Hi,
"Romani, ite domum!"
/vocative plural (case), imperative, locative (case)/
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But, what are those straight lines above vowels and what are those
inverted arcs above vowels /
й/?!
/why does Latin seem to sound different from English?/
Vowels
Short_vowels
Short_short_vowels
Vowel_shorts
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Let's take RP as a "broad example".
Vowels make syllables.
Vowels are:
normal:
/a/, /ə/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/
normal_Long_vowels:
/a:/, /e:/, /i:/, /o:/, /u:/ - strait line above a vowel in Latin
/it does not matter how broad vowels are: /e/ - broad /e/; /o/ - broad /o/; .../
normal_Round_vowels:
round /a/; round /e/; round /i/.
/ö - round /e/; ü - round /i//
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Short_vowels are:
/inverted arcs above vowels/
й
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_I
Short vowels do not make syllables.
Syllable is a vowel or a vowel + a short_vowel (+ a short_vowel + ...)
Short_short_vowels are:
/i/ - soft
/ə/ - hard
Vowel_shorts are:
a consonant before a vowel and
a short_vowel after a vowel
y, /ə ???/ (soft / hard)
r, l;
m, n.
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