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Today I would like to talk about the following.
"What is the pronunciation word that Japanese people tend to make mistakes?"
"It looks similar at first glance, but what words have completely different pronunciations?"
Even in English, the pronunciation is actually different, but the spelling is similar, so you can't tell the difference at first glance!
There are many words.
Therefore, in this article, I will introduce "What are the words that Japanese people tend to make mistakes?"
"It looks similar at first glance, but the pronunciation is completely different (1)"
What is there? When you study various words, you really get a lot of them.
Here are some of them today!
I don't dare to write phonetic symbols here, so I actually use a dictionary to find out what is different.
Let's compare the difference in pronunciation.
Color vs Collar
But (strong form) vs Bat
Fur vs Far
Further vs Feather vs Farther
Hurt vs Heart vs Hard
Worm vs Warm
Pack vs Park vs Pocket
Hot vs Hat
Hock vs Hack
Cup vs Cop vs Cap
First of all, the first 10 pieces. There are many words that you often use!
But in this, But is a strong form, but But has a strong form and a weak form.
But is a weak form and an ambiguous vowel schwa in the sentence, so the comparison here is the pronunciation in the case of the strong form.
Just one vowel is pronounced differently, and it sounds like another word.
By making such a comparison, "how important it is to distinguish and use the pronunciation of vowels"
You will be able to understand.
"It looks similar at first glance, but the pronunciation is completely different (2)"
Duck vs Dock
Mud vs Mad
Steady vs Study
Cough vs Cuff vs Calf
Cat vs Cut
Bag vs Bug
Sod vs Sad
Add vs Odd
Beer vs Bear
Hold vs Fold
These 10 comparisons are all the words you often see. Hold and Fold have two vowel pronunciations
same. But the pattern is that the pronunciation of consonants is different. Just mistake H and F for a completely different word
It's a good example of becoming.
"It looks similar at first glance, but the pronunciation is completely different (3)"
Dear = Deer vs Dare
Pear vs Pier
Pour vs Poor
Soccer vs Sucker
All vs owl
Shawn vs Shown
Ass vs Ash
Buttocks vs Botox
Court vs Coat
Sew = So vs Saw
[=] Means the same pronunciation.
There are some things in this list that you should never make a mistake.
First is Soccer and Sucker. The left is the word "soccer" for sports, and the right is the word used when swearing.
Don't use it. Therefore, when you want to say soccer, pronounce it firmly with the long vowel [a:].
I have to do it.
The other is Ass and Ash. The left is the vulgar expression "buttocks" and the right is the "ash". Also the pronunciation of s and sh
Consonants that are often mistaken. If you don't pronounce it properly, you may make a mistake.
Let's pronounce it carefully.
"It looks similar at first glance, but the pronunciation is completely different (4)"
Know vs Knowledge
Carton vs Curtain
Bunk vs Bank
Row vs Raw
Corral vs Coral
Salient vs Saline
Compliant vs Complaint
Carve vs Curve vs Curb
Saturn vs Satan
Many students think that the know pronunciation and the know part of the knowledge pronunciation are the same pronunciation.
This is a really easy place to make mistakes. The pronunciation of know is the diphthong [oʊ], but of knowledge
The know part is [nάlɪdʒ], which is the long vowel [a]. Be careful not to become [noʊlɪdʒ].
"Words R and L with completely different pronunciations "
The following list is the difference between the consonants R and L. You guys make a clear distinction between R and L, and these words
Can you definitely pronounce it?
Fry vs Fly
Rock vs Lock
Rent vs Lent
Wrong vs Long
Royal vs Loyal
Grass vs Glass
Lunch vs Ranch
Glow vs Grow
To check if you can pronounce it properly, it is a good idea to actually record your own pronunciation and listen to it.
Doesn't both sound the same? If you think, both are pronounced as L with a good deal of probability
It's likely. In the case of the consonant R, the "intermediate sound" in our school when the tongue is wrapped tightly and swung down is
If it is not included, it tends to be heard as L. Master the pronunciation of R that winds tightly, and use the difference between R and L properly
Let's be able to!
"How can I understand the pronunciation at a glance?"
Today I've introduced a list of words that are easy to make mistakes, but now, when you look at the list of these words,
Is it "the phonetic symbols can be seen through"? Those who have taken our phonics seminar already know!
If you know the rules of how each spell is pronounced in phonics learning, you will be able to see the pronunciation.
The number of mistakes will decrease. Knowing the "relationship between spelling and phonetic symbols" is also a shortcut to correct pronunciation!
In this article, "Words that look similar at first glance, but have completely different pronunciations" and "Words that Japanese people tend to make mistakes"
I introduced that knowing the "relationship between spelling and phonetic symbols" is also a shortcut for making mistakes in pronunciation!
