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| 𐑦 | 𐑰 |
|---|---|
| if | eat |
Time for some more vowels. The letter 𐑦 makes the sound at the start of the words "if" and "is". It looks a lot like the ordinary letter "I", which is helpful, because it makes one of the sounds which are made by the ordinary letter "I".
The letter 𐑰 makes the same sound, but a bit longer. It's the sound at the start of "eating" and "even". 𐑰 is just two 𐑦s written closely together and joined.
Now you can write:
| 𐑕𐑦𐑐 | "sip" | |
| 𐑐𐑦𐑑 | "pit" | |
| 𐑐𐑰𐑟 | "peas", or "pees" | |
| 𐑯𐑰 | "knee" | |
| 𐑕𐑰 | "sea", or "see" |
Carry on to the next lesson: on »
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