AMERICAN ENGLISH

PRONUNCIATION

Taken from Winstom-Salem course, by L.J. Santos.

HELLWAG DIAGRAM
 THE 14 VOWEL SOUNDS

Labios: Sonrisa

Punta de la lengua:
Adelante y arriba. Labios: Beso

Punta de la lengua:
Arriba y atrás.

Labios:
Iniciando bostezo.

Punta de la lengua:
Abajo.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE EACH VOWEL?
Pronuncie una i larga, como la de la palabra ají.

he ,we, these, be, bee, see, sea, week,

weak, seat, meat, meet, three, tree, TV,
easy, eat, beet, beat, leak, each, sheep,
feet, please, street, leap, meal, steel,
steal, peel, keep, clean, seem, seam,
feed, piece, peace, police, seen, scene.
Pronuncie una i corta, similar a la de la palabra lápiz.
Sonido intermedio entre la i de ají y la e de café.

it, is, in, did, this, its, it's, his, him, with,
which, will, been, still, since, begin, six,
minute, think, live, sit, business, big, bill,
interesting, gift, lip, ship, pick, lick, kid, bit,
fit, victim, kill, mill, fill, Phil, building, year,
here, hear, near, sin.
Pronuncie la misma e de café, seguida de una i
muy tenue.

they, day, name, page, eight, ate, May, take,

great, make, say, pay, wait, weight, way,
weigh, state, case, late, break, brake, plane,
plain, mane, main, rate, tape, face, able,
cake, came, play.
Pronuncie una e abierta y larga, con los labios
en posición de sonrisa, (diga eeaa rapidísimo).

yes, when, then, where, there, their,

they're, get, ten, men, bed, pen, dead,
cent, scent, met, friend, said, says, set,
pet, West, best, sell, tell, well, help,
spend, spent, went.
Pronuncie una a larga, con los labios en posición
abierta de sonrisa. Sonido intermedio entre la e y
la a, pero más largo que cualquier vocal española.

have, has, had, am, that, can, last,

past, plan, man, aunt, ant, bank,
glass, gas, black, bad, fat, cat, ask,
ran.
a de bostezo. Diga una a, poniendo los
labios como si fuera a bostezar.

not, got, was, what, want, are, box,

cop, clock, lock, watch, wash, hot,
top, shop, chop, job, car, card,
hard, smart, start, stop, cot, lot.
Sonido intermedio entre la a y la o españolas.

off, dog, all, small, tall, call, ball, wall,

walk, talk, thought, bought, caught, war,
soft, cough, boss, taught, sought, toss,
fought, brought, long, short, for,
morning, law, saw, paw, jaw.
Diga una o española, seguida de una u muy
tenue.

no, know, don't, won't, both, those, so,

sew, go, home, low, show, hole, whole,
old, coat, soap, grow, snow, crow, row,
throw, toe, tow, boat, bow, stove, froze,
nose, knows, hose, hoes.
Con los labios redondeados, como para
decir una o, diga una u.

book, look, took, cook, hook, bull,

full, put, pull, push, soot, good,
wood, would, could, should, sure,
sugar, shook, rook, foot, nook,
bush, stood.
u de uva. Diga una u como en uno seguida de una u como
huevo. Comience diciendo una u y termine en una w, estirando un
poco los labios, como tratando de dar un beso.(Una u + una w).

two, too, who, do, due, dew, soup,

soon, moon, noon, room, food, school,
blue, blew, new, nude, suit, through,
threw, dude, June, cool, fool, pool, tool,
mood, rude, Luke, fruit, spoon, choose,
shoes, true, truth, crew.
Ponga los labios en posición de sonrisa, como para la E ,
mientras con el interior de la boca dice una o española corta.

up, us, just, one, won, must, from,

some, much, done, love, come, cut,
cup, luck, lunch, son, sun, touch, rush,
dust, but, butt, hut, flood, blood, buckle.
Ponga los labios en posición redondeada, como para
decir una o, mientras con el interior de boca dice una e
seguida de una r inglesa.

were, work, earn, learn, turn,

girl, word, world, bird, term,
nerd, jerk, hurt, herd, heard,
service, earth, worm, fur.
Vocal indefinida. Con los labios relajados y levemente
abiertos, produzca voz. Es un sonido intermedio entre
todas las vocales.

American, restaurant, president,

elephant, octopus, excellent, umbrella,
evidence, Florida, Connecticut,
company, telephone, beautiful, banana,
Canada, Colombia, hippopotamus,
coconut, unconscious.
Diga una vocal indefinida y una r
inglesa, al mismo tiempo.

paper, never, actor, perhaps, teacher,

driver, elevator, escalator, water,
bigger, taller, wonderful, neighborhood,
advertising, sculpture, nature, theater,
her, information, government,
performance.
Similar al diptongo ai en la palabra aire,
pero con una i que casi parece una e.

I, eye, my, mine, why, by, buy, pie,

tie, time, thyme, type, tired, fire, file,
mile, smile, right, write, rite, Wright,
lie, kite, nine, guy, kind, like, shrine,
while, sight, site, cite, wide, white,
bright, side, life.
Similar al diptongo au en la palabra jaula, pero
con una u más abierta, que casi parece una o.

out, down, how, how's, house, now,

about, pound, mouse, louse, cow,
wow, ouch, crowd, clown, couch,
ounce, owl, howl, loud, brown, trout,
mouth, south, stout, growl, doubt,
town, sound.
Similar a la palabra hoy, pero con una y
que parece casi una e.

boy, buoy, toy, oil,

voice, boil, soil, noise,
foil, coin, spoil, point,
join.
Similar al diptongo iu en ciudad, pero con la lengua más
tensa para la i (= y en mayo) y la u un poco más larga,
como la de uva.Bien podríamos decir que es igual a iub
en el saludo popular colombiano ¿qu'hubo? (quiubo).

use, you, U, usually, unit, few,

future, Q, cute, new, mule,
mute, abuse, February, music,
computer, view, huge, humor,
hue, beautiful
Similar al anterior, pero con una u que
parece casi una o
your, Europe, united, cure,
pure, obscure, incurable
Similar a los dos anteriores, pero pronunciando
una vocal indefinida después de la i.
opinion, California, particular, calculator, accurate,
regular, invaluable, argument, manuscript, ambulance,
manipulate, miraculously, perpendicular, rectangular,
fabulous, figurative, turbulence, salutation, tribulate,
modulate, populate, population, inoculate, popular,
tubular, vernacular, immaculate, articulate, accusation,
battalion, billion, million, trillion, calculus, circular,
circulate, coagulate, companion, companionship,
computation, consecutive, contributor, convenient,
occupation, occupy, preoccupy, dominion, reputable,
document.