Vowels Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two types of vowels in Latin?
A
Long and short
2
Q
What is the distinction between long and short vowels?
A
- Long vowels are held longer that short vowels
- Long vowels are marked with a macron ā
- Unmarked vowels are short
3
Q
What are the 6 Latin vowels?
A
a e I o I y(only appears in words of Greek origin)
4
Q
What is the name for a combination of two vowel sounds that are collapsed together into a single vowel or syllable?
A
•Diphthongs
5
Q
List the diphthongs
A
- ae
- oe
- au
- eu
6
Q
How do you pronounce ae?
A
e
7
Q
How do you pronounce oe?
A
e
8
Q
How do you pronounce au?
A
- au in Latin words
* ev in Greek words
9
Q
How do you pronounce eu?
A
- eu in Latin words
* ev in Greek words
10
Q
How do you pronounce the second vowel when it is marked with a trema?
A
•Vowel is pronounces separately
11
Q
Describe long vowels by nature
A
- When the syllable contains a long vowel or a diphthong
* Eg- medicīna, diaeta
12
Q
Describe long vowels by position
A
- When vowel is followed by two or more consonants ( instrumēntum, placēnta)
- When the vowel is followed by the complex consonants (X= [Ks] [gz] and z= [z] -reflexus
