WEAKENING

In these Reading lessons, you will notice the weakening of [a] vowel in the following words.

WRITTEN		READ
kti [ká tí]		[gâ dí]
qti [thá tí]		[dhâ dí]
AqI;qI; [á thì thì]		[â thì dhì]
qa;A@kI; [thà á cì]		[thà âcì]
Amja;@kI; [á mjà cì]		[âmjà jì]

VOICING

You will also notice the voicing of some consonants.  The [t] is voiced as [d], the [c] as [j] and the [th] as [dh]. 

WRITTEN		READ
kti [ká tí]		[gâ dí]
qti [thá tí]		[dhâ dí]
AqI;qI; [á thì thì]		[â thì dhì]
mI;qI; [mì thì]		[mì dhì]
Amja;@kI; [á mjà cì]		[âmjà jì]

VARIOUS READING of - v\

Although the vowel symbol (-) is basically for the vowel [i], you will hear it read differently on some occasions.

WRITTEN		READ
`pv\ [pji]		[pji] or [pje]
namv\ [na mi]		[na meh]
na;lv\ [nà li]		[nà leh]
mv\ [mi]		[meh] or [mji]
qv\ [thi]		[dhi]