THE ENGLISH SOUNDS

VOWELS
LONG /a:/ cart /:/ bird /i:/ eat / :/ sport / u:/ pool SHORT // cat /e/ bed / / it / / spot / / pull // about // cup
(the sounds in blue are Spanish)

DIPHTHONGS
CLOSING (vowel + /i/ or /u/) /a/ my /e/ day // boy /a/ now // go CENTRING /vowel + //) /e/ chair // here // tourist

CONSONANTS
PLOSIVE Bilabial Alveolar Velar Palatal Labiodental Interdental Alveolar Post-alveolar Glottal Bilabial Alveolar Velar Alveolar Alveolar Palatal Labial-velar VOICELESS /p/ pet /t/ tin /k/ came /t/ cheap /f/ fan // thought /s/ rice // sheep /h/ house VOICED /b/ bet /d/ din /g/ game /d/ jeep /v/ van // though /z/ rise // vision SPANISH (similar sounds) /p/ pan /b/ baln In Spanish /t/ and /d/ are dental /k/ coche /g/ gato /t/ coche / d/ yunque /f/ fan no similar sound // cena // lado /s/ suma no similar sound // Andalusian chico // Argentinan yo /h/ Andalusian nosotros /m/ mano /n/ noche no similar sound /l/ libro /r/ pero /j/ piano /w/ bueno

AFFRICATE

FRICATIVE

NASAL

/m/ man /n/ nose // sing /l/ long /r/ right /j/ yes /w/ will

LATERAL

APPROXIMANT

Prof. D. Ral Escalera Maestre