PHONETICS SYMBOLS

PHONETIC ALPHABET CHART

(CUADRO FONÉTICO DEL ALFABETO)

ENGLISH VOWELS (sonidos vocálicos)
SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)	SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)	SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)
1.   /a:/  park	a(r)= bar, ear=heart, al=half, au=laugh	5. /i/   live	i=live, y=happy, e=video, a=orange	9. /u/  put	u=put, oo=cook, ou=should, o=woman
2.    /æ/ man	a= match, have, hand, happy	6. /i:/  read	ee=free, ea=eat, ie=piece, e=she	10./u:/ moon	oo=soon, u=flu, ou=you, o=do, ue=blue, ui=juice, oe=shoe
3.   /ʌ/   sun	u=but, o=Monday,       ou=young, oo=flood	7. /Ɔ/  not	o=box, a=want, ou= cough, au=because	11. /ə/  ago	er=mother
4.   /e/   red	e=web, ea=head	8. /Ɔ:/ short	or=short, oor= poor, aw=dawn, ar=war oar=board, al=tall	12. /ə:/ work	ir=first, ear=earth, ur=nurse, or=word

ENGLISH DIPHTHONGS (diptongos)
SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)	SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)	SOUND (SONIDO)	GRAPHEME (GRAFÍAS)
1.  /ai/   buy	y=my, i=night, ie=tie, ye=bye, uy=buy, eye=eye	4.  /eə/ fair	are=care,ear=bear air=hair, ere=there	7. /uə/ poor	Ou=tour, ure=pure Eu=Europe,
2.  /au/ now	ou=house, ow= show	5.  /iə/ here	eer=deer,ere=here ear=near	8. /əu/ don’t	o=so, oa=boat, oe=toe, ow=know
3.    /ei/  say	ei=eight, ay=day, ai=wait	6.  /Ɔi/ toy	oi=oil, oy=boy, awy=lawyer

ENGLISH SEMI-VOWELS (semivocales)
/j/	y=yes, yesterday, e= Europe	/w/	w=wet, want, we,  o=one, u=question

All vowels, diphthongs and semi-vowels sounds are voiced (sonoras)

ENGLISH CONSONANTS (sonidos consonanticos)

PLOSIVES

FRICATIVES

NASALS

Voiceless

Voiced

Voiceless

Voiced

Voiced

/p/

p= pen, ape, paper

/b/

b=blue, about, boy

/f/

gh=tough f=first ph=photo

/v/

v=very, love f=of

/m/

/t/m

t= toy, ten *ver pasados

/d/

d=desk,dear *ver pasados

/θ/      thi

th=think, thanks

/ð/        this

th=this, the

/n/           night

/k/    come

c=car,k=lookx=taxi

/g/

g=good, gun

/s/       se

/z/        zoo

/ŋ/           sing

/∫/      ship

/ʒ/    leisure

AFFRICATES

/r/         ring

LATERAL

Voiceless

Voiced

/h/      happy

Voiced

/ʧ/

tch=watch ch=much t=picture

/ʤ/

ge=age j=just g=gin

/l/

PRONUNCIATION REGULAR PAST TENSE ENDING “-ED”
Phonetic sound (sonido fonético)	/id/	/t/	/d/
Definition (Definición)	Si el verbo termina en: “t” o “d”	Si el verbo termina en consonante sorda (voiceless): /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /θ/, /∫/, /h/, /ʧ/	Si el verbo termina en vocal o consonante sonora (voiced): /b/, /g/,/v/, /ð/, /z/, /ʒ/, /r/, /ʤ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/
Examples (Ejemplos)	wanted, added, decided,	helped, worked, laughed, crossed, fished, watched	freed, dared, played, showed, loved, pleased, judged, seemed, planned, winged, called,

PRONUNCIATION PLURAL NOUNS AND 3RD PERSON SINGULAR PRESENT SIMPLE VERBS ENDING: “-S” O “-ES”
Phonetic sound (sonido fonético)	/iz/	/s/	/z/
Definition (Definición)	Si la palabra termina en un sonido silbante: /s/, /z/, /∫/, /h/, /f/	Si la palabra termina en consonante sorda no sibilante (voiceless): /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/,  /θ/, /h/, /ʧ/	Si la palabra termina en vocal o consonante sonora no sibilante(voiced): /b/,/d/,  /g/,/v/, /ð/,  /ʒ/, /r/, /ʤ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/
Examples (Ejemplos)	passes, faces, watches, dishes	Cats, likes, stops	stays, birds, bags

EXERCISES