A key to the symbols most of which are used in this Reader to indicate the pronunciation of the more difficult words. I. VOWELS. | a | as in | fate | | ? | “ | sen?te | | a | “ | fat | | Ä | “ | Ärm | | ? | “ | ?ll | | Â | “ | Âsk | | Â | as in | cÂre | | e | “ | mete | | Ê | “ | Êvent | | e | “ | met | | ? | “ | h?r | | i | “ | ice | | i | as in | idea | | i | “ | it | | i | “ | sir | | o | “ | old | | o | “ | obey | | o | “ | not | | oo | as in | food | | oo | “ | foot | | u | “ | use | | u | “ | unite | | u | “ | up | | Û | “ | fÛr | II. EQUIVALENTS. | ? | = | o | as in | wh?t | | Ê | = | Â | “ | thÊre | | i | = | ? | “ | girl | | ? | = | oo | “ | m?ve | | ? | = | oo | as in | w?lf | | ? | = | u | “ | s?n | | Ô | = | ? | “ | hÔrse | | u | = | oo | “ | rule | | ? | = | oo | as in | p?ll | | ? | = | i | “ | fl? | | ? | = | i | “ | bab? | III. CONSONANTS. Only the most difficult consonants in this Reader are marked with diacritical signs. The following table may prove useful to the teacher for reference and for blackboard work. | Ç = s | as in | miÇe | | ? or c (unmarked) = | k as in | ?all | | ?? = k | as in | s??oo | | ch (unmarked) | “ | child | | g like j | “ | caage | | g (hard) | “ | get | | n = ng | “ | ink | | th | “ | them | | th (unmarked) | as in | thin | | ph = f | “ | phantom | | s = z | “ | is | | z (like s sonant) | “ | zone | | qu (unmarked) | “ | quite | | ? = gz | “ | e?act | | x (unmarked) = ks | “ | vex | Certain vowels, as a and e, when obscured and turned toward the neutral form, are italicized. Silent letters are also italicized.
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