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a - Are, hArd i - elIte, thrEE ^s - SHe
b - Big j - YesterdaY t - Tea
c - prinCe, biTS ^j - leiSure, meaSure u - twO
^c - CHurCH k - Kite `u - whO, usually with a,e below
d - Do l - as English, but softer* v - Very
e - gEt, thEre m - Michael z - fuZZy
f - Far n - No a`u - cOW (a+u)!
g - Go o - Or (not like OWe) e`u - (e+u)! Elmer Fudd's "vERy"
^g - George p - People aj - mY (a+j)!
h - Hat r - bit trilled as Spanish ej - plAY, vEIn (e+j)!
^h - Scottish loCH s - kiSS oj - bOY (o+j)!
uj - tOO Young (u+j)!
a e i o u = Are thEre thrEE Or TwO
Rare: e`u, ^h Extremely Rare: `u alone
* I've never been corrected by pronouncing like in English.
! Means use Esperanto pronunciation (j like YesterdaY), say as one syllable
To name the letters, as in spelling out a word or reciting the alphabet:
give vowels their usual sound, add -o ending to consonants - A Bo Co ^Co, etc.
`u is pronounced "woe" or "U-hoko". Non-Esperanto letters: q - kuo/k`uo/kvo;
w - duobla-u/duobla-vo; x - ikso; y - ipsilono