SHAAT VOWIL SOUN
Short vowel sounds |
a |
laka/as in
at
ban
rap |
at hat, hot
bada bother, worse
fala follow
tan bak ya papa sa
stay back here dad sir |
e |
laka/as in
egg
lend
tell |
heg egg
fene in trouble
preke difficulty
tel dem se gwe
tell them get lost |
i |
laka/as in
in
give
milk |
sib sieve
fi mi mine
lili little
gi mi mi si di li bit
let me see a little |
o |
laka/as in
fun
done/dun
some/sum |
dos dust
fos first, fuss
olo scam
notn no go so nothing like that
ron go fi som rom ahn fon
run and go for some rum and fun
|
u |
laka/as in
put
foot
bull |
yu you
guzu magic
fufu foolish, mashed yam
susu gossip
susu put bul fut tu yu
gossip telling you nonsense |
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LANG VOWIL SOUN
Long vowel sounds |
aa |
laka/as in
bath
car
last |
aal all, even
baagin bargain
saaf soft
aal saal Paal uu laaf laas naa taat
even unlucky Paul who laughs last won't start |
ii |
laka/as in
deal
meet/meat
machine |
iip many
biini tiny
siin agreed, OK
fiiva fever
miin fi miit fi siil di diil fi di biini miit mashiin
mean to meet to seal the deal on the tiny meat machine |
uu |
laka/as in
you
flu
boot
true |
fuud food
tuu two
skuul school
yuut youngster
chuu fiuu yuut gat tuu chuu niuu buut fi skuul naida fuud fi chuu
since few kids have two true new shoes for school nor food to chew |
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DIPTONG
Dipthongs |
ai |
laka/as in
by/buy
light
file |
bai by, buy
sait sight, site
taim time, thyme
ail oil
fain fine, find
paint pint, point
mait chrai bai ai taim bai fain fain flait tinait
might try buying high time by finding fine flight tonight |
au |
laka/as in
aus (German)
frau (German)
Raul (Spanish)
If you can think of an English word with au sound, please submit it.
|
aul old
baul bowl
kaul cold
aul baul a kaul suup
old bowl of cold soup |
ia |
laka/as in
simian
bestial
triage
|
niam eat
gial girl
gias gas
gial no niam get gias
girls who don't eat get gas |
ie |
laka/as in
Daniel
Gabriel
pied (French)
|
ie hear
iet eight
bied bathe, beard
mien main
ie di bied man a iet mien lien no bied
hear the bearded man at eight main lane doesn't bathe |
iuu |
laka/as in
duty
beauty
feud
|
fiuu few
diuu due
biuuti beauty
miuuzik music
fiuu gi diuu tu biuuti a piuuriti a miuuzik
few give due to beauty of purity in music |
ou |
laka/as in
round
bough/bow
mouth
|
bou bough, bow
dout doubt
lou allow
floua flour
ou nou touzn broun kou roun sout nou
how now thousand brown cows around south now |
uo |
laka/as in
duo
muon
gluon
|
duo door, though
shuo show
uol hole, whole
suop soap
duo briizbluo no gruo mi naa shuo mi uol tuo
though hurricane doesn't grow i'm not showing my whole toe |
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KANSONANT
Consonants
|
ch |
ch pronouns "chii"
a di ongl taim c yuuz
ch pronounced "chii"
is the only time c is used |
cho expression of exasperation
choch church
chuocho squash, christophene
chuu-chuu really
|
k |
k riplies c
iina aal ada hinstans
k replaces c
in all other instances |
kak cock
kech catch
kuul cool
kukumba cucumber
|
kw |
kw riplies qu
kw replaces qu
|
kwik quick
kwaat quart
kwint squint, blink
kwiin queen
yuniik unique
opiek opaque |
w |
w kambinieshan
w combinations
|
bwai boy
bwail boil
pwail spoil
gwe go away
gwehn/gwaihn going to
kwaiat quiet
igwaana iguana
swiit sweet, suite
|
h |
aspiret (apshanal, indikiet bai haitalik)
put bifuo wod taat wid vowil espeshal wen di wod bifuo hen wid vowil
aspirate (optional, indicated by italics)
placed before words beginning with vowels especially when the preceding word ends with a
vowel |
di ruod eba kiaahn don fix
forever to get the road fixed
enibadi heba si mi chraial give me a break
faib uonian five onions
aaf poun a huonian half pound onions
|
hn |
niezalizieshan
a di hen a som wod (saaf, breti n)
nasalization
at the end of some words (soft, breathy n) |
dehn they
kiahn can
kiaahn cannot
duohn don't
pahn on, upon
iihn? interrogative
dehn kiahn duohn bada kohn kohn put guot mout pahn ihn praaspek
they shouldn't bother to come and blight his prospects |
