2006-11-28 09:25:09 · 6 answers · asked by thù tỉ tỉ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I would pronounce 'heard' like 'herd' - listen online to this:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?hear0002.wav=heard
and 'hurt' like 'hirt' - listen to this on: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?hurt0001.wav=hurt
Good luck!
2006-11-28 09:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by solstice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heard is pronounced like HERD or HURD.
Hurt is pronounced just as it looks HURT. HERT.
They sound the same except substituting t & d at the end.
To make matters really complicated heart is a combination of the two & is pronounced like HART. Sometimes the a is silent, sometimes e is silent. I feel bad for people trying to learn english!
2006-11-28 17:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only differences in sound is at the end of the two words. The /d/ sound is voiced (produced by vibrating the vocal cords) and the /t/ sound is voiceless. These two phomemes (/d/ and /t/) are equivalents in the English language. You can make the /t/ sound by placing your tongue just at the upper gum line and pushing air out between your front teeth. Then you can make the /d/ sound by placing your tongue just above your upper gum line and using your vocal cords.
2006-11-28 17:53:41 · answer #3 · answered by amy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same vowel sound - can't represent it in Yahoo Answers - but assuming you know the vowel sound (let's call is "oe"), then:
/hoed/
/hoet/
PS I'm referring to British English.
2006-11-28 17:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heard- hurd
hurt- hurt with the urt sound
2006-11-28 17:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heard : he rd
Hurt: Hrt
2006-11-28 17:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by Maro's mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋