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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Pronunciation u in university

Is there a rule about when to pronounce u as "you" such as university?
  

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If you look in a dictionary like this one, the phonetic alphabet will show you how to pronounce the word. a=british /? ju?

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  • If you look in a dictionary like this one, the phonetic alphabet will show you how to pronounce the word.
  • a=british /?
  • ju?
  • " Note that u is one syllable without the following "n".
  • " where the first syllable is "un" and the sound of the "u" is the schwa sound.
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If you look in a dictionary like this one, the phonetic alphabet will show you how to pronounce the word.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/university?a=british

/?ju?.n?'v??.s?.ti/

The "ju" sound is

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Jigneshbharati Is there a rule about when to pronounce u as "you" such as university?

There are some exceptions, but you pronounce 'u' as "you" when it's between two consonants (or initial) and the second letter after the 'u' is a vowel letter. Shown in another way, CuCV.

juni

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