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Pronunciation
Letter SoundEnglish
Example
Romanian
Example
A, a ah Father
ap (ah-puh)
(Water)
, (Breve) uhA computer;A mistake;Other
ap (ah-puh)(Water)
, (Circumflex)
ew (almostlike thesound youmakewhenbeing
punched inthestomach)
not used inEnglish
Romn (roh-moouhn)(Romanian man)
C, ck'ch' beforeI or E
CrestChest
Cas (cah-suh)(House)Face (fah-cheh)(To Do/Make)
E, e
eh, 'ye' iffirst letterof theword
BestYes
Student (stoo-dehnt) (Student)Este (yes-teh)(he/she/it is)
G, g gh GetGsi (guh-see) (tofind)
G, g'j' before Ior E
Gesture
Geac (jah-kuh)(Jacket)Gigant (jee-ghant)(Giant)
I, i
ee, silent ifat end ofwords (tobe exact: atinywhisper,very
hardto pick up)and makesconsonantssound
Beepfi (fee) (be - verbinfinitive)
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softer, notsilent inverbinfinitives
, (Circumflex)
ew (almost
like thesound youmakewhenbeingpunched inthestomach)
not used inEnglish
a nva (oouhn-vuh-tsah) (learn -verb infinitive)
J, js as inpleasure
PleasureJoi (joy)(Thursday)
O, o oh Force;Formula;Hydrofoil
opt (ohpt) (eight)
R, r
Trilled -rolled rlike Italianor Spanish
not samesound inEnglish
dragoste (drah-gohs-teh) (love)
, (Cedilla)
sh Shipmtu (muh-too-shuh) (aunt)
, (Cedilla) ts goatsso(sohts)
(husband)U, u oo boot
un (oon) (a -indefinite article)
Dipthongs +
Tripthongs:Letters Sound
ch k
gh g
eai eh and eye together
eau eh and ow together
ai eye
au ow
u uh and oo together
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ea eh and ah together
ei ey
eu eh and oo together
ia ya as yacht
ie yehio yo
iu you
i/i and ee together
u/u and oo together
oi oy as in boy
ouoh and oo togetheras in go
ua wa as in wateroa
wa but less wsound than ua.
ue weh
ui we
