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Pronunciation Guide
This pronunciation guide uses letters and letter combinations, rather than phonetic symbols, to stand for the various sounds in the English language.
Vowels |
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| a | cat, bat | |
| ah | father | |
| air | pear, hair | |
| ar | park | |
| ay | say, came, weigh | |
| aw | saw, bought | |
| e | bet, set | |
| eh | (used at the end of a syllable or when standing alone) examples: meadow (MEH-doh) enemy (EH-nuh-mee) but diet (DY-et) |
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| ee | feet, neat | |
| i | sit, igloo | |
| ih | (used at the end of a syllable or when standing alone) examples: chicken (CHIH-ken) miracle (MIHR-ih-kuhl) but picnic (PIK-nik) |
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| ihr | near, here | |
| y | fire, idol | |
| eye | (used at the beginning of a syllable or when standing alone) examples: iron (EYE-urn) chloride (KLOR-eyed) but silent (SY-luhnt) |
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| o | hot, cot | |
| oh | coat, home | |
| oo | food, rude | |
| or | tore, soar, for | |
| oy | soil, boy | |
| ou | now, couch | |
| u | put, foot | |
| uh | about, sum, china | |
| ur | hurt, alert | |
| yoo | use | |
| yoor | cure | |
Consonants |
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| b | bat, job | |
| ch | chop, itch | |
| d | dig, bed | |
| f | fur, tough, calf | |
| g | grape, big | |
| h | happy | |
| j | joke, nudge | |
| k | kite, car, tack | |
| l | lip, sell | |
| m | move, jam | |
| n | not, knee | |
| ng | ring | |
| p | play, hop | |
| r | rain, fur | |
| s | set, tips | |
| ss | bus, guess, fence | |
| sh | shy, fish | |
| t | toy, boat | |
| th | breath | |
| v | vine, have | |
| w | walk, where | |
| y | yes | |
| z | zip, jazz, has | |
| zh | measure | |