Expertlatin
As Draconis mentioned, in reconstructed pronunciation <ti> is just pronounced as a sequence of the T sound [t] followed by one of the two I sounds, ĭ [i~ɪ] or ī [iː].
- How do you pronounce TI in Latin?
- How do you pronounce the I in laten?
- How do you say double I in Latin?
How do you pronounce TI in Latin?
TI standing before a vowel and following any letter (except S, X, T) is pronounced tsee. Otherwise the T is like the English T. Before other vowels XC has the ordinary hard sound of the letters composing it. Y in Latin is reckoned among the vowels and is sounded like I.
How do you pronounce the I in laten?
V. The Sounds of Semivowels: In Latin, there are two semivowels, i and u/v. When these begin words or occur between two vowels, they have the value of a consonant. Semivowel i is pronounced as y in English yes.
How do you say double I in Latin?
The letters ii were pronounced as two i's in succession, forming two syllables. In a word that ended with ii – that is, a word with either a possessive or a plural Latin ending – the first i would be pronounced as in “sit” and the second as in “machine.”
