Lesson 8 - ᛝᚳᚦ

ᛡᚣᚹ᛫​ᚫᚫᚱ᛫​ᛚᛖᛡᛏ

You are late

The rune for the consonant sound in CHEW is .

ᚳᚣᚹᛉ

choose

ᚳᚩᛡᛋ

choice

ᚳᛁᛡᛉᛣᛖᛡᛣ

cheesecake

This rune was the original sound for the k in kat. For this reason, if the k sound occurs right before a consonant (in the same syllable), you can use it for “k” instead of ᛣ.

ᚫᛣᛏ / ᚫᚳᛏ

act

ᛣᛚᛁᛁᚱ / ᚳᛚᛁᛁᚱ

clear

ᛣᚹᛁᛣ / ᚳᚹᛁᛣ

quick

The rune combination for the consonant sound in SHOE is ᛋᚳ.

ᛗᚣᛋᚳᛄ

mushy

The rune combination for the consonant sound in genre, vision, and beige is ᛉᚳ.

ᛗᛖᛉᚳᛟᚱ

measure

There are many ways of pronouncing this next word. See if you can figure it out.

🇬🇧 ᚸᚫᚱᛟᚷ
🇺🇸 ᚸᛟᚱᚫᚫᚷ / ᚸᛟᚱᚫᚫᛉᚳ

garage

The rune for the sound in -ing is .

ᛋᚹᛁᛝ

swing

ᚻᚫᛝ

hang

ᚱᛁᛝᛟᚱ

ringer

ᚻᚢᛝ

hung

ᛣᚱᚫᛝᛣ

crank

ᛋᛁᛡᛁᛝ

seeing

ᚸᚩᚹᛁᛝ

going

🇬🇧 ᚷᚩᚸᛁᛝ
🇺🇸 ᚷᚫᚫᚸᛁᛝ / ᚷᚩᚩᚸᛁᛝ

jogging

The rune for the consonant sound in THOU and THORN is .

ᚦᛟ

the

🇬🇧 ᛒᚫᚫᚦ
🇺🇸 ᛒᚫᚦ

bath

ᚱᛁᛡᚦ

wreath

ᚢᚦᛟᚱ

other

One cool aspect of this letter is that it has both “th” sounds, just like in Latin English spelling. So words like “breath” and “breathe” change simply just on usage. When you use “breath” like a verb, the pronunciation changes.

ᛏᛁᛡᚦ

teeth / teethe

🇬🇧 ᛣᛚᚩᚦ
🇺🇸 ᛣᛚᚩᚩᚦ

cloth

ᛣᛚᚩᚹᚦ

clothe

ᚹᚢᚱᚦ

worth

ᚹᚢᚱᚦᛄ

worthy

Take your time with this next one!

ᛗᚫᛡ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛟᚱ᛫᛫ᛗᚫᛡ᛫ᛗᚫᚾ

My runner, my man