2
The Figures,
The
Pronunciation ,
The 1
CAPITALS. SMALL
P,
LETTERS.
p,
P a y 5
P,
Q,
q,
koo,
q,
R,
r,
err,
r,
s (s).
ess,
8,
T,
t,
tay,
t,
u,
u,
00,
u.
V,
v,
fow,
V,
W,
w,
vay,
w,
\
r,
iks,
X,
%
y,
ypsilon,
y>
3,
z,
tset,
z.
Most of the German letters being pronounced as in English, we shall only present those that follow a different pronunciation.
FIGURATIVE TABLE OF THOSE VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS OF WHICH THE PRONUNCIATION IS NOT THE SAME AS IN ENGLISH.
Are
In
Figures. Name.
pronounced
the English
> German Examples.
as
words:
d, ah-a,
a,
made,
Väter, fathers.
ö, o-a,
i,
bird 3 ,
Löwe, lion.
ö, oo-a 4 5 ,
s
)
—
Glück, happiness.
k 6 , e-a,
ie,
field,
Wiese, meadow.
3 The English Word bird does not quite answer to the sound of this vowel; it has rather the sound of eu in the French words: feu, coeur, fleur, jeune, peu.
4 We have preferred thus naining these letters in order to he adle to designate them with more facility; hat we much approve of the new system, which substitutes in their place the simple Intonation of sounds.
5 There is no sound corresponding to this vowel in English, and in order to learn it well, the pupils must hear it pronounced ; it an- swers to the sound of u in the French words: but, nü, vertu.
6 The disposition, which we have adopted, of placing analogous sounds togelher, will facilitate to learners the study of the pronunciation. There are even some provinces in Germany where ä and ß are both pronounced a; ü and ie, e; ft or ky, e«, and alt, 1.