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Basic English, Lesson 7- Pronouncing English

In fact, many of the Long Vowel sounds in English are called Dipthongs by language experts - A is really a blending of the A and E sounds, ...
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DIPTHONGS
Dipthongs are transitional vowels. The are powered by quasi-periodic puffs of air as vowels, but the vocal tract changes from an original configuration to a second target configuration which causes a transition in the resonance
(and formants) of the tract. This change is usually predominately a shift in the second formant. In the spectrogram, watch for a consistent red band that changes its frequency over time.

shade
share
shark
she
sheep
sheet
shell
shine
ship
shirt
shop
shot
should
show
shut

slam
sled
sleep
slid
slip
slow

small
smart
smell
smile
smog
smoke

stand
staple
step
steep
sting
stop
store
story
street
string

that
the
their
then
there
these
they
thin
think
this
those
thumb

whale
what
when
where
white
why

Short Vowel Words
Short A a	Short Ee	Short Ii	Short Oo	Short U u
add bad dad sad band hand grand sand bag rag sag tag cab tab cap map nap tap can fan	bed fed red beg leg egg desk fence get jet met pet set vet wet yet help yelp nest test	big pig bill hill crib fib dish fish wish grin in tin win king sing wing did hid lid milk	fox box cot dog fog knob job on mom mop top drop hop not pot hot jot lock rock sock	bus mud cub tub drum gum hut nut jug rug mug bug luck tuck up pup cup run sun fun
man plan bat cat fat	pest rest vest bent sent	silk rip sip ship fix	shock stock song toss	fudge
mat pat sat am ham	den ten men when web	six this sip tip dip whip clip zip

Long Vowel Words
Long A a		Long Ee		Long Ii		Long Oo		Long Uu
ape bake cape cave date face flame gate grape hate	lake make name page plane rake same skate take tape	bee cheese deep feet free he heat key knee lead	meet pea please read see she three tree we week	bite bride fire five hive ice kite life line mice	mine nice nine pine ripe size smile time vine wide	bone close cone dose froze globe hole home joke lobe	mole nose note pole robe rope stove tote vote woke	cube cute dude duke dune flute fume fuse huge mule	music mute prune pure rule spruce tube tulip tune

English Pronunciation
Symbol or combination	English Example	Spanish Example
Vowels and Diphthongs/Vocales y Dipthongs
ː	(length mark) This should appear like a colon (:). Some versions of Internet Explorer have a bug which makes it not appear correctly.
æ	bat, apple
ɑː	farm, calm
e	set, less	perro
ə	above, porter
ɜː	fern, work
ɪ	tip, pity
iː	see, been	vino
ɒ	rot, wash	corra, torre
ɔː	bail, board	por
ʊ	soot, full
uː	root, fool
ʌ	come, rum, blood
aɪ	lie, fry	fraile, vais
aʊ	now, plough	pausa, sauce
eɪ	fate, say, waiter
əʊ	ago, also, note
ɛə	there, rare, fair
ɪə	here, interior, fear
ɔɪ	toy, voice	voy
ʊə	allure, pure
Consonants/Consonantes
b	bet, able	tumbar, umbrio
d	dime, mended	conde, andar
g	go, agog	grande, rango
h	hit, reheat
j	you, pure	cuyo, reyes
ŋ	bank, singer	banco, rango
r	rate, sorrow
ʳ	bear, after
s	sit, scent	casa, sesión
v	vine, river
w	wine, bewail	huevo, puede
z	zero, roses	desde, mismo
ʒ	rouge, leisure,	french: jour, jalousie
dʒ	page, jail
ʃ	shame, ocean	french: chambre, fiche
tʃ	much, chuck
θ	thin, maths	zumbar, ciento
ð	this, other	todo, hablando
x	loch	joven, rojo