A starter to Sambahsa

Sambahsa’s orthographic al and accentual system is quite elaborate; this is because it tries to res pec t the for ms tha t loa nwo rds hav e in the sou rce lan gua ges , esp eci ally West - European languages where orthography plays a key role !evertheless, those rules are entirely regular, and can be mastered through repetition "o ease the learning of those rules, a simpler phonetic transcription system, the Sambahsa #honetic "ra nscription $S#"%, is used Words written in S#" are always between brackets & ' (e sure to fully understand th e S#" before going fu rther &a' ) like *a+ in *car+ &' ) like *e+ in *bed+, but often a bit longer &b' ) as in English &c' ) as *sh+ in *shoe+ &d' ) as in English &e' ) as in talian or Spanish .isten to it/

http/00ttsimtranslatornet0123a &4' ) as *e+ in *the+ &f' ) as in English &g' ) as *g+ in *give+ &h' ) as *h+ in *hope+ &i' ) as *i+ in *bit+ &5' ) as *si+ in *vision+ &k' ) as in English &l' ) as in English &m' ) as in English &n' ) as in English &o' ) as in English &6' ) as *u+ in *burn+, but slightly longer &p' ) as in English &q' ) the *ach-laut+ of 7erman or the *5ota+ of Spanish t is written *kh+ in the Sambahsa orthography  .isten to *khako+ $*’m not able to+/ &q8ko'/

http/00ttsimtranslatornet0123f &r' ) its pronunciation varies from region to region !evertheless, *rr+ and *rh+ have to be pronounced rolled, as in Spanish &s' ) as *s+ in *say+ &t' ) as in English &u' ) as *oo+ in *book+ &9' ) the *u+ of 2rench or the *9+ of 7erman 8ccording to various rules, it can be written with *u+ or *y+ .isten to *styr+ $steering wheel%/