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Makiasan Posted 13 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to pronounce "listened to"

I listened to it.

How do you pronounce "ed" in "listened to"?
Do you omit the part "-ed", or do you pronounce it?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

The d is pronounced; the e is silent. " lisnd"

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  • The d is pronounced; the e is silent.
  • " lisnd"
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The d is pronounced; the e is silent. "lisnd"Emotion: wink
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Sorry my question wasn't clear, but I wanted to know,
do you pronounce "listened to" as "lisndtoo" or "lisntoo"? Do you say d and then t??

Thank you.
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Oh, I see. Emotion: smile Usually the d/t is absorbed into the t ofto, so it just blends together into one sound. You don't have to pronoun
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Thank you very much!

Maki
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There is a difference between 'listen to' and 'listened to'. The difference has to do with how you hold your tongue tip a bit longer; this is one end of the spectrum. At the other end of spectrum, 'listen to' and 'listened to' sound same.
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I pronounce the -ed as distinct from the t in to.

If it were not this way any -ed ending verb would be absorbed into the t sound of the following word to. That is certainly very lazy speech.

I climbed to the top of the mountain.
I listened to music while climbing.

The -ed and t are separate sounds.
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It's possible that it could be pronounced or not pronounced depending on regional differences or individual speakers. It could also be pronounced as a lengthened consonant, for example

I lisnn to

Usually the difference between present and past tense is obvious from the context.

This is similar to how the t in can't is often omitted and only pronounce
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Makiasando you pronounce "listened to" as "lisndtoo" or "lisntoo"? Do you say d and then t??
I "say" the D, then the T, but don't take that the wrong way. The D is not the same as an initial D, as in dot. The D never gets completed, so there's very little D there. All you hear is a brief little stop in the air flow when I put my tongue in position to
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When you have a duplicated letter (eg that toad) or assimilated sound (listened to) and it is a plosive, as in the case you have given, you say 'listened' but don't release the 'd' at the end, rather you shape your mouth as if you were going to say the 'd', give a slightly longer pause and then release the sound on the 't' in 'to'. This ensures fluidity in speech. I am a speech and drama teacher
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