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Saturday April 11th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 31- How to Pronounce Words that End in <ed> : This podcast teaches you how to pronounce words that end in <ed>, the simple past form. Share In this week's podcast, we're going to learn the different ways that the <ed> ending is pronounced.
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Talking People - Speaking - Phonetics - Pronunciation of the -ed ending 01
When to say /t/ or /d/ When to pronounce the "-ed" as a /t/ and when to pronounce it as a /d/? If the last SOUND in the infinitive form (the form without the -ed ending) is a vowel or a voiced consonant, the -ed should be pronounced /d/. If the last SOUND in the infinitive form (the form without the -ed ending) is a voiceless consonant, the -ed should be pronounced /t/. IF YOU HAVE NO TIME TO WORK THAT OUT, PLEASE PRONOUNCE A /t/, a strong dental sound, so that it is clear to the listener that you are not using a present or infinitive form! This was my first tip when you started reading these notes, wasn't it? To find out which are the voiced and the voiceless consonants, you need to do the following exercise:
ə Sound: How to pronounce the /ə/ Phoneme
This is the ə sound. As in the words: a /ə/the /ðə/about /əbaʊt/ How to pronounce the ə sound It is a Vowel sound and it’s technical name is the ‘Mid-Central Vowel’.
