Let’s get to the long awaited Latin consonants. Before we do that I just want to say that if you’re an English speaker or if you speak a Romance language like Italian, French or Spanish, you’ll probably relate to Latin a lot easier than someone who has no familiarity with a Romance language. Most of the consonants are pronounced like in English except for a few of the consonants:<\/p>\n
The letter C is a harsh sound like C<\/strong>at, not like the upper case C in C<\/strong>ircus.<\/p>\n The letter A before the letter t or s is pronounced like a p<\/p>\n R’s are rolled like in Spanish<\/p>\n V is pronounced as a W never like the V in V<\/strong>ine<\/p>\n S is pronounced as S<\/strong>lide not like the s in eaS<\/strong>e<\/p>\n G is hard like Go, not like the g in briG<\/strong>ht and not like the g in jumpinG<\/strong><\/p>\n T is pronounced as a the t in naT<\/strong>ive not like the t in naT<\/strong>ion<\/p>\n Doubled consonants should have a slight pause. The double t should be pronounced like the word in rat trap, not slurred like the word for cattle.<\/p>\n Like English, Latin words can be divided into syllables.\u00a0When a consonant is wedged between two vowels, the consonant will be attached to the second vowel.\u00a0For instance, the word amiable in Latin can be divided into syllables like this: a – m\u0101 – bi – lis<\/p>\n For reference, the last syllable of a word is called ultima, the one next to the last is called penult, and the syllable before the penult is the antepenult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let’s get to the long awaited Latin consonants. Before we do that I just want to say that if you’re an English speaker or if you speak a Romance language like Italian, French or Spanish, you’ll probably relate to Latin a lot easier than someone who has no familiarity with a Romance language. Most of…<\/p>\n