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    This document provides a brief overview of pronunciation rules for the Romanian alphabet. It lists each letter of the Romanian alphabet, the associated sound, and examples of words demonstrating that sound. For instance, it notes that the letter A represents the sound "ah" and provides "apă" (water) as an example. It also covers pronunciation of combinations of letters, like diphthongs and tripthongs, noting their sounds.

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    This document provides a brief overview of pronunciation rules for the Romanian alphabet. It lists each letter of the Romanian alphabet, the associated sound, and examples of words demonstrating that sound. For instance, it notes that the letter A represents the sound "ah" and provides "apă" (water) as an example. It also covers pronunciation of combinations of letters, like diphthongs and tripthongs, noting their sounds.

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    Learning Romanian

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    This document provides a brief overview of pronunciation rules for the Romanian alphabet. It lists each letter of the Romanian alphabet, the associated sound, and examples of words demonstrating that sound. For instance, it notes that the letter A represents the sound "ah" and provides "apă" (water) as an example. It also covers pronunciation of combinations of letters, like diphthongs and tripthongs, noting their sounds.

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    Pronunciation

    Letter A, a Sound ah English Example Father Romanian Example ap (ah-puh) (Water)

    , (Breve) uh

    A computer; ap (ah-puh) A mistake; (Water) Other

    ew (almost not used in like the English sound you make Romn (roh, when moouhn) (Circumflex) being (Romanian man) punched in the stomach) C, c k Crest 'ch' before Chest I or E eh, 'ye' if first letter Best of the Yes word gh Get Cas (cah-suh) (House) Face (fah-cheh) (To Do/Make) Student (stoodehnt) (Student) Este (yes-teh) (he/she/it is) Gsi (guh-see) (to find) Geac (jah-kuh) (Jacket) Gigant (jee-ghant) (Giant)

    E, e

    G, g

    G, g

    'j' before I Gesture or E ee, silent if at end of words (to be exact: a tiny whisper, Beep very hard to pick up) and makes consonants sound

    I, i

    fi (fee) (be - verb infinitive)

    softer, not silent in verb infinitives ew (almost like the sound you make a nva (oouhn, not used in when vuh-tsah) (learn (Circumflex) English being verb infinitive) punched in the stomach) J, j O, o s as in pleasure oh Pleasure Force; Formula; Hydrofoil Joi (joy) (Thursday) opt (ohpt) (eight)

    R, r , (Cedilla)

    Trilled not same rolled r sound in like Italian English or Spanish sh Ship goats boot

    dragoste (drahgohs-teh) (love) mtu (muh-tooshuh) (aunt) so (sohts) (husband) un (oon) (a indefinite article)

    , (Cedilla) ts U, u oo

    Dipthongs + Tripthongs:
    Letters Sound ch gh eai eau ai au u k g eh and eye together eh and ow together eye ow uh and oo together

    ea ei eu ia ie io iu i/i u/u oi ou ua oa ue ui

    eh and ah together ey eh and oo together ya as yacht yeh yo you and ee together and oo together oy as in boy oh and oo together as in go wa as in water wa but less w sound than ua. weh we

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