Teaching beautiful women to read is really a very pleasant thing, Zhang Long is the first time in his life that he has such close contact with the opposite sex, and he is quite nervous. www.biquge.infoFortunately, from the various documents he saw after he crossed over, the alphabet of St. Hugh Are's lingua franca was no different from English, and he would certainly not mislead people by using his reserve knowledge.

When I really became a master, I realized that teaching was not so easy. The alphabet was easy for him, but Suina was confused from time to time: "Wait, what do you mean, the names and pronunciations of letters are not necessarily the same?"

"Yes, for example, this 'A', depending on where it is, it can be pronounced with completely different sounds, sometimes the same as its name, but most of the time it is completely different......" Zhang Long recalled the scene when he was taught English when he was first taught, and taught Suina the same words as much as possible. That's when he found out,

Knowing a language from scratch and teaching someone else are two different things, and teaching a language from scratch is not the same thing as teaching someone who can already speak how to read and write.

"If the same letter can pronounce completely different sounds, then why do you need these letters? Why don't you literate people create a set of characters that can correspond exactly to what you say?" asked Suina dissatisfied.

Zhang Long scratched his head: "This ...... First of all, I'm not the kind of cultural person who "creates words", how can I understand their ideas? However, although a letter can pronounce many different sounds, normally there are rules, and there are special times, but not much. And, in many cases, you can't blame these people who created words, think about it, the same lingua franca 'rabbit', do you say the same thing as Nadya?"

Suyna blinked and thought, "No, her tongue will flutter very strangely. 」

"That's right," Zhang Long said, "no matter which kingdom it is, there is a language first and then a written word, but the accent of the language is strange, and there can only be one way to write the words. As he spoke, he took a quill pen dipped in ink, wrote the word "rabbit" on a piece of paper, and went on to explain, "This is the lingua franca 'rabbit', which is spelled according to the most standard lingua franca pronunciation. But there are so many people in the world who learn to speak the lingua franca, and many of them have a different pronunciation of their native language than the standard lingua franca, and slowly they will develop a variety of different dialects, and it is impossible for the person who created the script to take care of so much, right? After all, the written word is a set of writing standards, and all literate people have to be able to read the same meaning, right?"

This set of theories is actually just his own summary, but Suina seems to agree with it. But recognition is only the first step, and the next is a series of questions about what sounds each letter might sound. Zhang Longzhen was a little overwhelmed, and after answering part of the answer, he already felt dry mouth, while Suina was still confused when she heard it, and gradually began to get impatient.

"You're so tedious!" Finally, Black Pearl threw the quill pen on the paper and said impatiently, "I don't understand, what 'vowels' and 'consonants', there are so many variations, how can I remember them?" She flipped through the aristocratic genealogy and said with chagrin, "When will I be able to read this book!"

Zhang Long shook his head, he seemed to be a little at a loss, he had to spread his hands helplessly, and said, "It's not a hurry to learn to read and write, you have served your master for so long, you should have some understanding, how many years does it take to train a qualified scribe, right?"

"I don't have that much time to wait!" Suina said eagerly, "God knows when I'm going to be sent to someone's bed, and before that day comes, I'll have to be as good as I can, the more talents, the more opportunities, and the better I'll be!"

Zhang Long was shocked, this little beauty is really not simple, she can understand the importance of "knowledge" in such a lowly status and in such an ignorant background. Although her understanding is still very simple, and there is a big gap between it and the cruel reality, there is some truth to it. If she did succeed in learning to read, she would be of much greater use to Esenhard and to her future potential buyers than an illiterate vase, and would naturally be more valued, and would not be given to a random young person.

"I didn't expect you to be so ......" Zhang Long couldn't help but admire, and began to think of ways to help Suina learn quickly. The genealogy of the nobility is certainly not good, it is full of complicated and awkward names and titles, and more importantly, many of the nobles' genealogies can be traced back to the Eastern Continent, Ru Gaug, Weistmaqu, Antistig, and even Yvegro or the barbarians, so many of their names are transcribed from Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Irish, etc., and the pronunciation rules are very different from English, that is, the lingua franca. So this seemingly simple booklet should actually be for people who already have a certain foundation, which is too unfriendly for beginners.

Zhang Long said these thoughts one by one, and Suina was stunned for a long time, looking very disappointed. Zhang Long was distressed, so he had to look down at the alphabet and simple words that had been written to her before, and suddenly, the "rabbit" came into view again, and he had an idea.

Suina just didn't know how to read, but she could say, "That's a lot easier!" He was overjoyed, pointed to the "rabbit" and said, "This word is 'rabbit', and you can learn how to pronounce the five letters in it, right?"

Suina looked at the alphabet for a long time and asked, "Why are there two 'B's?"

Fortunately, Zhang Long's language skills are deep enough, or he would have been asked. This inconspicuous spelling rule represents an equally inconspicuous pronunciation difference, which is probably unknown to many people who study English professionally.

"Well, in fact, in the early days of the invention of the lingua franca, the pronunciation rules borrowed from other languages: the two consonants of the conjugation represent the vowel in front of them, and in 'rabbit' it is the 'A', and there must be a short pause before the pronunciation of the concatenation of the 'B'. However, this pronunciation rule is not so strict now, but the spelling is still written like this. Zhang Long explained proudly.

Suina couldn't help but admire it a little. Being able to explain to this point shows that Zhang Long really understands language, and if he is just an ordinary literacy slave, I am afraid he can only answer "I don't know" simply and rudely.

"Uh-huh, so, I'm going to rewrite a new set of textbooks for you to learn pronunciation rules. But it will take time, and you can go back today and just write down the letters according to the name. When you have an idea, it's all easy. Zhang Long copied a neat alphabet and handed it to Suina, and then taught her to read it from A to Z a few times very seriously.

"You've said it, the names of the letters are not the same as the pronunciation, what's the use of having me pronounce their names?" Suina was a little puzzled.

"This...... You'll learn later that there are many occasions when you need to spell a word letter by letter, and that's when you'll know how useful it is. Zhang Long said.

Suina took the alphabet, looked at the sky outside, shook her head, and said, "I have to go, I hope you can make up the 'textbook' you said tomorrow." She turned to leave, with a little reluctance in her eyes, Zhang Long knew very well that it was a reluctance to knowledge, not to him, but even so, he was still very happy in his heart.

Isn't the person who can give her the knowledge that this little beauty wants?

After Suina left, Zhang Long immediately threw himself into the hard work of compiling textbooks. Luckily, Ricksat had been relatively stable in the first half of the night, giving him plenty of time. Zhang Long's idea is actually very simple: when children learn to read and write, they use pictures to speak.

Suina is a talker, so just give an image to those words that seem unfamiliar. Zhang Long's level of drawing is not very high, but anyway, he learned a few stick figures when he was a child, and it is no problem to sketch an outline that can see what it is.

Therefore, the pronunciation rules of the vowel letters that confuse Suina the most can be done in this way: for example, the two common pronunciations of "A" can be easily done by drawing a lake, a cat, and the corresponding words. Zhang Long excitedly waved his quill pen and wrote wildly, completely forgetting his exhaustion, and all he thought about was how to prepare for the class and make the beauty happy. By the time all five vowels had been written, the bells of the church in downtown Wasam had struck exactly twelve times.

Lucas stretched his waist and paced out of the back room, looked at Zhang Long meaningfully and said, "Boy, I've hit the peach blossom!"

Zhang Long was embarrassed, hurriedly put away the pen and paper and said, "Master, I'm just ......."

"It's okay, I'm not worried about the paper and ink. Lucas walked up to Ricksat, and after making sure that Zhang Long's plan to compile the book did not delay the patient's condition, he came over and patted him on the shoulder: "You have to be careful, make wedding dresses for others!"

Zhang Long was a little puzzled: "Ah...... What does this mean?"

"That girl is not simple. Lucas said, "Literacy is not an easy task, and it is unusual for a beautiful slave girl to have such a mind. Her purpose is not simple, you have to be careful, don't let her use you as a stepping stone!" the old man reminded.

Zhang Long smiled: "I'm a gladiator at most, even if I am a stepping stone, people may not look down on it!"

"Look at your little bit of talent!" Lucas scolded, "Go to bed, you have something to teach you when you wake up tomorrow morning!"

Zhang Long hurriedly agreed and went to sleep in the back room.