"pâinea"
Translation:the loaf of bread
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Miki8307, it is a Text To Speach System (TTS), not computer-generated but recorded individual words. The computer plays every word from sentences. A lot of problems with words but a lot of advantages also, this way the course can be modified and improved...
So, masculine nouns are made definite with the addition of -ul, and feminine nouns are made definite with either the addition or replacement of the final vowel with -a?
On the topic, do all masculine nouns end in a consonant and all feminine nouns end in a vowel? (Judging from the completely arbitrary genders in French, that's probably a long shot, but a guy can dream!)
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That's just one group of masculine and feminine nouns. There are others with different endings. And we haven't even got to neuter yet ;) so in answer to your second question: no :'(
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Is there a kind of a y glide or palatalization after the N or not? By that, I mean is this a sort of [pynia] or just [pyna]?
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Thanks, I thought I could hear a palatalization there, but I was not sure. As to the y, I was just using it so symbolize the â sound. I usually use a y to transliterate ы from Russian, which is essentially the same sound. It also appears to be y in Guarani Jopara.
Romanian pronunciation is simple. The golden rule is: 1 letter -> 1 sound. Very few exceptions. There are no missing sounds or letters that are not read. The word "pâinea" has 2 syllables: pâi - nea, first one accented. A , ă and â (î) are always long vowels (we call them full vowels). Naturally, "i" and "e" here are semivowels (or glides, as you call them) because there can not exist 2 full vowels in the same syllable.
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I had thought the ă was a schwa, while the î and â are a back vowel represented by ы in Russian. I believe it may have been represented by that letter before the Romanian language reforms and may still be in Moldovan Romanian.
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It seems to me that there is an "M" sound or maybe an "N" in the latter part of the word. Is this correct?
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No, I don't think, I listen the final vowel «a» same the sounds of the three «a» in «Allows be hAppy the cAt»