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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
The letter A
Hi, i have a quick question: I'll would like to know when you pronounce the letter A like an ie or more like a normal au, for instance the word Baron the A sounds different for let say cape or labour.
Is it because the ending vowels makes the sound change? If it is how come labour, with the ending letter r that isn't a vowel makes the same a sound like in cape with a wovel ending?
I'm having some problems with learning some new words without hearing them from somebody else, other words is more easy to see how ít's pronounced, so is it maybe a thing you just see when you see the word and then pronounce it?
Hope this information will give you some hint of my problem.
Is it because the ending vowels makes the sound change? If it is how come labour, with the ending letter r that isn't a vowel makes the same a sound like in cape with a wovel ending?
I'm having some problems with learning some new words without hearing them from somebody else, other words is more easy to see how ít's pronounced, so is it maybe a thing you just see when you see the word and then pronounce it?
Hope this information will give you some hint of my problem.
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n/ ) is internal to the syllable, which finishes with /r/-- /'beir/-- and the /ei/ sound is influenced by this /r/ sound. n/ ). r/ ), you'll see that the letter r at the end of the second syllable has nothing to do with the pronunciation of the first syllable, which again is the open syllable /'lei/.
- n/ ) is internal to the syllable, which finishes with /r/-- /'beir/-- and the /ei/ sound is influenced by this /r/ sound.
- n/ ).
- r/ ), you'll see that the letter r at the end of the second syllable has nothing to do with the pronunciation of the first syllable, which again is the open syllable /'lei/.
- There is no terminal r to influence the open /ei/, as it does in lair ( /leir/ ).
- r/ ).
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The /ei/ in baron ( /'beir ?n/ ) is internal to the syllable, which finishes with /r/-- /'beir/-- and the /ei/ sound is influenced by this /r/ sound. Note the difference between baron and bay run ( /'bei r?n/ ).
If you look closely at labour ( /'lei b?r/ ), you'll see that the letter r at the end of the second syllable has nothing to do wi
If you look closely at labour ( /'lei b?r/ ), you'll see that the letter r at the end of the second syllable has nothing to do wi
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Thanks for the information, but isn't it a ae in Baron ?
I havn't got it completly but some if it I have I guess.
The ei diphthong is for more abit hard some times if you havn't heard the word before, but if normaly I'll get it hehe
I havn't got it completly but some if it I have I guess.
The ei diphthong is for more abit hard some times if you havn't heard the word before, but if normaly I'll get it hehe
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Edit : Or i meant the difference between the diphthong ei and ae in some words...
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Depending on the dictionary and the dialect, I suppose that the first syllable of baron may be represented as /'beir/, /bær/, /ber/, or perhaps others. I wrote it the way I myself pronounce it (I think).
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