Lesson 16: Pronunciation
01
Pronunciation
- Listen and repeat:
Optional Consonant-Loss
Pronunciation exercise number 1
- naj
- ʾu najil
- ʾu na(j)il
- wàaj
- ʾu wàajil
- ʾu wàa(j)il
- nej
- ʾu nejil
- ʾu ne(j)il
- kéej
- ʾu kéejil
- ʾu kée(j)il
- josej
- josejeʾ
- jose(j)eʾ
- ʾálbertoj
- ʾálbertoj u kʾàabaʾ
- ʾálberto(j) u kʾàabaʾ
- mèesaj
- mèesajeʾ
- mèesa(j)eʾ
02
Pronunciation
- Note, however, the following examples:
Optional Consonant-Loss
Pronunciation exercise number 2
- òoraj
- ʾòoras
- kìiloj
- kìilos
- ʾanyoj
- ʾányos
03
Pronunciation
- Other consonants besides j may optionally be dropped in certain environments. In such cases the potentially present consonant may be included but put in parentheses. Here are some examples:
Optional Consonant-Loss
Pronunciation exercise number 3
- u tojoltmaj
- ʾu tojol(t)maj
- ʾu kʾajóoltmaj
- ʾu kʾajóol(t)maj
- ʾimbitàartbil
- ʾimbitàar(t)bil
- baʾax leloʾ
- baʾax (l)eloʾ
- xíimbaltej
- xíimba(l)tej
- tsikbalnajij
- tsikba(l)najij
- k u boʾoltik
- k u boʾo(l)tik
- k u y ojéeltik
- k u y ojée(l)tik
- jaʾalil beyoʾ
- jaʾali(l) beyoʾ
- báaxal tʾàan
- báaxa(l) tʾàan
04
Pronunciation
- You have already observed frequent instances of the optional loss of a vowel. Note the following examples. The vowels which have been dropped in the #02s may be placed in parentheses.
Optional Consonant-Loss
Pronunciation exercise number 4
- k u bisiken
- k u bis(i)ken
- k u tsʾáik
- k u tsʾ(á)ik
- k a tsʾoʾonokoʾob
- k a tsʾoʾon(o)koʾob
- ʾúuch kʾojaʾanchajakech
- ʾúuch kʾojaʾanchaj(a)kech
- xanaboʾob
- xam(a)boʾob
- t u láakaloʾob
- t u láak(a)loʾob
05
Pronunciation
- Listen and repeat:
Sequences with Medial and Final ʾ
Pronunciation exercise number 5
- chiʾ
- ʾu chiʾ le máakoʾ
- ʾu chíʾ le máakoʾ
- leʾ
- ʾu leʾ le chéʾoʾ
- ʾu leʾ a chéʾoʾ
- naʾ
- ʾu naʾ tsíimin
- ʾu náʾ in tsìimin
06
Pronunciation
- Now listen and repeat the following forms containing a medial ʾ:
Sequences with Medial and Final ʾ
Pronunciation exercise number 6
- luʾsej
- take it off
- lúuʾsej
- fell it
- lùuʾlen
- Iʾm fallen
- paʾteʾ
- together
- páaʾtej
- expect it
- tùuʾlen
- Iʾm forgotten