pure)

Question 2

\a\

Answer 2

A

Question 3

long a

Answer 3

A-Anglicized, (E-pure)

Question 4

/e/

Answer 4

E

Question 5

long e

Answer 5

beg: E; middle: E/I; end: -E, -Y (condition/state/action/process), -AE (pl. fem. noun, genitive – of noun, arborvitae; vita life –> vitae of life)

Question 6

long i

Answer 6

I – DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LATIN AND GREEK

Question 7

long o

Answer 7

O

Question 8

“aw”

Answer 8

O, AU

Question 9

schwa

Answer 9

I (connective schwa), A

Question 10

“oo”

Answer 10

U

Question 11

“yoo”

Answer 11

U

Question 12

“yuh”

Answer 12

U

Question 13

/k/

Answer 13

C+A,O,U, (CC–special stems/assimilation, CCH, CH)

Question 14

/f/

Answer 14

F; Medieval Latin can sometimes use PH (esp. if it’s from something that wasn’t Latin to begin with, like Arabic); New Latin (Greek in a top hat and trench coat) can often use PH as well

Question 15

/j/

Answer 15

J+A,O,U, G+I, E, DU in the middle, j+i,e can also happen but not common

Question 16

/g/

Answer 16

G

Question 16

kw

Answer 16

QU

Question 17

\ks\ or \gz\

Answer 17

X

Question 18

/s/

Answer 18

S+any vowel; C+I,E; SC+I,E, based on special stems; SS+anything, based on special stems; end: -CE (-ance, -ence), -S (-ans, -ens)

Question 19

/sh/

Answer 19

TI, CI, SU, CE; TI is definitely most common

Question 20

/z/

Answer 20

SU (ex. caSUal), SI (-sion, ex. exploSIon)

Question 21

/ch/

Answer 21

TU (ex. capiTULate, advenTUre), CI (ex. uncia), SU (ex. tonsure); TU is most common.
NEVER USE “SH” OR “CH-for-\ch" IN LATIN!

Question 22

/zh/

Answer 22

su, sion, ssion

Question 23

Where do you double consonants?

Answer 23

1) assimiliton
2) if there’s a stem with a double consonant
3) a diminutive ending with LL(ellus, ellum,ella,ellate, illus, illum, illa illate, ellation, illation)