[B-Greek] RE: pronouncing vowels
Blake T. Garretson
blakeg at metalink.net
Mon Dec 8 19:53:49 EST 2003
Thanks for the responses so far.
I guess I'm still bothered that I *could* pronounce iota like the "ee"
in feet, or the "i" in "pit", but I *always* pronounce it long because I
don't know when to switch to short pronunciation.
Are there any rules at all specifying when to use either pronunciation?
Raymond said:
The "rule" is that one should basically learn the length of
those vowels as part of learning vocabulary.
But I don't get how I know the length of the vowels in the first place.
The grammer from which I'm working doesn't say something like:
LUW means "I loose or I destroy" and the U is long.
Am I missing something basic?
Thanks,
Blake Garretson
Liberty Center, Ohio
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