LESSON I.
ALPHABET.
1. The Esperanto alphabet contains the following letters: a, b, c, ĉ, d, e, f, g, ĝ, h, ĥ, i, j, ĵ, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, ŝ, t, u, ŭ, v, z.
VOWELS.
2. The vowels of the alphabet are pronounced as follows:
a as in far.
e as in fiancé, like a in fate.
This "long a" sound in English frequently ends with a vanish,—a brief terminal sound of ĭ, which makes the vowel slightly diphthongal, as in day, aye. Such a vanish must not be given to any of the Esperanto vowels.
i as in machine.
o as in toll, for.