PAGE. Reflective Verbs which require the reflective pronoun in the Accusative and the object in the Genitive.. Conjunctional Adverbs which remove the subject after Recapitulatory Exercises:-11, 12; 20, 21; 34, 35; 47, 48; XI. How to grow rich, and wise and happy XII. Avarice and Luxury (a narrative piece)-Spectator XIII. The Choice of Hercules (a narrative piece)-Tatler XIV. On Sincerity (a didactic piece)-TILLOTSON XVI. Virtue our highest Interest (an argumentative piece)- XVII. The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæsar (an oration)-SHAKSPEARE XVIII. The Earl of Arundel's Speech, proposing an Accommoda- XX. Liberty and Slavery (a descriptive piece)-STERNE THE ALPHABET. English Handwriting. Print. PRONUNCIATION. ef B like a in father; it is made long by doubling it or joining h as: Aal, eel; Bahn, path. like the English b: Bruder, brother; Bier, beer; not Pier, as the Upper Saxons pronounce the ɓ. like k before a, o, u, au, and whenever it is pronounced as such in English: Concert, concert. Like ts before e, i, ä, u, äu, eu, and when in English. it sounds like 8: Citrone, lemon. like the English d: Dorf, village; Dank, thanks; not Tank, as the dis pronounced in Upper Saxony. like e in men: edel, noble. A double e is pronounced long: Seele, soul; it is made long by the insertion of h: lehren, to teach. Two e's which belong to different syllables are both pronounced: be'engen, to straiten. like the English ƒ in find: finden, to find. D D deh & e eh 81 رسمی PRONUNCIATION. at the beginning of a word or syllable like the English g in God: gut, good, not jut; Morgen, morning, not Morchen, as it is pronounced in some parts of Germany; geben, to give, not cheben nor keben as the g is pronounced by the Upper Saxons. The g at the end of a word, in Tag, day, or in any other word as final sound, is pronounced by the Lower Saxons like the aspirated d, and by the Upper Saxons like f; the proper sound, however, is not Tach, but Tag, and the g slightly aspirated. like h in the English words have, haben, hold, halten. Between two vowels it is less strong: Mühe, trouble; and ending a word it has no sound at all, Schuh, shoe. |