ON Lesson 1 Flashcards
A
Bot
E
Bet
I
Beet
O
Boat (but slightly shorter I think)
U
Boot
“á, é, í, ó, ú, ý,
and ǿ….were pronounced slightly longer in duration than the corresponding vowels without accents..”
”–compare, for example, the vowel in the English word “hat” with the longer-lasting vowel in
the word “had.””
Y
"”surfer dude” pronunciation of the word “dude” or some rural southern
speakers’ pronunciation of “you.””
”” “Æ” (named “ash” in English)”
to represent the vowel sound of words like “ash,” “sad,” or “ran.”
“Ø” (referred to as “O with a stroke” or informally as “O slash”)
” I teach students to imitate Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “bird,”…”
“Ǫ” (referred to as “O caudata,” or “O with a tail”)
represents the rounded vowel in a
British or older American pronunciation of “saw” or “taught.”
difference between a camping bed “cot”
(which in Old Norse spelling would be “kat”) and the past tense of “catch,” “caught” (which in Old Norse
spelling would be “kǫt”).
“EI”
(pronounced with the vowel of “rain”),
“AU”
(pronounced with roughly the vowel of “house,” but further back, closer to German Haus),
“EY”
altogether very roughly like the
vowels of English “gluey” if slurred together with rounded lips).
F
“…The consonant f is generally pronounced as “v.” Easy
cognates that can help remember this are hafa “have,” yfir “over,”…”
bróðir
“brother” (m)
bróðir
“brother” (m)
dóttir
“daughter” (f)
faðir
“father” (m)
fé
“money; livestock” (n)
fǫr
“journey” (f)
