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Faen_son_of_Roccondil
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on: March 07, 2015 02:36
When a vowel comes at the end of a word does it say it's name, like does matinyë end with an í sound like the English see. Another example would be a plural, are plurals that end with i pronounced with an í sound like saironi. And my other question is how is an a pronounced when it comes before an r because is my head I always read it with the long a sound á.



Sorry to bother anyone I'm just really confused.

[Edited on 03/07/2015 by Faen_son_of_Roccondil]
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on: March 07, 2015 03:10
Matinyë ends in a short e, the sound of bed.
Saironi ends in a short i, the sound of with.
The i in tirë is again pronounced as a short i.

In Quenya only accented vowels are long all others are short. There is no difference in pronunciation between a vowel in the middle of a word or at the end of a word.

Stressed vowels are emphasized but not pronounced differently from unstressed vowels, e.g. in matinyë the i is stressed but is still short.

English vowels don't resemble Quenya vowels at all, you should take Italian or Spanish vowels as examples.



[Edited on 03/08/2015 by dirk_math]
Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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on: March 07, 2015 03:24
Thank you so much! This is only my second day of learning a new language period so the whole vowel thing is going against anything I've ever been taught.
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on: March 07, 2015 03:32
Okay so I already have another question. In the Quenya pronunciation lesson it says that the diphthong ui makes the sound like ruin but ruin is two sounds short u then short i. So my question is how do we pronounce that?
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on: March 07, 2015 03:59
The oo of too followed by the y of yes. So ooy would be a good English rendition.
Yassë engë lómë, anarties calali.
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on: March 07, 2015 04:09
Thanks again! No wonder you're a Quenya workbook mentor, your amazing at what you do!
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