Our Difficult Language
Once you get past the challenge of learning the Cyrillic alphabet, the pronunciation of Ukrainian is quite straightforward. Each letter has only one sound, in the same way as Spanish. This quality of Ukrainian means that I can actually read stories to Kola, or check David and Sarah's reading skills, without having the faintest idea of the meaning.English, however, is not so easy. For example, how would you answer the following question that arose when I read a book about autumn to Kola:
Kola: "Mama, why does the word 'fall' have two "L"s?
posted by Stahlkes @ 10:14 AM
1 Comments:
English does have a lot of curiosities, but most are explained logically, knowing there may exist an exception or two. "Fall" needs both LL's to make the "ah" sound instead of the short "a", as in cat. It's fun to see Kola so interested in sounds and logic questions...what an inquisitive boy!
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