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Re: i hope u read this

by Yahalome (guest)

2/4/2003, 9:45 PM

How DID b - v - u get related? In Hebrew, bet/vet are distinguished by one dot, in Spanish, b is pronounced like soft b then v. But how'd the u get in there, and why isn't it b - p and v - f?
Also, what's the relationship 'tween ll - y - g/j - h?
Y :)

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- Pavlos (guest) +1

2/5/2003, 3:30 AM

A long story: I suggest some Greek lessons, once you master your Hebrew: Then you will be able to read both the Old and the New Testaments in the language in which they were written :)

In a nutshell, there is no letter "V" in the Greek alphabet. Beta, b, is pronounced almost like the English V. Also, the diphthong "eu" and "au" in are pronounced "ev" and "av" respectively. In ancient times, there was a Greek letter called digamma that looks eactly like an "F". Its pronounciation was something between a V and a B.

- Yahalome (guest)

2/6/2003, 12:20 AM

I'm planning to finish Hebrew, then finish Spanish, then I'll either try SPOKEN (lol) Japanese, or Greek, or whatever...But I need to do Spanish first, there's a large Hispanic population in my area, and I have friends in Mexico. :) I do intend to do Greek someday, but in my life, it would be used more like a dead language, I'm not likely to visit Greece, so I should learn useful languages first. If I ever do get rich, I'll have to drop in on all the message board regulars, but I haven't any rich relations, so...;)

I see that they are intricately related, but I can't see why!! To me, although I can pronounce the Spanish b, b and v don't seem a bit similar.

Y :)

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