List Of English Consonants Examples.Doc
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ENGLISH CONSONANTS
The following is a standard set of phonemic symbols for English consonants and some examples:
/p/ Similar but stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “p”.
E.g. pen,copy, happen
/b/ Similar but stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “b”.
E.g. back, baby, job
/t/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “t”. The tongue tip is pressed against thealveolar ridge (it does not touch the front teeth, as it does in Spanish).
E.g. tea, tight, button
/d/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish initial “d”. The tongue blade is pressed against thealveolar ridge (it does not touch the front teeth, as it does in Spanish).
E.g. day, ladder, odd
/k/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “c”.
E.g. key, clock, school
/g/ Strongerplosive sound than that of Spanish initial “g - gu”.
E.g. get, giggle, ghost
/tʃ/ Like Spanish “ch”.
E.g. church, match, nature
/dʒ/ Similar to Spanish “ch” when it is pronounced with vibrationof the vocal folds; similar to the initial sound of the word “Giuseppe” in Italian.
E.g. judge, age, soldier
/f/ Like Spanish “f”.
E.g. fat, coffee, rough, photo
/v/ It is a labiodentalvoiced sound; upper teeth are placed on coger lips.
E.g. view, heavy, move
/θ/ Like Spanish “z” or “ce, ci”. The air escapes through the gaps between the teeth and the tongue, which touches theinner part of the upper teeth.
E.g. thing, author, path
/ð/ Similar sound to Spanish “d” between vowels (softer than initial “d”). Like /θ/, it is a dental fricative.
E.g. this, other, smooth/s/ Like Spanish “s”.
E.g. soon, cease, sister
/z/ Voiced “s” sonora (like a buzz
E.g zero, music, roses, buzz
/ʃ/ This sound does not exist in Spanish; the tongue is in contact with an areaslightly further back than that for “s”.
E.g. ship, sure, national
/ʒ/ Similar sound to that of Spanish “y” or “ll”.
E.g. pleasure, vision
/h/ Sound with a softer aspiration than Spanish...
The following is a standard set of phonemic symbols for English consonants and some examples:
/p/ Similar but stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “p”.
E.g. pen,copy, happen
/b/ Similar but stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “b”.
E.g. back, baby, job
/t/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “t”. The tongue tip is pressed against thealveolar ridge (it does not touch the front teeth, as it does in Spanish).
E.g. tea, tight, button
/d/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish initial “d”. The tongue blade is pressed against thealveolar ridge (it does not touch the front teeth, as it does in Spanish).
E.g. day, ladder, odd
/k/ Stronger plosive sound than that of Spanish “c”.
E.g. key, clock, school
/g/ Strongerplosive sound than that of Spanish initial “g - gu”.
E.g. get, giggle, ghost
/tʃ/ Like Spanish “ch”.
E.g. church, match, nature
/dʒ/ Similar to Spanish “ch” when it is pronounced with vibrationof the vocal folds; similar to the initial sound of the word “Giuseppe” in Italian.
E.g. judge, age, soldier
/f/ Like Spanish “f”.
E.g. fat, coffee, rough, photo
/v/ It is a labiodentalvoiced sound; upper teeth are placed on coger lips.
E.g. view, heavy, move
/θ/ Like Spanish “z” or “ce, ci”. The air escapes through the gaps between the teeth and the tongue, which touches theinner part of the upper teeth.
E.g. thing, author, path
/ð/ Similar sound to Spanish “d” between vowels (softer than initial “d”). Like /θ/, it is a dental fricative.
E.g. this, other, smooth/s/ Like Spanish “s”.
E.g. soon, cease, sister
/z/ Voiced “s” sonora (like a buzz
E.g zero, music, roses, buzz
/ʃ/ This sound does not exist in Spanish; the tongue is in contact with an areaslightly further back than that for “s”.
E.g. ship, sure, national
/ʒ/ Similar sound to that of Spanish “y” or “ll”.
E.g. pleasure, vision
/h/ Sound with a softer aspiration than Spanish...
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