04-02-2004, 07:26 PM
Shlomo akhy keefa-moroon,
The concept of auxiliere vowels is new to me, and still confusing. Here is what I think I understand:
1. The auxiliere vowels are ???a,??? pthoHo, and ???e,??? rVoSo.
2. The auxiliere vowels are used to pronounce two or more clusters of consonants without a written vowel.
3. When an initial consonant requires an auxiliere vowel there are two methods employed. One pretends there is an invisible olaf + a in front of the initial consonant, making a closed initial syllable. Ktab would be pronounced as if it were written Aaktab. The other method would place the auxiliere vowel after the initial consonant, so ktab would be pronounced ketab, or katab.
4. From the way you have clustered the ktab inflections, I would guess that consonants vocalized with auxiliere vowels aren???t usually considered to be independent syllables.
Assuming any of the above is correct, I have the following questions:
1. Is there any way of predicting which auxiliere vowel will be used in a particular circumstance?
2. Is there an initial olaf + rVoSo auxiliere vowel?
3. Since you have given two different ways an auxiliere vowel can be applied to an initial consonant, Olaph auxiliaire and bryo-to = b??ryo-to, how do you know which method to use?
John Marucci
The concept of auxiliere vowels is new to me, and still confusing. Here is what I think I understand:
1. The auxiliere vowels are ???a,??? pthoHo, and ???e,??? rVoSo.
2. The auxiliere vowels are used to pronounce two or more clusters of consonants without a written vowel.
3. When an initial consonant requires an auxiliere vowel there are two methods employed. One pretends there is an invisible olaf + a in front of the initial consonant, making a closed initial syllable. Ktab would be pronounced as if it were written Aaktab. The other method would place the auxiliere vowel after the initial consonant, so ktab would be pronounced ketab, or katab.
4. From the way you have clustered the ktab inflections, I would guess that consonants vocalized with auxiliere vowels aren???t usually considered to be independent syllables.
Assuming any of the above is correct, I have the following questions:
1. Is there any way of predicting which auxiliere vowel will be used in a particular circumstance?
2. Is there an initial olaf + rVoSo auxiliere vowel?
3. Since you have given two different ways an auxiliere vowel can be applied to an initial consonant, Olaph auxiliaire and bryo-to = b??ryo-to, how do you know which method to use?
John Marucci