Pronunciation guide for But after 40 days without a fish the boy's parents told him... ... that the old man was now definitely and finally salao which is the worst form of unlucky... ... and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat... ... which caught three good fish the first week. :
The word is pronounced using the phonemes set as shown above.
The tables blow show a comparision of phonemes symbols used in IPA, Oxford OALD dictionary, and Arpabet CMU dictionary, with examples.
The number 0, 1, 2 that appended to each phoneme means the stress level : 0 or blank = No stress, 1 = Primary Stress, 2 = Secondary Stress.
Vowels
IPA | Oxford | Arpabet (CMU) | Examples |
æ | a | AE | at, cat, bad |
aː | aa | AA R | cart, calm, father |
au | au | AW | cow, how, found |
aɪ | ai | AY | hide, my, price |
e or ɛ | e | EH | Ed, bed, net |
ə | @ | AH | (schwa) about, away, comma |
ɜːʴ | @@ | ER | hurt, nurse, her |
ɛɪ | ei | EY | date, fate, day |
ɪ | i | IH | it, sit, bit |
iː | ii | IY | eat, meet, see |
ɒ | o | AA | odd, hot, wash |
ɔː | oo | AO | port, ought, four |
ɔɪ | oi | OY | toy, boy, choice |
ou | ou | OW | no, goat, show |
u | u | UH | book, put, hood |
ʌ | uh | AH | hut, cup, fun |
uː | uu | UW | two, boot, rule |
ɛəʴ | e@ (r) | EH (R) | where, hair, air |
ɪəʴ | i@ (r) | IH (R) | near, here, pier |
uəʴ | u@ (r) | UH (R) | pure, tourist, sure |
Consonants
IPA | Oxford | CMU | Examples |
b | b | B | be |
tʃ | ch | CH | cheese, chip, chin |
d | d | D | dog |
ð | dh | DH | then, this, thee |
f | f | F | fee |
g | g | G | green |
h | h | HH | he |
ʤ | jh | JH | jam, judge, large |
j | y | Y | yet, use, yellow |
k | k | K | key |
l | l | L | lee |
m | m | M | me |
n | n | N | knee, now, not |
ŋ | ng | NG | sing, ring, long |
p | p | P | pee |
r | r | R | read |
s | s | S | sea |
ʃ | sh | SH | she, ship, show |
t | t | T | tea |
θ | th | TH | thin, thick, think |
v | v | V | vee |
w | w | W | we |
z | z | Z | zee, zoo |
ʒ | zh | ZH | pleasure, vision, seizure |
Reference:
Arpabet
The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet
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