A0.1
Restored classical sounds
Read any Latin word aloud the way Cicero would have.
c = k
(KAI-sar)
Caesar
c is always hard
v = w
(WEH-nee, WEE-dee, WEE-kee)
veni, vidi, vici
v sounds like English w
ae = eye
(KAI-sar, ai-NAY-ahs)
Caesar, Aeneas
g = hard g
(GAL-lee-ah)
Gallia
i before a vowel = y
(YOO-lee-oos)
Iulius
Every letter is sounded
(SEH-mel)
semel (once)
Common mistake
✗ SEE-zer
✓ KAI-sar
Church and English readings came later.
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