Phonetics 101
Phonetics 101
Phonetics 101
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[ɪ] (short) — [i:] (long)
[ʌ] (short) — [a:] (long)
[ɔ] (short) — [ɔ:] (long)
hit [hɪt] — heat [hi:t]
fit [fɪt] — feet [fi:t]
ship [ʃɪp] — sheep [ʃi:p]
slip [slɪp] — sleep [sli:p]
duck [dʌk] — dark [da:k]
spot [spɔt] — sport [spɔ:t]
I was lying on a beach.
feet
If a short vowel is followed by a nasal consonant (m, n or ŋ),
then you can slightly stretch the consonant sound, thereby
emphasizing the shortness of the vowel. For example, in
the word tin [tɪn] there is a nasal sound [n], and in the word
teen [ti:n] (“teenager”) there is a sound [i:].
HOW TO SING?
We'll drink a drink, a drink
To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented, medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case
θ ð
thanks that
th
Remember that this sound does not need to be softened
before front vowels (such as i). The sound /θ/ is always only
hard.
thumb /θʌm/
thought /θɔːt/
thank /θæŋk/
think /θɪŋk/
month /mʌnθ/
health /helθ/
Thirty-three thousand and thirty thinkers thought
thirty-three thousand and thirty thoughts.
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I am thankful for a thousand things … For faithful earth, for birth and
breath, for thought and health and strength and mirth, and, may be, when
it comes, for death.
Now we move on to the voiced sound /ð/. I would like to draw your
attention again to the fact that this sound is always hard and does not
soften in front of the front vowels.
that /ðæt/
teethe /tiːð/
this /ðɪs/
lithe /laɪð/
loathe /ləʊð/
These brothers bathe with those brothers, those brothers
bathe with these brothers.
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