The rune for B is ᛒ.
beer
basis
bears / bares
The rune for the vowel in cat is ᚫ.
nicknack
sat
whack
manic
To make the sound in spa, taco, and father we double this rune.
baa 🐑
car
start
spa
How do you pronounce these next words?
aunt
class
ask
Remember the ᛡ rune that turned “i” into “ee”? We can also attach that on the end of this one! Try to guess what sound it will make:
spy
lie
try
liar / lyre
Why do we need a ᛟᚱ at the end there? Well British speakers may say this like ᛚᚫᛡᛟ and American speakers may say this like ᛚᚫᛡᚱ. Writing it this way makes it recognizable to both!
white
tile
Did that last one sound like “tie-uhl”? Just like with “teal”, we like to insert a little schwa between a ᛡ and ᛚ.
type
Now what do you get when ᚹ comes after ᚫ?
wow
This is called the “MOUTH” phoneme.
tao / tau
out
now
The rune for d is ᛞ.
sound
loud
town
towel
tower
Again, British speakers may say that one more like ᛏᚫᚹᛟ and Americans more like ᛏᚫᚹᚱ. This course is teaching a spelling system that allows us to speak “across the pond” with each other.
style
sour
You’re doing great!
kiss 😘
Take your time with this one.
I like beets
ta ta 👋
bye 👋