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Kooyeen Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
I hoped to... [I hopt to, I hope to]
Hi, the problem is basically this:
in a past tense, d after an unvoiced sound is a t. But what if that psat tense is followed by another t sound? I can't pronounce I hope to and I hoped to differently (and I can't hear the difference either).
Any opinions? Thank you
in a past tense, d after an unvoiced sound is a t. But what if that psat tense is followed by another t sound? I can't pronounce I hope to and I hoped to differently (and I can't hear the difference either).
Any opinions? Thank you
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I would pronounce hope to and hoped to exactly the same, with one "t" sound.
- I would pronounce hope to and hoped to exactly the same, with one "t" sound.
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I would pronounce hope to and hoped to exactly the same, with one "t" sound.
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Thank you.
That's cool! No, wait, that's confusing!
Anyway, I realized I also have trouble with some other as
That's cool! No, wait, that's confusing!
Anyway, I realized I also have trouble with some other as00
I think there might be a difference in my speech. In "hoped to" the "t" is held - there's a slight pause before the release of the "t" in "to". But in "hope to" there is no such pause.
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Thank you.
Yes, I think there's that slight difference too, but it's very slight anyway. And that applies to my other examples too. But apart from that, I think there are no other sounds in between, that is, the pairs above are basically the same (love that/ loved that, hope the/ hoped the, ...). That's unbelievable!
Yes, I think there's that slight difference too, but it's very slight anyway. And that applies to my other examples too. But apart from that, I think there are no other sounds in between, that is, the pairs above are basically the same (love that/ loved that, hope the/ hoped the, ...). That's unbelievable!
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I think that normally the context will make it clear whether we mean the past or present tense. If necessary we can stress the verb.
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I think that normally the context will make it clear whether we mean
the past or present tense. If necessary we can stress the verb.
the past or present tense. If necessary we can stress the verb.
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In "hoped to" the "t" is held - there's a slight pause before the release of the "t" in "to". But in "hope to" there is no such pause.
Same in my pronunciation. I "sense" the double T even though I barely hear it.
"hoped to" Unreleased T followed by slightly aspirated T.
"hope to" One aspirated T.
CJ
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