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- "Livia est puella."
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So, what is the correct way to pronounce Livia? The girl just before pronounced the v as a v in English, but here it sounds like w.
In Classical Latin, it is supposed to be pronounced as 'w'.
Or rather, think of it as a short u-sound inbetween vowels. The romans even treated u and v as the same letter, as it has the same sound.
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As the others said, in classical latin it was a "w" sound, but in vulgar latin, it evolved into the "v" sound as we know it. So depends if you want to put on a late latin accent or a classical one
So, in a classical reconstruction, you pronounce v is w, but you pronounce it as in English in church or medieval Latin
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The male voice says "Live a" instead of "Livia". There is clearly e instead of i, and there is a glottal stop before the a. All the Latin pronunciations here could be improved, but this one is simply mistaken and should be corrected.
Something is wrong with the recordings: instead of Livia, it sounds like Iupplia (whatever that is) or stumbling through Iulia. "Vir" also sounded weird in another of the exercises. Like vu-ir. Reporting audio faults seems to be turned off, though?
you're totally right, I don't know why you've been downvoted. The speakers have a very thick american accent, the audio quality is bad (lots of scratching sounds) and sometimes the pronunciation seems downright wrong. In the case of Livia, what I hear is Leewooeeyah (should be Leeveeah to be correct)
This is really pissing me off. This is the seventh time I've gotten the right answer and then it tells me I'm wrong and then shows me what the ACTUAL answer is and its EXACTLY what I wrote!
Perhaps a glitch? If you can't pass it, copy and paste the answer. Remember, it is still in beta, so there might be some problems :)
