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[lojban-beginners] Re: consonant diphthongs



de'i li 06 pi'e 11 pi'e 2008 la'o fy. Luke Bergen .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> in the word "djica" (desire), how would you pronounce that first part?  I
> can't seem to make the two consonants really separate without inserting an
> "y" type sound between them.  Otherwise it ends up sounding kind of like the
> "dg" in "judge".  Is this ok?
.skamyxatra

"dj" is supposed to be pronounced like an English J (like both the "j" and "dg"
in "judge") as that's what you get when you combine the two sounds.  Similarly,
"tc" is pronounced like English "ch".

mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.

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