The double consonants
- The double consonant emit a sound
1.1. Ch double consonant: double consonant Greek origin (X, x: when), should pronounce the lunar Greco, as [kh] in Vietnamese.
For example:
Charta (paper), character (nature), CHEMIA (chemistry), chlorophyllum (chlorophyll), cholera (cholera), chromosoma (chromosomes), Arachis (groundnut, peanut) …
1.2. Double consonants ph: also originated Greco (Φ, ф: phi), should pronounce as negative [ph] in Vietnamese.
For example:
Pharmacia (pharmacy), pharmacologia (pharmacology), pharmacopola (pharmacists), pharynx (throat), Phoenix (date palm), philosophia (philosophy), Calophyllum (tree blind u) …
1.3. Rh double consonants: pronunciation and tones [r] with vibrating tongue.
For example:
Rheum (rhubarb), rheumatismus (rheumatism), Rhizoma (rhizome), diarrhoea (diarrhea), rhodomyrtus (myrtle) …
1.4. Th double consonant: double consonant Greek origin (Θ, θ: theta), should pronounce the lunar Greco, as negative [th] of Vietnamese. However, due to the habit of French pronunciation so many people have discovered the sound [t].
For example:
Thea (Tea Tree), Theatrum (theater), theophylinum (theophylline), anthera (anthers), thermometrum (thermometer), thorax (chest, breast), thymus (thymus) … - dual medium Consonant sounds emanating 1 medium emit 2 sounds: the double consonants sc, depending vowel followed which is pronounced as follows:
Play a sound one sound like [s] in Vietnamese in front of the vowels e, i, y, ae, eu, oe.
For example:
scelus (crime), scientia (knowledge, science), scyphus (wineglass).
Play the 2 audio [xk] in front of the vowel o, u, au, ai, oi. Remember that when pronounced in this second case, Sonic’s found weak and fleeting to the negative tone of the main c.
For example:
sclera (sclera), scrotum (scrotum), sculptura (sculpture) … - The double consonant sound emitted 2, but strong consonants and longer.
For example:
agricultura (agricultural), atrophia (atrophy), fabriqua (structure), Chlorophylla (chlorophyll), chromosoma (chromosomes), pluvialis (of rainfall), pneumonia (pneumonia), Primus (first ), classis (class), crystallus (crystal), fractura (the fracture), spora (spores), tabletta (traditional medicines) …
ps the double consonant Greek origin (Ψ, φ: PXI), is pronounced [pixels], eg Pseudopoda (prostheses), Pseudoryx nghetinhensis (Saola) … - Consonant special graft
The single consonant “n” and “g” when coupled together should be noted that:
a. When they assembled in “ng”: almost double consonant, but actually this is not a double consonant, when pronounced sounds to split each one, n the previous syllable after syllable and g.
For example:
1Gom
Lingua (language) lin-gua pronounced
fungus (mushroom) pronounced fun-Gus
Mangifera (Mango) pronounced man-gifera
unguentum (topical plasticity) pronounced un-guentum …
b. When we transplant the “gn”: there are two cases:
Topping from: is a double consonant
For example:
Gnetum (Wire tree recommend)
Standing between word: Detached 2 pronounce consonants, the consonants g for consonant sounds before and after n the syllables. Do habit French pronunciation so many people pronounce this consonant as 2 double consonant in Vietnamese nh.
For example:
lignum (wood), lignosus (hard as wood), magnesium (magnesium) …
V. The vowels and consonants is pronounced note
There are a number of vowels and consonants is pronounced especially should be noted, usually by habit pronounce Vietnamese and French people or cause some confusion. - Vowels i and j: but there different spellings but both are pronounced the same way as . So can write one way or another but still consistent reading.