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let–ter

IPA: /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)/

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  • letter [let-er] pronunciation in American English US
  • letter /ˈlɛt ər/ pronunciation in American English US
  • letter /ˈletə(r)/ pronunciation in British English UK
  • letter pronunciation in British English UK

This page is made for those who don’t know how to pronounce Letter in English. Above there is a transcription of this term and an audio file with correct pronunciation. You can listen to 4 audio pronunciation by different people. There are American and British English variants because they sound little different.
This term consists of 2 syllables.In beginning, you need to say sound «let» and than say «er«. Try it! It’s very easy.
We currently working on improvements to this page. In nearest future, there will be Letter pronunciation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Stay tuned and study speak words correctly with Word Panda.

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The letters are voiced!

Aa [ei] [hey] Nn [en] [en]
Ff [ef] [eff] Ss [es] [es]
Gg [dʒi:] [ji] Tt [ti:] [ty]
Hh [eitʃ] [hh] Uu [ju:] [yu]
Ii [ai] [ah] Vv [vi:] [vi]

What does the letter U look like in English?

The British version is [zɛd] “zed”, the American version is [zi:] “zi”. The most common letters are E and T, and the rarest letters are Z and Q.

English alphabet. English Alphabet.

Letter Transcription Pronunciation
Ww [ˈDʌb (ə) l juː] double
x x [ɛks] the ex
Y y y [waɪ] wye
Z z [zɛd], [ziː] zed, zee

How many vowels and consonants are there in English?

Unlike the Russian language, which has 33 letters, the English alphabet consists of 26 letters: 6 letters can denote vowel sounds: “A”, “E”, “I”, “O”, “U”, “Y”; 21 letters can denote consonants: «B», «C», «D», «F», «G», «H», «J», «K», «L», «M», «N» , «P», «Q», «R», «S», «T», «V», «W», «X», «Y», «Z».

How do you spell the capital letter G?

English alphabet, approximate auditory correspondence of English and Russian sounds

Letter Letter name Sound
E e and [i:] [i :, e]
F f eff [ef] [f]
G g ji [Gi:] [G, g]
H h hi [eiC] [H]

What sounds do the letters of the English alphabet give?

Lesson 3 — English alphabet with transcription

Letter, (letter name) Sounds
Aa (hey) [ei] [ə]
Bb (bi) [bi:] [B]
Cc (si) [si:] [s] before i, e, y
[k]

How to pronounce sounds correctly in English?

English pronunciation. Phonetics of the English language.

  1. Vowels Sound [ʌ] Sound [æ] Sound [a:] Sound [ai] Sound [aʊ] Sounds [aiə, aʊə] Sound [i] Sound [i:] Sound [e]…
  2. Consonants Sounds [p, b, k, g, f, v, m] Sounds [n, l, t, d] Sounds [s, z] Sounds [θ, ð] Sound [ŋ] Sound [r] Sound [j ] Sound [tʃ] Sound [dʒ]

What is the letter D?

«D» is the fourth letter in the English alphabet. It refers to consonants.

How do you spell the letter Vai in English?

Modern English alphabet letters

number Uppercase letter Russian notation of the name of the letter
22 V in and
23 W double
24 X the ex
25 Y wye

How do you spell an uppercase T in English?

English alphabet (English Alphabet). English alphabet letters

capital letter Lowercase letter Pronunciation
S s [es]
T t [ti:]
U u [ju:]
V v [vi:]

How are vowels and consonants read in English?

English alphabet with transcription — vowels and consonants … English letters: A, E, I, O, U convey vowel sounds. English letters: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z convey consonants.

What letters in English make two sounds?

Some consonants, such as “G” and “C”, have two sounds in English at once, but this is more the exception than the rule. Most consonants in the English alphabet are pronounced exactly as you would expect them to be: the letter “B” gives the sound [b], and the letter “D” gives the sound [d].

How many vowels and consonants?

There are only 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. 10 vowels: a, y, o, s, e, i, u, e, i, e. 21 consonant letters: b, c, d, d, g, h, y, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, f, x, c, h, w, sch.

What does G sound like?

The letter G, g [ʤi:] is read as a sound [ʤ] before vowels e, i, y and as a sound [g] before other vowels, before consonants and at the end of a word.

How to write G correctly?

G, g — the seventh letter of the basic Latin alphabet, is called «ge» in Latin and German, «zhe» in French, «gi» in English, and «he» in Spanish.

What is this J?

J, j is the tenth letter of the basic Latin alphabet. The Latin name is iot or iota, the French name (also accepted in Russian-speaking mathematics) is zhi, the German name is iot, the English name is jay [d͡ʒeɪ̯], and the Spanish name is hota. In the international phonetic alphabet, the character [j] denotes a palatal approximant.

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guli_fros

HI, Teacher thanks for wonderful lesson

could you explain difference between
“Do you ever” vs “Have you ever”

Ashu

    Do you ever is asking about a routine… “Do you ever eat late at night?”
    Have you ever is asking about a past event… “Have you ever seen a lion?”

    Ronnie

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    Sandeep

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dario1765

I always get confused when I use still, yet and already. Could you please explain them again with examples.
Thanks

bma83

    Yet means something is not done/completed. I haven’t finished my dinner yet. (not done)
    Already means the action is completed. I’ve already finished my dinner! (done)
    Hope that helps!

    Ronnie

Thank you very much.

bma83

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Best wishes
Arun
India

arun

Hi bma83,

still is used when something doesn’t done yet and you’re surprised/concerned of this.
Sorry for my english, I’m learning it but I wanna try to write in english instead italian ;)
In contrast of yet, still usually is in the middle of sentence, while yet is at the end of sentence. Both refers at the future or present circustamces, while already refers to somethings that is in the present or recent past.
Hope it’s right ;)

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disha18

    pravin

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      solaar

Hi Ronnie can you explain the difference between still and till. so when can I use still or use till.

aysar70

    Till is the short form of UNTIL! We use until to talk about a time limit or when an action will finish. “The store is open (until) till 7.”
    Still means the action is not done and will continue. “I still love you!” “I still want that new car.”

    Ronnie

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m.sabry

Hi Ronnie can you explain the difference between on and at.

aysar70

    Ronnie

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Thanks
Praveen

Praveen

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1)what is English?
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satish5

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aysar70

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Hi miss Ronnie
First of all how are you?
I have a question Is Y a vowel or a consonant

naodmg33

    It is both!

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muzamil

Hi Ronnie.I’m from Vietnam.Could you explain difference between “Good job” and “Good way”? Thank U in advane.

HongNhung

    Good job is when someone did something well.
    Good way would be used when someone teaches us how to do something, you can say that was a good way to do something. Eg….She taught me a good way to make a cake!

    Ronnie

i need to know what’s the differ ” till, still, until…..thx

sawi

    Till and until are the same.
    still means the action has not finished.

    Ronnie

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emma

Simple but most important.Thanks Ronnie.

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Thankyou so much for this lesson.

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Shehzad Ahmed Shezzy

Hello mam

may i know the differences between the following three sentences?.
a)She fell down in the street.
b)She has fallen down in the street.
c)She was fall down in the street.

saravanan

    She was fall down in the street… is wrong.
    a) is simple past
    b) is present perfect!

    Ronnie

      it is simple past.

      ranne47

      thank u

      HassanMohamed@mail.ru

Hello Ronnie, I am new comer, thanks so much, I also want to improve my practice english. Can I chat with you by e-mail.

wisansaya

Hi Ronnie . I ve questions 2 discuss :
1 Can we add slang to our English while conversing with someone . Does slang aids in
enhancing our daily speech ex : aint , yo , whassup . cool babe ! Dude ! bro ! and many others . The second point 2 How can I boost my listening/understanding skills with folks cuz most of the folks are of native speaking so kindly tell me ways to enhance my skills . Bye

Jatz — le copain

    Slang is used when you want to talk to native speakers who are young…older people(50-100) don’t really like slang because they don’t understand it…..I’m sure it’s the same in your language. Oh yeah …don’t say ain’t – it makes you sound stupid/uneducated.
    To boost your listening…..listen to music with the lyrics, watch t.v with English subtitles,and just listen to other native speakers and try to remember what they’ve said!

    Ronnie

      hi Ronnie. I hope you doing well

      firstly I like your style of teaching and wish to meet you some day.

      secondly I’ve commented to you a couple of times but you did reply to me.

      finally could you suggest a way to speak to native speakers or good english speaker on the internet on any means and i will be grateful to you

      thank you

      feeling.heart

Thanx Ronnie for replying my message . Bye

Rawaiol

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Rawaiol

you from Poland polish or Germany

ali

Thank a lot! :D

Hanody

Hi Ronnie!

I have pronounce problems with some words! Like

Unfortunately

Freighliners

congratulations

and there is many words I can’t say it!

Any Advise!

Thanks,

bob85

    Those are hard words = un for chune at lee = unfortunately (5 syllables)
    fray-t-liners = freight liners (4 syllables)
    con-grats (us usually say instead of congratulations)! or you can say con-grad-U-lay-shuns!!!!! (5syllables)

    Ronnie

thank you very much

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I have always problems with the A, E and I
A in English sounds like an E in Dutch;
E in English sounds like an I in Dutch…

rick1234

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Only One Problem In Cannot Talk In English But i understand in English but poor in vocabulary So Give Me suggestion what should i do plz thank you miss ronnie bye bye see you letter

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    Ronnie

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surendra

I want to improve my speaking. Give me an advice and thanks for all your classes.

TREASA JOSE

hi Ronnie i’m an english teacher but i have a problem in pronounciation so i want u to learn me how to know the transcription of the word nd thanks alot

heba88

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saeed

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wahiddawer

I learn more and more from u thank u

nahr

thanx for ur helping us and i hope more. i hope the teachers will speak more slowly .
my best regards

ahmed

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germeen

really i like your method

fakfakina

How to tell in interview if it ask:
” Tell me about yourself “

imranwarsi80

    Tell them positive things you have done in your life – education, travelling, sports etc.

    Ronnie

I hope you will have more well lessons

vietnamese

Hi Ronnie!
I love you and your lessons. I learn English for myself at home. Everyday I do many mistakes, but when I look at you and your teaching I feel so good, because you make me better. Your transfer information is lovely like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best wishes for you, Ronnie!!!!!!

Kamila from Poland

very clear lesson,tank’s ronnie..but i have question,,i was teach children ABC’s letters,now i’m going to teach them how to combine vowel letters and consnant letters,i was confuse how to teach them the change naoun..for exmpl :”B” and “A” we read it “BA” (BANANA)..but when we found B and A into the word “BACK” it,s will be B”ECK (naoun)..so how to teach them that cases..i hope u can explane it ronnie..tank you very much!

fahri

    You should get a simple vowel pronunciation book or look on the internet for “vowel sounds in English”! This will help you! There are too many different sounds for me to explain!

    Ronnie

      hhhmm..ok..tanks for the information.. “regard me for all the teachers engvid…

      fahri

Good job teacher,you are very important for help my English!Tank you so much!Tupã,Brazil.

Leandrinho

Hi, Miss Ronnie. how can i know if ‘y’ is a vowel or a consonant,thanks

shaban

hiiiiiiiiiiii Ronnie I want to know how to use either and niether
Regards

roro

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athani

athani

Hi Miss Ronnie. Good day to you. I’m really glad to know that I can learn more about English here. I like this site, really and thanks for this. And I hope my PUBLIC RELATION or the way I talk to people will improve Miss Ronnie. I don’t really know why when I’m in front of many people, delivering messages or sharing ideas, I ended up speechless and all my ideas in mind lost and left untold. I don’t know how I can fight this so called stage fright Miss Ronnie. I hope you can help me.

Filipina

    When I was a kid, I had to do speeches in front of the class. I liked doing them because I thought my speech was funny and entertaining! I would practice in front of the mirror and then I would stand on the stairs to my parents room and make my speech to my family! My brother was very shy and he hated doing speeches but, he practiced the same way I did and he was able to speak in front of his class.
    1) Practice in front of a mirror, then in front of friends/family. This will help you over come your stage fright.
    2) Make sure that what you are going to talk about is interesting so that you really want to tell people about it, that way it will be much more natural for you!
    Good luck!

    Ronnie

Thank you Ronnie for helping me, how to learn English.
Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Federico cruz

thank you Ronnie
the pronounce of letters in english
Jmaes.M

James

that’s good for me . thanks

wakil

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Satender Singh Rawat

i like to learn english,can you teach every body more,please?

khuong tran

u r the best teacher i have ever met.
9o aheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Ronnie.. :)

egyptian

keep moving forward , miss Ronnie

samehegypt89

Thank you Ronnie for your excellent teaching.Would you tell me the uses of ‘Verb Watch’ eg: Some boys are fighting in the street. 1.Look at them. or Watch them. or see them or view them. and why?

Limbuwan

    Ronnie

I want to know the standard of a junior student. So which of these is the correct one-
1.What class do you read in?
2.Which class do you read in?
3.In which class do you read?
4.What is your education?
and your suggestion please

Limbuwan

Thanks a lot teacher ronnie

Huda

thx alot teacher ronnie !

she3aa14

thank you a lot teacher

Rissa ag Abdoulay

hi Ronnie. I hope you doing well

firstly I like your style of teaching and wish to meet you some day.

secondly I’ve commented to you a couple of times but you did reply to me.

finally could you suggest a way to speak to native speakers or good english speaker on the internet on any means and i will be grateful to you

thank you a lot

feeling.heart

    You should go to the Facebook Engvid page and post your Skype id name. Tell the other Engvid students you want to talk to them!

    Ronnie

      thanks for your reply and i’ll try it

      feeling.heart

Hi Ronnie!
Thank you so much Ronnie for your Lessons. please Ronnie can you send me your address mail to contact you, i have lot of errors grammar in my manuscript. I’m student Ph.D.
I’m waiting your message.
With my best regards, Driss.

Driss

    This is my email address! Ask me the questions!

    Ronnie

i have seen your explaining about(of) do you ever and have you ever.but the question here are the both used to refer something happened in the past?whether routine or the second.please explain this
.

ali almasry

    Have you ever = present perfect = based on experience.
    Do you ever= present tense = routine.

    Ronnie

Hi Ronnie, you are wonderful in your teaching,but the lesson is too short.

mcaustin

Hi Rinnie, thanks for the lesson. It is so helpful.I have been having difficulty in pronouncing these words, for instance, word/world, cold/code, fire/file differently, which should be different. I also don’t know how to pronounce the “l” in “ball/fall/paul” and “feel/bill/meal” correctly. To me, it always sounds like “o” or “er” which I think is not correct. Hope I could get your help. Thanks.

myyathz

    What language do you speak?

    Ronnie

Hi Ronnie, I speak Chinese. Thanks.

myyathz

Hello Ronnie,
You’ve helped me a lot these days..
Thank you very very much..
Can “YOU” please do a lesson for me on the topic of “CLAUSES”
It would be really great if “YOU” do..
I will be appearing for board examinations soon which is very important in my life and difficult too so need your help..
Waiting for a positive response……………

tanvir

    Yes.

    Ronnie

Thank you so much..
Thanks a lot..
Will wait for your lesson on clauses..

tanni

And please explain every type of clause..
Like adjective clause,noun clause,adverb clause,adjective relative clause and some more of which I don’t even remember names…
Thanks again..

tanni

thank u a lot!!
simple but very important!

mr.cuji

hello ronnie .. you are really good teacher .. can you teach me im already 3rd year college but im not good in english .. im a filipino and my language is not english .. eventhoug one sentence i cant write and i dont know when should put period . and kama ,, can you teach to learn english PLEASSSE send me a test on my email or teach through the skype
email zzzzz5c4@gmail.com

cedric

    Sorry, I do not do Skype lessons at this time!

    Ronnie

how i can pronounce word “total” how i move my tongue to pronounce it

ahmed

    Tow-tull.

    Ronnie

Hello Ronnie, i have pronunciation problem in “a” sound. like fan, pan, man vs men, get, set. please give me advice how do i improve? As we listen to English lessons we can’t recognize the difference until anyone tell the difference. i need your advice please.

Sonia

    !hen you say the “a” in fan/pan/man etc your mouth is tight, open a little and in a little smile position!

    Ronnie

      thank you for response. to elaborate, i say fan like i’m saying “Fain” my tongue position goes downward not in the middle.

      Sonia

Hi Ms. Ronnie
How do you pronounce the letter a when it comes as indefinite article: short a as in hat or long a as in train?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.

Atef

    A = ah (like hat)!!!!

    Ronnie

hello…could u provide us a lesson on the difference between pronunciation of letters in both british and ameican english…..please reply it…

rahulrobinson100

    No – there are way too many accents and different ways people in Britain and America speak – it is impossible.

    Ronnie

Hi mam Ronnie, can u teach me please how to use these word “could and would” thanks

crislynfaith

    Would = “wood”
    Could = “kood”

    Ronnie

      yes mam ronnie, could you give me some of example how to use in a sentence the word “would & could” and could you explain please what the difference of these two words. thanks

      crislynfaith

        Search the site for would and could – there is already a video for you!

        Ronnie

Dear Ronnie:
Thank you very much.

chris

Dear Ronnie:

I am Ivan from Indonesia, and I am speak Bahasa Indonesia, I just want to say: Thank you so much, my english comming better everday, I like your style when you teach using video.
And for EngVid… This website is very amazing for me… Thank you…

Ivan

Dear Ronnie:

I am Ivan from Indonesia, and I am speak Bahasa Indonesia, I just want to say: Thank you so much, my english comming better everday, I like your style when you teach using video.
And for EngVid… This website is very amazing for me… Thank you…

ivanjk

Hi teacher Ronnie, can you please tell me the usage of ON and IN? I am confused!! Thanks.

octoaquarian

Ronnie is my favourite =D thanks for making this awesome video ! Can you please make some videos about phonetics ??????

My English teacher Sucks !
Ronnie is the Best =D

miffy

really amazing lessons…
thanks mam for helping the needy and sharing your knowledge with everyone… :-)

gurjeet

Hi teacher Ronnie Thank you very much you are great. I am a cuban lady, I live in Miami and I love to see you I am learning a lot Thanks again.

Magaly

Salam Ronnie how ch doing?really i followed patiently and really i like what you said about when someone fall in mistakes and as you said never be shy….really am always fell in mistakes like that…but i dont like to stop for am being to skills english very well..also i learn from my fault…so i hope to support me and each one too to knows more about english neither i need more senteces to memorize better cause i heard online sentences make you better to not forget vocabulary…i hope to hear from you soon inchallah…baytheway your action how to interoduce english so great and am laughing alot how to made us understanding…and thats why i contcat you….thank you so much Teacher.

Imed

Thank you teacher.I’m poor in English.I’m really wanna learn English.

khinmyatnoe

Teacher Ronnie how to pronounce GULF and GOLF? please… thank you..

ReYND

    They are said exactly the same!!! Ga-al-f!!

    Ronnie

Hello Ronnie.
How you doing?am your student my name Imad.i just i wanted to ask you about how i can memorize verbs and vecablory and in the same time i dont forget them.becuase i use anther language.so really i find defficult for that.i hope you advices me.am looking forward to hear from you Teacher.

mrsummer

I want speak English very well. What should I do ?

Hello Ronnie.

I have a problem how to pronounce B and P

Nana

    There is already a lesson on B and P!

    Ronnie

Hello my great teacher Ronnie!I am from Kosovo, a very small country with far fewer inhabitants than have schools in Toronto haha.I am a second year student in the English language and now I see how much I have suffered for your lessons!You are rare talent and pleasant as so far I have not encountered in any such as you.I thank the GOD, that I live at the same time with you.I do not know if someone paid you this hard work,you do for us?!!!anyway thank you very much, maybe one day compensated you also own god.Greet you

Ilaz Krasniqi

hey your expression is too good for teaching English vowels & consonants…. thanks…

Naaz

Thank

caesarsweet

hi roonie thanks for you you did good work for every one
but i have question if you can explain for me?
when we use
like and same
ex you like my sister or you same my sister

redir

    You ARE like my sister = person does things/like things that your sister does/likes.
    You ARE the same as my sister = person has a similar personality as your sister.
    They are very similar words!

    Ronnie

Iam from Shaurimoyo Zanzibar Tanzania. Yes I like you James Because I understand well when you provide your learsons, and also I have problems of pronociatin coz I like so murch American pronociation. so I need your advice about these is good or bad thank you.

Haji Mohammed Enzi

    And also how can I use the world In case of,because we have contradiction about the uses of it so we need the corect uses of it thank James.From Shaurimoyo Zanzibar Tanzania.

    Haji Mohammed Enzi

in fact i do not know how to thank you for your great help.for many years i was suffering from this problem but now it is so clear.once agian thank you very much and i look forward to seeing new vidoes like this.

hasan

Aweee back to basics :3 like at school :D

jimmysaenz90

In Mexico in public Schools, english courses are awful, poor grammatical, terrible pronunciation…. ( you need to take expensive courses to get a good performance in this topics)…. I see this course like the way to learn english as a funny,practical and simple. I appreciate this new way to learn. Thanks so much engVid!!!

pepeurrea

Excellent…thanks a lot

argenis

excellent you are very good teacher, you have a method of teaching .continue

ahmedbounif

THANKS

shamis

Heya i am for the first time here. I came across this board and I in finding It truly useful & it helped me out much. I’m hoping to present one thing again and help others like you aided me.

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Excellent, Thank you very much.

sawai768

Aqui puedes ver clases por niveles, es muy interesante Aprovechalo!!!

Elvira Hernandez

pls send ur e-mail id… ronnie…

pallavi07

Hi Ronnie, thanks for all the lessons. I have IELTS exam but I still have problem to understand which vowel is pronouns in listening module. Please tell me is there any king of program or a game to help me with this problem?
Thank you in advance.

roshavbg

hi Ronnie. Thane you for your lesson. i am your fan.
I don’t know difference
between vowel “y” and consonants “y”

eunju7856

Hi Ronnie, I have a problem with Non-Action Verbs

Nour ElSafeer

thanks ronnie

wuvu

you’re in synchrony with your destiny. You’re really good

Edeloa

Muy bueno la lecciones, mil gracias

mocanito77

Hi Ronnie
thanks a lot
take care

cep62

thanks

jigsam

great lesson teacher congratulations ! I´ve just enjoined in ENGVID that´s amazing the simple way of the learning !!! congratulations I hope to get a lot of tips here… regards from Brazil

neirodrigues

You are terrific!

Iamhere.

hi..Alex …i am learning British accent ..if i watch movies or videos comes with American accent ,will it affect my learning??

Devashish

hi..Ronnie …i am learning British accent ..if i watch movies or videos comes with American accent ,will it affect my learning??

Devashish

Hi Ronnie, would you please clear my following doubts:
1.What is the correct way to pronounce Zebra?
2.Why word “unit” doesn’t take an “an” even though it starts with a vowel “u”?
3.Does pronunciation of “w” is like double “u”?
4.How to pronounce “letter”, “latter”, “later”, “better”, “batter”?
Please do reply. And can you do a video on how to write formal letters because there are so many style of letter writing and i don’t know which one is the latest.Thank you a lot for all these nice videos and keep up this amazing work!
Regards

irinadiplo

miss Ronnie I will like to recuest spelling name class please

dianaf

i love it
ronnie i need to learn phonitics please made a video for this

k.chinna

Thank you very much for this lesson!
I am looking for a lesson about spelling names, emails, web site address using code, e.g. “A” as in “alpha”, “J” as in “Juliett” etc.
I am also looking for a lesson about the correct pronunciation of the punctuation marks, special characters.
The spelling is quite often required on phone, quite important in business and daily life.
Could you please help me?

tangt

Hi, where I found the free quiz?

Martha02

Thank You su much Ronnier for this important lessons

medaba

cool

ann ann

hi ronny i dont know how to wright in english how to wright correctly wihout mistakes

mohamed moed

Thank you.

phamquynhanh

Hi Ronnie, what is the difference between its, its’ and it’s? can you explain to me please?

madhu

Thank u Ms. Ronnie, very helpful!

Gabriel99

Ronnie u are amazing teacher.

nora1414

You are wonderfull. I think you are the best English teacher.

Lucyplata

Ronnie the best
Thank you very much, i was confused about the vowels

oualid23

thanks dear ronnie

djazia djazia

thanks!

shihai182

Thanks you clear basics

SVaibhav

Thank you Ronnie

syawal.engvid

Nice lesson..Thanks.
Just for curiosity…How about the Ñ?..What’s your experience with that letter?

Alwis1974

Every time I read a new and unknown word containing the letter ‘i’ I wonder how I should pronounce it. What’s very frustrating for me is that, when I look up the words, I find out that my gut feeling was wrong for most of them.

A Google search only gave a few links talking about the pronunciation of this letter, but most times they are at a very low level.

From what I found and read, finally I daresay that:

  1. i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i + consonant + e as in: time, site, fire, to entire, …
  2. i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i is followed by gh as in: sigh, sight, thigh, …
  3. i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i is preceded by a as in: aisle, …
  4. i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i is written as y: to try, to fly, to cry, …
  5. else i is pronounce as /ɪ/: to hit, ship, sick

But there are many exceptions, too many in my opinion:

  1. to give, to notice, clandestine (/ɪ/ instead of /aɪ/)
  2. to fail, to contain (/eɪ/ instead of /aɪ/)
  3. gravity, paucity, hierarchy (/i/ instead of /aɪ/)
  4. pie, title, vital, giant, modifier (/aɪ/ instead of /ɪ/)

The following words are very interesting, because the pronunciation is swapped to what I expected:

  • indecisive
  • library

My vocabulary is very rudimentary, but yet I know a lot of exceptions.

So, I know that it is hard to make pronunciation rules for English words. But how can I improve my gut feeling in pronouncing new words correctly?

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I’ll elaborate a bit on Barrie’s point, which is correct, if disappointing.

The problem is that English spelling was not designed for Modern English. It was designed for Middle English, a very different language. When Middle English changed its pronunciation to become Modern English, English spelling did not change. Furthermore, English borrowed many thousands of words from other languages, which were of course pronounced differently, and spelled differently still.

The result is that one has to choose between two strategies in learning English words, however they are spelled — this is not a problem confined to the letter I — or else figure out some way to mix them.

Either you can actually learn the historical rules about pronunciation and learn to distinguish the different kinds of word each rule applies to — which amounts to learning some basic linguistics,

Or you can do as Barrie suggested, and memorize 2 things about every word you learn — (1) how it’s spelled and (2) how it’s pronounced (Kenyon and Knott is your friend here) — and just ignore the possible but treacherous correspondences you might suspect between Middle English or foreign spellings and Modern English pronunciations.

The second option amounts to giving up all hope of making sense of English spelling. Most native English speakers do this, which is simpler for them, since they already know the pronunciation.

Since Anglophone education systems don’t teach anything about English language, they never learn any different, and many still believe there should be a simple rule for pronouncing every letter.

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answered Jan 14, 2012 at 15:59

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i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i + consonant + e as in: time, site, fire, to entire, …

This is a special case of the «magic e» rule: vowel + consonant + e = «long» vowel. It’s a fine rule that accurately describes pronunciation — most of the time.

Some silent e’s do not lengthen the vowel, but serve other purposes:

  • To prevent a word from ending in «v», as in «give» and «live».
  • To «soften» a «c», as in «notice», «office», and «practice».

OTOH, some words ending in «ce» or «ve» do have a long vowel («ice», «hive»).

I can’t determine why «engine» and «opposite» have short i’s.

i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i is followed by gh as in: sigh, sight, thigh, …

«Eigh» is pronounced /eɪ/. (Eight reindeer pull the weight of Santa’s sleigh.) Otherwise, I can’t think of exceptions to this rule.

i is pronounce as /aɪ/ when i is preceded by a as in: aisle, …

I’m afraid that I must raise an objection here. The main pronunciation of «ai» is /eɪ/. (The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.)

Again, all English spelling rules are certain to have exceptions, like the /ɪ/ in «mountain».

The word «said» seems to be unique in prouncing «ai» as /ɛ/.


Some more rules you could use are:

  • «tion» is pronounced /ʃən/
  • «ing» is prounounced /iŋ/ (or informally, /ɪn/)
  • «oi» is pronounced /ɔɪ/
  • «i» followed by a double consonant (or «ck», «dg», «tch») is pronounced /ɪ/.

So, I know (or I believe to know), that it is hard to make
pronunciation rules for English words. But how can I improve my gut
feeling, pronouncing new words correctly?

Start by learning the pronunciation first, and then learn the spelling. You’ll know that a word is spelled right when the wavy red line under it disappears. That’s what native speakers do.

answered Jan 19, 2012 at 7:34

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As John says, there are a lot of things to consider when trying to figure out a specific word’s pronunciation. I will point out, though, that I think your rules 3 and 4 are wrong, and you could supplement them with a few other rules.

3: ai is (almost) always pronounced /eɪ/: fail, pail, mail, curtail… (aisle is an exception to this common rule.)

4: a y is not an i, it has its own rules. :-)

5: ity at the end of a word is pronounced /ɪti/: gravity, city, pity…

6: ie at the end of a word is (mostly) pronounced /aɪ/: pie, lie, die…, but is /i/ if it is unstressed, as a nickname or a diminutive: Sissie, Bettie, budgie.

7: ier at the end of a word depends on the pronunciation of the word without the er: messy (mess-i) -> messier (mess-i-r), but deny (di-naɪ) -> denier (di-naɪ-r). (But pier and tier, not being stem + -er forms, are pronounced with an /ɪəʳ/.)

answered Jan 18, 2012 at 15:11

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The issue of spelling and pronunciation is really hard in English. The language is not spoken the way that it is written.

A simple example for this: when I was at prep school, I had a sophisticated, masters degreed, native English speaker (American) teacher. Even he was really sweating on some words. He could not write the exact word on the board while he could pronunce them correctly in class. The hardship of the issue can be understood by this example.

It is a really complicated subject for people who are learning English. As I learned, there are no rules for pronunciation. When I face a new word for me, I try to pronunce it like the words I know by figuring out the similarity between the words.

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answered Jan 18, 2012 at 9:00

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English is a language that borrows words and sounds from other languages like German, French, Greek, Latin, and so on, and sometimes a word’s pronunciation or spelling is based on where the word comes from. For example, English words that come from Latin words usually pronounce i as /ɪ/, such as in ignition /ɪgˈnɪʃən/.

If it helps you, if you find out what language a word comes from and how that language pronounces sounds or spells words, you might be able to figure out how to pronounce the word in English.

answered Jun 14, 2012 at 22:30

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The alphabet is the set of 26 letters (from A to Z) that we use to represent English in writing:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

It is very important to understand that the letters of the alphabet do NOT always represent the same sounds of English.

This page is about how we pronounce the letters of the alphabet when we «say the alphabet (ABC…)». In our Writing section you can learn more about how we write the letters of the alphabet.

The English word «alphabet» comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta

Saying the Alphabet 🔈

Below, you can listen to how we say the letters of the alphabet. Remember, this is just for how we say the name of each letter. When we use the letters in words, they often have a different sound.

alphabet pronunciation

We say all the letters of the alphabet the same in British English and American English except for Z. In British English we say Zed. In American English we say Zee.

Alphabet Song 🔈

Listen as Jonathan Taylor sings the Alphabet Song For Rockers. Sing along if you like. The video has subtitles and there is a transcript below.

Transcript:
The Alphabet Song for Rockers
 
 A B C D E F G
 H I J K L M N O P
 Q R S -  T U V - W X Y
 And it's Zed NOT Zee
 
 A B C D E F G
 H I J K L M N O P
 Q R S - T U V - W X Y
 Zed NOT Zee
 
 Now you know your ABC
 Try again and sing with me
 one, two, three
 
 Here we go...
 
 A B C D E F G
 H I J K L M N O P
 Q R S - T U V - W X Y
 And it's Zed NOT Zee
 
 A B C D E F G
 H I J K L M N O P
 Q R S - T U V - W X Y
 Zed NOT Zee
 
 Now you know your ABC
 Try again and sing with me
 one, two, three  

Remember that Z is known as Zed in British English and Zee in American English.

Alphabet Sounds 🔈

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(in alphabetical order)

The letters above (↑) are in normal «alphabetical order».

But the letters below (↓) are NOT in alphabetical order. They are in «sound order». They are grouped by sound. There are only 7 basic sounds for the whole alphabet. The letters in each column all have the same vowel sound. Listen to the alphabet sounds as we read them by column:

Alphabet Sounds

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