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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.

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Alphabet and Pronunciation.

The Roumanian Alphabet consists of the following letters:—

	A,	a,	as a in father.
	B,	b,	as in the English.
	C,	c,	before e and i as ch in cheese, softer than in the English: otherwise as k.
	D,	d,	as in the English.
	D,	d,	like z.
	E,	e,	as é in the French, sometimes as ye in yet.
	F,	f,	as in the English.
	G,	g,	hard, as in gum, but before e and i like j in joke.
	H,	h,	guttural, as ch in loch.
	I,	i,	as in police.
	J,	j,	as in the French jour.
	K,	k,	as in the English.
	L,	l,	as in„ the English.„
	M,	m,	as in„ the English.„
	N,	n,	as in„ the English.„
	O,	o,	as in„ the English.„
	P,	p,	as in„ the English.„
	R,	r,	a rolling r.
	S,	s,	as in the English.
	S,	s,	as sh in ship.
	T,	t,	softer than in the English.
	T,	t,	as ts, or like the German z in zeit.
	U,	u,	as oo in tool.
	V,	v,	as v in the English.
	X,	x,	as x in„ the English.„
	Y,	y,	as i in the English word king.
	Z,	z,	as in the English.