PRONUNCIATION

Question 1

Which syllable does stress fall on?

Answer 1

The first syllable (MORgen = morning)

Question 2

What prefix is always unaccented?

Answer 2

ge- (geBIDan = await)

Question 3

what is the rules on stress for prepositional prefixes such as for- and ofer-

Answer 3

Accented in nouns and adjectives (FORwyrd = ruin)
Unaccented in verbs (forWIERNAN = Refuse)

Question 4

What are long vowels indicated with

Answer 4

A macron (a line over the vowel)

Question 5

is (short) =
is (long) =

Answer 5

is
ees = ice

Question 6

a

Answer 6

man - ah

Question 7

ā

Answer 7

father - ar

Question 8

æ

Answer 8

mat (brisk) - a

Question 9

ǣ

Answer 9

cat -
sometimes air - þǣr = there

Question 10

e

Answer 10

pet - eh

Question 11

ē

Answer 11

hate - ay

Question 12

i

Answer 12

hit - ih

Question 13

ī

Answer 13

ee

Question 14

o

Answer 14

pot - or

Question 15

о̄

Answer 15

pope - oh

Question 16

u

Answer 16

put - oeugh

Question 17

ū

Answer 17

boot - oo

Question 18

y

Answer 18

French - double- oo

Question 19

ȳ

Answer 19

longer version of y - like ruse - ooo

Question 20

ea

Answer 20

EH-ah (like a northern person saying air)

Question 21

eo

Answer 21

air

Question 22

heofan

Answer 22

f becomes v - in the middle of words
heovan = heaven

Question 23

freosan

Answer 23

s becomes z - in the middle of words
freozen = frozen

Question 24

þ , ð

Answer 24

th

Question 25

c

Answer 25

k - cyning = king

Question 26

c (next to the vowels e and i)
e.g. ceap, cild

Answer 26

ch

Question 27

pronounce
gif = if
geong = young
dæg - day

Answer 27

yif
yeong
dæy

Question 28

h - in the middle of a word

Answer 28

ch = German nicht

Question 29

h - at the end of a word

Answer 29

‘ch’ like in Scottish Loch Ness

Question 30

cg

Answer 30

dge

brycg = bridge

Question 31

sc

Answer 31

sh
scip = ship