Hello again

[Triaed]

Yes, sounds weird.
So, a soft C sound would be taken care of by the S.
What about the CH sound? In modern Italian, the CH is pronounced as K

[calamus]

Yes, sounds weird.
So, a soft C sound would be taken care of by the S.
What about the CH sound? In modern Italian, the CH is pronounced as K

My knowledge of Latin is very limited. I attend the traditional Latin Mass and can follow many of its prayers, and I pray the Rosary in Latin, but that's ecclesiastical Latin, which as VertOlive pointed out is pronounced quite differently from classical Latin. Also, I've never studied Latin grammar.

I do know a little Italian. The letter c in modern Italian is hard (sounds like a k) not only when followed by an h, but also when followed by an a, o or u. The Italian soft c sounds like the ch sound in English, and occurs when c is followed by an i or an e, as in "Ciao!"

[mohitchauhan]

Hello Everyone!
I am Mohit and I am new to this forum!
Nice to be here!

[azkid]

Greetings and welcome!

[Jerome Tarshis]

Welcome! Cicero can now stop rolling in his grave.

Ah, but is that pronounced SIS-er-oh or KICK-er-oh?

Depends upon what language you are speaking. In English it is SIS-er-oh; in classical Latin it is indeed KICK-er-oh. The same is true of many other words: if you're talking about a hot dog in English, you say "frankfurter" as it is pronounced in English, not as in German. If I'm saying in English that Berlin is a lively city, I say "Berlin" in English; if in a romantic mood I say "Berlin bleibt doch Berlin" I say Berlin as the Germans do.

[Farmboy]

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