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xii For readers who wish to pronounce the words in the dictionary, a brief pronunciation guide follows. Czech is almost entirely phonetic (one letter equals one sound), so knowing the spelling means knowing the pronunciation. All Czech words have stress on the first syllable. Vowels are continental: a = ah, e = eh, i and y = ee, o = oh, and u = ew. Long marks over the vowels simply lengthen them: thus, á = aaahhh, ů/ú = ewwww; they do not indicate stress. Consonants that do not correspond to English pronunciation are the following: c = ts as in bits č = ch as in church ch = a single letter pronounced as in Bach j = like the consonant y (the English j sound is spelled dž) ř = rzh as in Dvořák š = sh as in shower ž = zh as the s in pleasure One final note on language is that formation of the plural in Czech often leads to consonant changes at the end of the word. This explains the discrepancy in spelling when I use both the singular and plural in some entries. A Short Guide to Czech Pronunciation trev01.indd 12 05-09-06 03:22:51 ...

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