Fonetica

ENGLISH SOUNDS * Vowels: Short and long vowels * (short: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12) * (long: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)

1. ɪ = A (manager, Orange); = EE (coffee, Wheel) = I (music, big) = E (dances, Begin) = Y (pity, funny) = EY (Money, Disney) = U (minute)

2. i: = EE ( meet, bee) = EA (peace, pea, read) = EY (key) = IE (piece) = E (scene, scenery)

3. æ = A (bag, cash) = AU (laugh B.E.) = A (last A.E.)

4. ɑ: = A (last B.E., banana) = AU (laugh B.E.) = AR (star, bar, parcel, party)

5. ɒ= O (clock, rock) = AU (Austria, australian A.E) = A (wash, watch)

6. ɔ: = AU (Australia B.E) = OR (Door, poor) = OU (bought) = AW (saw, awful) = A (water, walk)

7. ʊ = U (push, bush) = OO (good) = OU (would)

8. u: = U (rude) = O (lose, Who, whose) = OO (fool, boot) = OE (shoe) = OU (soup) 9. ə = ER (paper, under) = AR (sugar) = OR (doctor) = OUR (colour B.E) = A (adept, about, postman) = E (present, silent) = I (decimal, habit, easily) = O (harmony, limon, bottom) = U (difficul, focus, medium)

10. ɜ: = IR (shirt) = UR (burn, hurt) = OR (Word, worm) = ER (german) = EAR (heart) = ERE (were)

11. e = E (egg, shelf) = AI (said) = IE (friend) = A (many) = EA (death, head)

12. ʌ = U (cut, shut, much) = OO (blood) = O (come, onion) = OE (does) = OU (youn

* Diphthongs

13. 14. eɪ = A (plate, age, grade) = AY (stay, Gray A.E.) = EA (great, break) = EI (weight, eight) = EY (grey B.E.) = AI (wait, aim, fail, rain)

15. əʊ = O (phone, home) = OE (toes, goes) = EW (sew) = OW (bowl, snow) = OA (boat, soap, goal) = AU (aubergine)

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