Like last time, these plot descriptions are based on those from Anilist, and you can use things like the structure of the title, the character names, and the occasional numeral to help you figure things out. You can also use the word-for-word translations from the previous quiz to help you figure out some of the more common words.
Hint: deciphering character names
The lengths of names may be of use but don't expect them to perfectly match their lengths in Hepburn/English. Likewise initials might not always match the Hepburn.
Names are inflected with a masculine suffix -a and a feminine suffix -e, but to prevent hiatus these go through the following sound changes:
① {a(ː).V → Vː|V = any vowel} — as in *Sakura-e → Sakuré
② {O(ː).V → ø(ː)|O = round vowel} — as in *Tomoyo-e → Tomoyǒ, or *Kló-a → Klő
③ {E(ː).V → jV(ː)|E = unrounded front vowel} — as in *Miyuki-a → Miyukya
The sound change for front vowels may trigger further sound changes:
{Tj → TT|T = alveolar consonant} — but note that alveolar geminates are realized as palatals
ji(ː) → iː
In that order.
~~1: Ňav Zuzǒ~~
~~Kyertev R**e kot́iv ani ňey na yatazey, šo Huźisaňe ňa sinj́eskev vuśkede. Kyertev N*****ǒ na gvajera kot́iv ani tey, šo Huźisaňe ňa sinj́eske. Kav anskagunska he, R**e u N*****ǒ ńederinet́e, u xi he yéne so yegune kot́i ňey, so šo yont́i koy-rámene u žent́i yerezine.~~
2: Hay Hiḱey to yaRoyčoḱiya!
Pe-1-e A. M***ŕe ňa anime-dećti : kyertiv xaíde lo še na dećte ňa "sule : buhe" čay. Suliv daŕi to yeruňevše ko yecigempoĺevše, no še la nay nat́e yekoḱev anske hiḱev anime-dećte, na fe šo še ňa dećte dum aniḱe nay može čay. Rine K. S****é ňa ariḱe so yerokev roynasinćke : yénske, šo nat́e zede na yeydrestev M***ŕe. Ńesint́ev hazoske, šo sokruňeynevńe, yesnij́iḱev biśe so M. C****ye iḿej́eske ňa hoževše xaye : dećke he, ńehke čoḱiya na dećte va pset́e "yalanav lobuha" to yerokivńe.
3: YaVaňgleynav Buhčonska
Yaceyv vaňgla ňa keyn udet́e he, noževše u dent́e bone so ogestev ranske čay. Yažalav vaňgla ňa dot́e bone ko randogiyey so šo moḱiḱe še dum bonev gune. Yaceyv vaňgla ruňet́ey yežalevfe, no može pet́ede lo yaceyvfey so bonev so "yeKődev yeTruňeyne" iḿej́eske. Jaḱav so E. E****a iḿej́eska ňa si žari he vaňgleynav marka dent́av ŕusulska bene so yatǒvša so A*****a iḿej́eska. E****a so vaňgla ŕaza u hira va sot́a yarǒv yatǒvša na čoniya. So šo, yavaňgleyneyv 2 kot́a yőravńa va udet́a yaboneyvńa anskey, u yeKődev yeTruňeyne to yaradaxey.
Thanks!
Letters with an acute or double acute accent are pronounced as a rule about twice as long as letters with a caron or no diacritic. This is represented in the phonetic transcription using either the ː symbol or by simply writing the letter twice. Note, however, that there is some amount of dialectal variation in how the letters are pronounced; this is the "anchorman's speech". Also, the voiceless stops (K, P, T) don't necessarily have as much aspiration as they often have in English.
A Á /a, aː/ — somewhere between the vowel in "hat" and "bra" in a typical, like, Ohio dialect
B B́ /b, bb/ — a regular B sound like in "butler"
C Ć /ts, ccɕ/ — C is like the end of "hats"; Ć is like that but you use the middle of the tongue instead of the tip (palatalization)
Č C̋ /ʈʂ, ʈʈʂ/ — close to the ⟨ch⟩ in "change", except the tongue is curled backwards (retroflex)
D D́ /d, ɟɟ/ — D is a regular D sound like in "delicate"; D́ is a palatalized version
E É /e, eː/ — the vowel in "bed" in an Australian or New Zealand dialect
F F́ /f, fː/ — a regular F sound like in "firefighter"
G Ǵ /g, gg/ — a regular hard G sound as in "goose"
H H́ /h~x, xː/ — the short version of this letter is pronounced with a regular H sound like "hello" at the start of words, and is otherwise pronounced like the H of a stereotypical Russian accent, or like the ⟨ch⟩ in the Scottish English pronunciation of "loch"
I Í /i, iː/ — the vowel in the word "bit" in an Australian dialect, or like the vowel in "beet" in most English dialects
J J́ /ɖʐ, ɖɖʐ/ — the J in "juice" but retroflex
K Ḱ /k, kk/ — a regular K sound like in "kid"
L Ĺ /l, ʎː/ — L is a regular L sound like in "lemon"; Ĺ is a palatalized L, a bit like the ⟨lli⟩ in "million"
M Ḿ /m, mː/ — a regular M sound like in "mother"
N Ń /n, ɲː/ — N is a regular N sound like in "novel"; Ń is a palatalized N, a bit like the ⟨ny⟩ in "canyon"
Ň N̋ /ŋ, ŋː/ — like the ⟨ng⟩ in "singing" in most dialects
O Ó /o, oː/ — like the vowel in "yawn" in RP or "bro" in Indian English
Ǒ Ő /ø, øː/ — as said, like the vowel in "bird" in New Zealand and South African English
P Ṕ /p, pp/ — a regular P sound like in "pecan pie"
R Ŕ /ɾ, rʲː/ — R is like the tapped T or D in General American "latter ladder"; Ŕ is like the trilled R of Scottish and Welsh English, or the ⟨-d it⟩ in some AAVE realizations of "speed it up", except that the trilled Ŕ also involves, I want to say, raising the body of the tongue while trilling until it becomes impossible to trill any longer. It's a tricky sound to make but it's found in e.g. Russian царь (tsar').
S Ś /s, ɕː/ — S is a regular S sound like in "sight", Ś is a palatalized S sound which sounds a bit like a sharper "shush" sound.
Š S̋ /ʂ, ʂː/ — like the ⟨sh⟩ in "ship" except retroflex.
T T́ /t, cc/ — a regular T sound like "tomorrow" and its palatal equivalent.
U Ú /u, uː/ — like the vowel in Australian English "book", also similar to the vowel in "boot" in most accents but further back in the mouth ※may be realized as a W sound when next to another vowel
V V́ /v, vː/ — like a regular V sound like in "vendetta", except when used as the construct state suffix, particular before a consonant other than Y, W, or V, in which case the -v suffix is commonly read with a W sound
W Ẃ /w, wː/ — a regular W sound like in "water"
X X́ /dz, ɟɟʑ/ — X is like the ⟨ds⟩ in "pads"; X́ is the palatalized equivalent
Y Ý /j, jː/ — like a regular yod sound like in the word "yarn", except in a cluster of /jwC/ (C = any consonant), in which case the /jw/ will fuse into /ɥ/, which is like a yod sound with rounded lips.
Z Ź /z, ʑː/ — a regular Z as in "zebra" and its palatalized equivalent
Ž Z̋ /ʐ, ʐː/ — like the J in "j'accuse" except retroflex