Hello.. I am learning english I've heard there are some rules for the pronunciation of the regular verbs? could you tell me? byeee
2006-09-16 16:50:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I hope this may help you with regard to the Past Simple, which is the only area where there are definite rules about pronunciation. The '-ed' ending has 3 different sounds. If the verb ends with a voiced sound and your vocal cords vibrate when saying it (move, answer, discover, for example), the ending is pronounced /d/. If the verb ends in a voiceless sound, where the vocal cords do not vibrate (wash, ask, search), the ending is pronounced /t/. Finally, if the verb ends with a t or a d, the '-ed' is always pronounced /id/. Hope this is what you are looking for.
2006-09-16 17:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by so_it_goes_2512 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There's a good book, Gimson's pronounciation of English. 340 pages full of rules concerning the ponounciation of words, stress patterns and rules in connected speech.
There may be something useful for you
2006-09-17 07:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by kobayashi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no rules for pronunciation of regular verbs. Verb conjugations are grammatical and pronunciations are phonetic. The one does not dictate the other.
2006-09-17 01:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by elk312 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, the only rule in the English Language is "Where there's a rule, ignore it most of the time!"
2006-09-16 23:57:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sir. First of all concentrate on the capitalisation of words requiring it (English), punctuation and as the saying goes, '' The Hawaiian homosexual shall follow''.
2006-09-17 00:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by lewy r 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
inglish has know rools.
2006-09-17 00:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋