Long I and A Following Vowel (Lesson 11) Question

Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding the long I and A following a vowel. The Simplified manual says “Any vowel following long I is represented by a small circle within the large circle.”

What is the proper way to write these? Are you writing the large circle first and then the smaller circle inside? Or do you write the small circle first and then write the large circle around that? I’m a bit unsure and the manual doesn’t state.

Thanks in advance


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  1. Ok, thank you. For some reason I was looking at the larger circle thinking it was an A and not an I. I'm going to have to study this rule for a bit, I think.

    So what this rule is saying is that if you are writing a word with a long I and the following letter is another vowel (A, E, I, O, U) that that second vowel is simply represented by drawing a smaller circle regardless of which vowel the second vowel is?

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