When starting to learn English, many neglect to study transcription, considering it a pointless waste of time. However, correct pronunciation is one of the main goals in learning a foreign language.
Where to start?
Pronunciation of individual sounds. Words in English are read differently than they are written, so learning transcription will be the most effective approach to learning the language. In order to learn English sounds independently, it is recommended to study each sound of the English language separately.
All sounds of English
Reasons to learn the sounds of English
- When studying transcription, you learn the rules of reading. Having analyzed only about a hundred words, you will be able to build logical chains and determine the basic patterns of pronunciation of sounds. Over time, you will be able to pronounce words correctly without much effort. Studying the rules does not exclude the need to listen to English speech. It is important to develop both auditory and visual memory.
- By reading aloud you improve your pronunciation skills. The lack of correct pronunciation will become an obstacle in overcoming the language barrier, and in the future will cause the development of a communication complex. Incorrect pronunciation can change the meaning of a word or sentence.
Intonation. When working on intonation, it is important to listen to foreign speech. Regularly use audio lessons in your training, repeat after the speaker, try to feel the intonation. Memorize short poems and dialogues. In order to hear yourself from the outside, use a voice recorder, and then work on your mistakes.
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Phonetic transcription of Russian words
Development phonetics of the Russian language can be a difficult task even for people who speak Russian as a native language, not to mention foreigners. Let's start with the fact that in dictionaries phonetic transcription of Russian words not specified. In addition, the Russian language has quite complex reading rules with a large number of exceptions.
The pronunciation of Russian letters varies depending on the accent whether this letter is located or not (in case vowels), and also on what consonants surround this letter. The letter "a", for example, can have 5 pronunciation options!
With this online translator you can get phonetic transcription Russian text, written down either in Cyrillic letters, or symbols International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Phonetic analysis of words online
The translator can be used to phonetic analysis of words online. To produce phonetic analysis of the word, you need:
- write down the word.
- put emphasis in a word (the translator knows how to do this).
- divide a word into syllables.
- write down the phonetic transcription of the word (a translator will also be useful here).
- Write all the letters of the word in a column.
- Write down to the right of each letter the sound that the letter represents.
- describe the sound: for vowels - stressed or unstressed, for consonants - hard or soft (paired/unpaired), voiceless or voiced (paired/unpaired).
- count letters and sounds in a word.
Let us produce, for example, phonetic analysis of the word "sun":
sun [suns e]
6 letters, 5 sounds.
Pay attention to the last sound of the word - in school practice it would be written as “e”. Professional linguists designate it as “y e”, because this unstressed vowel is pronounced as something between the sounds “y” and “e”.
Phonetic transcription will help foreigners learn the pronunciation of Russian words
Remember everything quickly rules for reading Russian It's quite difficult for foreigners. The translator will help people who are starting to study the “great and mighty” while they have not yet mastered rules for pronunciation of Russian words.
When used regularly in parallel with educational audio and video materials, phonetic transcription will allow them to improve pronunciation and listening skills in Russian.
Additional information about the translator
In the Russian language there are words that are spelled the same, but are read differently depending on where the stress falls in the word (compare: zamok - zamok). These words are called "homographs". The transcription of such words is highlighted in green, for example:
If you hover over or tap a word on your mobile device, you'll see all the possible pronunciations.
The translator works on the basis of a dictionary containing information about stresses in Russian words. If the stress position for a given word was not found in the dictionary, then instead of the transcription the word itself will be shown, surrounded by slashes: /extravagant/. You can improve the translator by indicating the stress positions in similar words. To do this, go to error correction mode .
When creating the translator, I used online resources from the list below, as well as Bulanin’s book "Phonetics of the modern Russian language".
Cyrillic transcription – updates from September 2016
As a result of the discussion, the following changes were made to the Cyrillic transcription:
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To speak English, it is not enough to know how words are written; it is important to learn their pronunciation. To do this, as you know, it is enough to learn the sounds, which you subsequently need to be able to read in transcription. And if at first glance the pronunciation of English words seems like something overwhelming, in fact everything is quite simple, and today you will see for yourself.
First, let's look at what sounds and transcriptions are in English. Sound, in simple words, is what we make when pronouncing a particular letter. Each such sound has its own symbol, which is used in transcription. Transcription is one or more sound symbols, delimited by square brackets, which can convey a letter or a whole word. If theoretical explanations have given you absolutely nothing, let's look at both concepts using an example for clarity:
| Letter | Transcription | Sound |
| A |
Let's say we took the letter "a". Unlike Russian, this letter in English is pronounced “ey”. To express the sound in writing, we selected suitable symbols that could convey this sound, that is, “ei”. And since sounds in writing are used only in transcription, we added square brackets around this sound. That's all, we hope that the difference between these two concepts has become obvious.
As a rule, teaching sounds begins with the English alphabet. Perhaps you once went through this topic, humming a melody with the pronunciation of all the letters with your teacher, unless, of course, you ran away from lessons. In any case, it definitely wouldn’t hurt to repeat this material again. So, each letter, and there are 26 of them in the English alphabet, has its own standard sound:
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Letter order |
Letter |
Transcription |
Pronunciation |
Sound |
| 1. | A a | Hey | ||
| 2. | Bb | bi | ||
| 3. | C c | si | ||
| 4. | D d | di | ||
| 5. | E e | And | ||
| 6. | F f | ef | ||
| 7. | G g | ji | ||
| 8. | H h | HH | ||
| 9. | I i | ah | ||
| 10. | Jj | Jay | ||
| 11. | K k | kay | ||
| 12. | Ll | el | ||
| 13. | Mm | Em | ||
| 14. | Nn | [ɛn] | en | |
| 15. | O o | [əʊ] | OU | |
| 16. | P p | pi | ||
| 17. | Q q | Cue | ||
| 18. | R r | [ɑː] | A | |
| 19. | Ss | es | ||
| 20. | T t | you | ||
| 21. | U u | Yu | ||
| 22. | Vv | in and | ||
| 23. | W w | [‘dʌbljuː] | double u | |
| 24. | X x | the ex | ||
| 25. | Y y | wy | ||
| 26. | Z z | zed |
However, this list is completely incomplete. The fact is that in certain combinations, letters or their combinations can sound differently. Therefore, often the alphabetical pronunciation of a letter does not coincide with its pronunciation in a word. There are 48 main sounds in total; let’s look at them in more detail.
Pronunciation of English words: consonants
List
There are only 24 consonant sounds. You are already familiar with most of them, but you may encounter some for the first time. Let's study the entire list of consonant sounds with examples of words in which they are used:
| Sound |
In writing it is usually expressed by letter(s) |
Examples | The sound of words and sounds |
| [b] | b | ball (ball) | |
| [d] | d | day | |
| [dʒ] | j/g | jazz (jazz) / gym (gymnastics hall) |
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| [f] | f | film (film) | |
| [g] | g | gold (gold) | |
| [h] | h | house (house) | |
| [j] | y | yolk (yolk) | |
| [k] | k/c/ch | karma (karma) / car (car) / |
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| [l] | l/ll | lion (lion) / sell (sell) |
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| [m] | m | man (person) | |
| [n] | n | nose (nose) | |
| [p] | p | picnic (picnic) | |
| [r] | r | romance | |
| [s] | s | smell (smell) | |
| [t] | t | toaster (toaster) | |
| [v] | v | vine (wine) | |
| [w] | w/w | wax (wax) / | |
| [z] | z/zz/se | zoo (zoo) / buzz (buzzing) / |
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| [ ŋ ] | ng | wrong (wrong) | |
| [tʃ] | ch | chew (chew) | |
| [ ʃ ] | sh | shop (shop) | |
| [ ʒ ] | sure/sia | leisure (free time)/Asia (Asia) | |
| [ ð ] | th | their | |
| [ θ ] | th | thought (thought) |
Classification
All these consonants can be divided into groups. So, for example, consonant sounds are separated:
- By voicedness / deafness:
- Voiced consonants include:
- By way of pronunciation:
- Plosive (stop) consonants or consonants, the pronunciation of which creates some semblance of an “explosion”. As a rule, to pronounce such letters, the speech organs first close, not allowing air to pass through, and then sharply open, creating such an unusual sound. Since such letters are also present in the Russian language, let’s make an analogy to make it clearer:
- Nasal sounds are sounds that are made because air passes through the nose. If you hold your nose and try to pronounce them, it will be extremely difficult to do so:
And also sounds:
Based on which speech organs close, sounds can be divided into:
- Labiolabial sounds are sounds for which both lips touch to produce:
- Interdental consonants are sounds that require the tongue to be placed between the upper and lower teeth to produce. Since, unlike other sounds that have at least some similar Russian analogues, interdental sounds are not found in the Russian language, they often cause difficulties for students. However, if you adopt the correct posture mentioned above, you will succeed. These sounds include:
- Alveolar consonants are consonant sounds that are pronounced by raising the tip of the tongue to the alveoli:
| [d] |
| [l] |
| [s] |
| [t] |
| [z] |
Pronunciation of English words: vowel sounds
talk (talk) /
pearl (pearl)
cure (healing)
Classification
According to their pronunciation, vowels can be divided into:
- Front and back vowels:
Front row sounds are pronounced by raising the back of the tongue towards the hard palate and placing its tip near the base of the lower row of teeth:
- Based on the location of the lips, they also distinguish between rounded and unrounded, where:
Rounded sounds are sounds for which the lips move forward to pronounce:
- In addition, vowel sounds can be divided according to tension, that is, how much the speech organs are strained to pronounce the sound. Here everything is learned by comparison. For example, to pronounce some sounds:
Therefore, it turns out that the first ones are relaxed, and the second ones are tense.
- The examples above also show that vowels can be short or long. To make a sound long, a colon is usually added next to it.
- Depending on articulation, vowel sounds are also divided into:
- Monophthongs, the pronunciation of which does not change articulation:
- Diphthongs are two sounds that are used together:
Reading rules: open and closed syllables
Despite the fact that there are only 6 vowels in English, the variety of sounds is simply enormous. You can often understand when a letter is pronounced one way and not another, using syllables. For example:
If the syllable is open, then the letter “a” is pronounced as, but if the syllable is closed, then the sound turns into [æ]. Compare:
Let's look at the pronunciation of English vowels using the table:
Pronunciation of English words: stress
Particular attention should be paid to emphasis. In English transcription it is usually expressed with an apostrophe, helping:
- Determine a compound word from a combination of words:
- Distinguish one part of speech from another:
Note that the apostrophe, indicating stress, comes before the stressed syllable, and not above the stressed letter, as is customary in Russian. The stress can fall on any vowel anywhere:
| art [ˈɑːt] - art | |
| potato - potato | |
| reconstruct - reconstruct |
Perhaps it is not placed only on a vowel in an open syllable at the end of a word.
The main feature of the stress of English words is that there can be two of them at once. This option occurs in words that consist of four or more syllables. The two accents in this case look different. The main thing and what is already familiar to us is highlighted as before with an apostrophe. But the secondary one is an apostrophe from below. Let's look at examples:
Sometimes there may be three accents. In these cases, the two secondary stresses are emphasized equally:
| microcinematography [ˌmaɪkrəʊˌsɪnəməˈtɒɡrəfi] - microcinematography |
In writing, stress is usually not emphasized, so all these nuances will be useful to you only for the correct reading of words.
Pronunciation of English words: pronunciation difference
As you know, English is spoken by a huge number of people from different parts of the world. However, dividing the English language depending on the location of the speakers, British and American English are most often distinguished. So, for example, above we analyzed British English. No, this does not mean that you will have to learn a whole new range of new sounds if you decide to devote time to American English. It's just that the pronunciation of some English words among Americans is strikingly different, and therefore their version of English sounds sharper. Let's look at the main differences in the pronunciation of these two accents:
- The first thing you can immediately pay attention to is the sound [r]. If it is at the beginning or in the middle of a word, it is pronounced the same:
That is, this sound is clearly and clearly audible. However, if it is at the end, then the English pronunciation of the words changes slightly. In British English, the [r] at the end is usually not pronounced. This sound is heard only if it is followed by a word that begins with a vowel for ease of pronunciation. In American English, the letter [r] is always pronounced:
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British English |
American English |
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| sailor - sailor | [ˈseɪlə(r)] | [ˈseɪlər] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| elevator - elevator | [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)] | [ˈelɪveɪtər] |
These are just some of the few features. In fact, there are a lot of such nuances. This does not mean at all that if you choose, for example, British English, you will not be understood in America. No, the language is the same, it just sounds a little different in different places. Which accent is best is a purely personal choice. The correct pronunciation is present in both accents, they are just different. It all depends on your future goals. Accordingly, if you are going to the UK or planning to take IELTS, British English is suitable for you. If you are focused on America, American. Arguing about which accent is better is a waste of time. It all depends solely on your own preferences, so choose the option that suits your heart. Of course, you can learn two pronunciation options at once, but in order to acquire an accent, you need constant practice, and with such transitions from one accent to another, this will be quite difficult. Sometimes setting an accent can be harder than you thought at first glance. Therefore, there are even specialists who do not teach you the English language itself in courses, but teach you the correct pronunciation of English words. Of course, it will be a little more difficult to learn on your own, but such an alternative is quite possible. After all, in addition to teachers, there are a huge number of textbooks that discuss the pronunciation of English words. And, of course, films. This is a great option for both beginners and intermediates. Watch, imitate, repeat and you will succeed. Most importantly, don't be afraid to speak up. You can make at least 50 mistakes in pronunciation, but they will understand you and correct you, which means that next time you will not make these mistakes. Pronunciation of English words: how to learn English transcriptionEnglish transcriptions can seem confusing and incomprehensible. However, they contain reading rules. And the rules of reading help you remember how to pronounce English words, so you need to be able to read them. But this does not mean at all that you need to sit with a piece of English text trying to make a transcription from each word. It is much easier and more effective to listen to how words are pronounced and compare them with the transcription. Nowadays you can find a lot of dictionaries on the Internet that show not only how a phrase is written, but also how English words are read with transcription and pronunciation. Moreover, the transcription of English words is given in two versions: in British and American. By listening to voice recordings of words spoken by native speakers, it will be easier for you to understand how to pronounce the word correctly. You can also find out the pronunciation in the translator, but do not forget that it can make mistakes, since, unlike dictionaries, the word in this case is read not by a native speaker, but by a robot. Accordingly, no one checks the correct pronunciation. In any case, try to constantly practice this skill, and in the future it will not be difficult for you to read any, even the most complex words. Pronunciation of English words: example wordsOf course, we will not study a whole series of sentences, but we can make out some English words that are quite often found in speech and the rules for reading which you must know. We have already discussed a couple of words, for example, their or see pronunciation above, but repetition never hurts:
We hope that now you can easily “translate” the transcription and read it. Even if it is not easy for you at first, the main thing is to practice. We learn everything consistently and efficiently, and most importantly, constantly. This careful approach to language learning will definitely lead you to success. |
Hello, potential student of the Native English School!
Learning any foreign language is impossible without learning its alphabet. But memorizing letters without understanding how they sound and are used in words is pointless. It is knowledge of phonetics that is one of the significant stages of language acquisition. This is especially important when a person is juststarts learning English and the correct pronunciation of sounds, letters and, accordingly, words is a basic skill.
English letters and their sounds
There are 26 letters in English:
6 vowels– a, e, i, o, u, y;
21 consonants– b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z.
“How so? - you say - twenty-one plus six equals twenty-seven! That's all true, but the point is that the letter "y" is both a vowel and a consonant. This is what the academics who compiled and edited the Oxford Dictionary, one of the most important dictionaries of the English language, decided. Let's look at the English alphabet with transcription and pronunciation in Russian. Read!
First, to read sounds in English, you need to know how they are written. We can help you find out this in more detail at, but now let’s return to the article and try to figure it out, and they are written in square brackets - this is called phonetic transcription. In English there are vowels (vowel) and consonants (consonant). Just like in Russian, vowels are pronounced with the mouth open, and consonants with the mouth closed.
English sounds pronunciation table
Some words may have different numbers of letters and sounds. For example, the word help has 4 letters and 4 sounds, but the word six has three letters but 4 sounds. Each letter has its own sound, but in English there are such concepts as digraphs– these are two letters denoting one sound: gh [g] – ghost (ghost), ph [f] – photo ['foutou] (photography), sh [ʃ] – shine [ʃaɪn] (shine), th [ð] or [θ] – think [θɪŋk] (think), сh – chess (chess) and diphthongs– passing vowel sounds from one to another: ea – bread (bread), ie – friend (friend), ai – again [əˈɡen] (again), au – autumn [ˈɔːtəm] (autumn), etc.
It is worth noting that digraphs and diphthongs are read differently depending on what part the words are in. For example, gh in the middle of a word is not pronounced: light (light), and at the end it sometimes sounds like “f”: enough [ı’nʌf] (enough); oo can be pronounced as long [ʋ:], “u” in Russian: moon (moon), short [ʋ]: good (good), as short [ʌ], similar to “a” in Russian: blood (blood ), but together with “r” it is completely different, like [ʋə]: poor (poor).
A graphical recording of how letters of the English alphabet or words sound through a sequence of corresponding symbols is transcription of English words.
Table of pronunciation of English consonants |
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Phonetic transcription |
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b ad b ox |
voiced sound corresponding to Russian [b] in the word b rat |
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o p en, p et |
a dull sound corresponding to the Russian [p] in the word P ero, but pronounced aspirated |
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d i d, d ay |
a voiced sound similar to Russian [d] in the word d ohm, but more energetic, “sharper”; when pronouncing it, the tip of the tongue rests on the alveoli |
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t ea, t ake |
unvoiced sound corresponding to Russian [t] in the word T hermos, but is pronounced aspirated, with the tip of the tongue resting on the alveoli |
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v oice, v isit |
voiced sound corresponding to Russian [v] in the word V osk, but more energetic |
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f ind, f ine |
a dull sound corresponding to the Russian [f] in the word f inik, but more energetic |
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z oo, ha s |
voiced sound corresponding to Russian [z] in the word h ima |
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s un, s ee |
a dull sound corresponding to the Russian [s] in the word With silt, but more energetic; when pronouncing, the tip of the tongue is raised towards the alveoli |
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g ive, g o |
voiced sound corresponding to Russian [g] in the word G Irya, but pronounced softer |
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c at, c an |
a dull sound corresponding to the Russian [k] in the word To mouth, but pronounced more energetically and aspiratedly |
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[ ʒ] |
vi si on, plea sur e |
voiced sound corresponding to Russian [zh] in the word and macaw, but pronounced more tense and softer |
[ ʃ] |
sh e, Ru ss ia |
a dull sound corresponding to the Russian [ш] in the word w ina, but pronounced softer, for which you need to raise the middle part of the back of the tongue to the hard palate |
y ellow, y ou |
a sound similar to the Russian sound [th] in a word th od, but pronounced more energetically and intensely |
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l itt l e, l ike |
sound similar to Russian [l] in the word l Isa, but you need the tip of the tongue to touch the alveoli |
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m an m erry |
sound similar to Russian [m] in the word m ir, but more energetic; when pronouncing it, you need to close your lips more tightly |
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n o, n ame |
sound similar to Russian [n] in the word n OS, but when pronouncing it, the tip of the tongue touches the alveoli, and the soft palate is lowered, and air passes through the nose |
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si ng,fi ng er |
a sound in which the soft palate is lowered and touches the back of the tongue, and air passes through the nose. Pronounced like Russian [ng] is incorrect; there must be a nasal sound |
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r ed, r abbit |
a sound, when pronounced with the raised tip of the tongue, you need to touch the middle part of the palate, above the alveoli; tongue doesn't vibrate |
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h elp, h ow |
sound reminiscent of Russian [х] as in the word X aos, but almost silent (barely audible exhalation), for which it is important not to press the tongue to the palate |
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w et, w inter |
a sound similar to a very quickly pronounced Russian [ue] in a word Ue ls; in this case, the lips need to be rounded and pushed forward, and then vigorously moved apart |
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j ust, j ump |
sound similar to [j] in a Russian loanword j inces, but more energetic and softer. You cannot pronounce [d] and [ʒ] separately |
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ch eck, mu ch |
sound similar to Russian [ch] in a word h ac, but harder and more intense. You cannot pronounce [t] and [ʃ] separately |
th is, th ey |
a ringing sound, when pronounced, the tip of the tongue must be placed between the upper and lower teeth and then quickly removed. Do not clamp the flat tongue between your teeth, but slightly push it into the gap between them. This sound (since it is voiced) is pronounced with the participation of the vocal cords. Similar to Russian [z] interdental |
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th ink, seven th |
a dull sound that is pronounced in the same way as [ð], but without a voice. Similar to Russian [s] interdental |
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Pronunciation table for simple English vowel sounds |
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Phonetic transcription |
Approximate matches in Russian |
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c a t,bl a ck |
a short sound, intermediate between the Russian sounds [a] and [e]. To make this sound, when pronouncing Russian [a], you need to open your mouth wide and place your tongue low. Simply pronouncing Russian [e] is wrong |
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[ ɑ:] |
ar m, f a ther |
a long sound, similar to Russian [a], but it is much longer and deeper. When pronouncing it, you need to yawn, but do not open your mouth wide, while pulling your tongue back |
[ ʌ] |
c u p, r u n |
a short sound similar to the Russian unstressed [a] in the word WithA yes. To make this sound, when pronouncing Russian [a], you need to almost not open your mouth, while slightly stretching your lips and moving your tongue back a little. Simply pronouncing Russian [a] is wrong |
[ ɒ] |
n o t, h o t |
short sound similar to Russian [o] in the word dO m, but when pronouncing it you need to completely relax your lips; for Russian [o] they are slightly tense |
[ ɔ:] |
sp o rt, f ou r |
a long sound, similar to Russian [o], but it is much longer and deeper. When pronouncing it, you need to yawn, as if with your mouth half-open, and your lips tense and rounded |
a bout, a lias |
a sound that is often found in the Russian language is always in an unstressed position. In English, this sound is also always unstressed. It does not have a clear sound and is referred to as an unclear sound (it cannot be replaced by any clear sound) |
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m e t,b e d |
a short sound similar to Russian [e] under stress in words such as uh you, ple d etc. English consonants before this sound cannot be softened |
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[ ɜː] |
w or k, l ear n |
this sound does not exist in the Russian language, and it is very difficult to pronounce. Reminds me of Russian sound in words me d, St.e cla, but you need to pull it out much longer and at the same time stretch your lips strongly without opening your mouth (you get a skeptical smile) |
[ ɪ] |
i t, p i t |
a short sound similar to the Russian vowel in a word wAnd t. You need to pronounce it abruptly |
h e, s ee |
a long sound, similar to Russian [i] under stress, but longer, and they pronounce it as if with a smile, stretching their lips. There is a Russian sound close to it in the word poemII |
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[ ʊ] |
l oo k, p u t |
a short sound that can be compared with the Russian unstressed [u], but it is pronounced energetically and with completely relaxed lips (lips cannot be pulled forward) |
bl u e, f oo d |
a long sound, quite similar to the Russian percussion [u], but still not the same. To make it work, when pronouncing Russian [u], you need not to stretch your lips into a tube, not to push them forward, but to round them and smile slightly. Like other long English vowels, it needs to be drawn out much longer than Russian [u] |
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Diphthong pronunciation table |
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Phonetic transcription |
Approximate matches in Russian |
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f i ve, ey e |
diphthong, similar to the combination of sounds in Russian words ah And hah |
[ ɔɪ] |
n oi se, v oi ce |
Somehow. The second element, the sound [ɪ], is very short |
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br a ve, afr ai d |
a diphthong similar to a combination of sounds in a Russian word wto her ka. The second element, the sound [ɪ], is very short |
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t ow n, n ow |
a diphthong similar to a combination of sounds in a Russian word Withaw on. The first element is the same as in ; the second element, the sound [ʊ], is very short |
[ə ʊ] |
h o me, kn ow |
a diphthong similar to a combination of sounds in a Russian word clOU n, if you do not pronounce it deliberately syllable by syllable (in this case, the consonance resembles ew ). Pronouncing this diphthong as a pure Russian consonance [ou] is wrong |
[ ɪə] |
d ea r, h e re |
a diphthong, similar to the combination of sounds in the Russian word such; consists of short sounds [ɪ] and [ə] |
wh e re,th e re |
a diphthong, similar to the combination of sounds in the Russian word dlinnosheye, if you do not pronounce it syllable by syllable. Behind the sound resembling Russian [e] in the word uh That, followed by the second element, an unclear short sound [ə] |
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[ ʊə] |
t ou r, p oo r |
a diphthong in which [ʊ] is followed by a second element, an unclear short sound [ə]. When pronouncing [ʊ], lips should not be pulled forward |
Undoubtedly - being studied English transcription pretty boring. After all, this is a set of symbols that simply need to be memorized, as they say, “by heart.” Therefore, this process does not cause much enthusiasm for most students. Some even prefer to abandon the idea of studying this important aspect - transcription looks very boring and not very popular in practice in the eyes of many.
However, believe me, if you decide and devote some time to this topic, you will understand how right you did. Indeed, in this case, further learning of the English language will be much easier, if only because knowledge of transcription will allow you to more easily perceive new words.
Why is it important to learn the transcription of English words?
The fact is that, unlike the Russian and Ukrainian languages, where most letters in words always denote the same sound, in English the same letters, which may even appear in the same word, will be read differently.
For example, the English letter “C” can be read both as “C” and “K” in various situations. And the English letter “U” can be read both as “A” and “U”. The English letter “A” in various words can be expressed as “A”, and as “Hey”, and as “E”. And that’s not all – the situation is approximately the same with other letters of the English language.
Therefore, in order to be able to read a new English word correctly, as well as remember it and be able to apply it in practice, you simply need to learn the rules transcription of English words. Only in this way will teaching English be truly effective and productive.
Learning transcription of English words
Of course, it would be stupid to say that by spending 15 minutes learning the rules of transcription, you will be able to read and learn English words on your own and still have perfect pronunciation. Of course this is not true. And you will have to spend much more time on transcription, and you will not immediately be able to accurately apply the acquired knowledge. At first, difficulties and errors are not excluded, but each time they will become less and less. Some time will pass, and you will even be able to perform (record by ear) transcription of words yourself.
Where and how to learn English and transcription of its words?
Of course, in the modern world there are all conditions to obtain any knowledge. You can even engage in self-study, stocking up on a mountain of textbooks. However, as practice shows, the learning process is much easier in the presence of “live” personal contact, a mentor in training and a clearly structured educational process. Therefore, if you want to learn the language most effectively, we recommend enrolling in English courses.
Thus, you will be able to receive data correctly systematized for the best perception and memorization, as well as support at all stages of learning. This approach is also good because it is through courses that people learn English the fastest.
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