Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>My father must still have somewhere my 1st grade notebook, which is full of
>drills like these:
>
> ba be bi bo bu
> ca che chi co cu
> cia ce ci cio cio
> ....
> gna gne gni gno gnu
> ...
> qua que qui quo cu
> ...
> scia sce sci scio sciu
> ...
> va ve vi vo vu
> za ze zi zo zu
>
>

That's how kids learn to read Hebrew. It's still not an uncommon sight
in the front of prayer-books (especially those meant for children): a
page showing every letter combined with every vowel. Ba Be Bi...

~mark