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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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I want to know how to pronounce these sentences:
They develop the telephone.
They developed the telephone.
How can I differenciate the present form from the past one ?
I know that the context is important, but If I did not have context, how would I tell one from the other?
I appreciate your help.
They develop the telephone.
They developed the telephone.
How can I differenciate the present form from the past one ?
I know that the context is important, but If I did not have context, how would I tell one from the other?
I appreciate your help.
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They do sound quite different, but it might take a bit of familiarity to hear it. developed sounds like developT So the second sentence has a strong T sound followed by 'th' of the telephone. The first sentence has no T sound between the p and the 'th' sound.
- They do sound quite different, but it might take a bit of familiarity to hear it.
- developed sounds like developT So the second sentence has a strong T sound followed by 'th' of the telephone.
- The first sentence has no T sound between the p and the 'th' sound.
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They do sound quite different, but it might take a bit of familiarity to hear it.
developed sounds like developT
So the second sentence has a strong T sound followed by 'th' of the telephone.
The first sentence has no T sound between the p and the 'th' sound.
developed sounds like developT
So the second sentence has a strong T sound followed by 'th' of the telephone.
The first sentence has no T sound between the p and the 'th' sound.
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The first one "develop" is pronounced with an unreleased "p", the second is said with an unaspirated "p" followed by a glottal stop. The word "the" has nothing to do with the previous word and doesn't affect the pronuncation.
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