I got difficulties in pronouncing words ending in 'w'.

[gotenfreund]

I think the rules are:

pronounced as "w":
-beginning of word/followed by vowel: wastjan, friathwa, aiwa (D), siggwan
-as part of Gothic letter "hw": saihwan, hwa, hwar, duhwe, etc.

pronounced as "u":
-end of word/end of word (+) "s": saggws, aiws, waurstw, hlaiw (exception: when part of letter "hw", e.g. gasahw is pronounced with "w").
-followed by "j": waurstwja, manwjan

here are words that has both kinds of "w": (atwalwjan, waurstw, waurstwja) the first one "w", the second "u".
 
--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Capsicum" <thomas at ...> wrote:
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> Is there a certain rule or a trick for it? There is that word 'gaidw' which I see in my book in front of me. How can I say it?
> 
> Thank's
> 
> Capsicum
>


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