Latin Alphabet and Pronunciation

Latin Alphabet

Pronunciation

The English language uses the same alphabet as Latin with a few minor changes.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh
Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq
Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz

What differences do you notice?

No Jj or Ww!

You may be wondering…
What about Julius Caesar?

His name in Latin was spelled

Iulius Caesar

And was pronounced much differently from what we are used to hearing.

Yoo-lee-us Ki-sar

In fact, the hardest part about learning the Latin alphabet is that familiar letters do not sound the way they do in English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWWOJW3948

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtgvwJljto

Watch these two videos and return to the next slide for lists of words to practice on your own.

Practice with these words

māter

scrībit

via

canis

sedet

mēnsa

familia

bibit

cubiculum

servus

legit

hortus

pater

labōrat

nōn

fīlius

dormit

īrātus

fīlia

est

ātrium

canis

surgit

culīna

coquus

circumspectat

tablīnum