International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)










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44 Sounds

 

7 Short Vowels→/i /, /ʊ/, /ʌ/, /ɒ /, /ə/, /e/, /æ/

5 Long Vowels→/iː/, /u:/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/, /ɜ:/

8 Diphthongs→ /iə/, /ʊə/, /ai/, /ɔi/, /əʊ/, /eə/, /aʊ/, /ei/

24 Consonants→/p/ ,  /t/,  /tʃ/, /k/, /f/, /θ/, /s/, /ʃ/,  /b/, /d/, /dʒ/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /z/, /ʒ/,/m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /h/, /l/, /r/, /w/, /j/

 

 

 

 

 

The 7 Short Vowel Sounds

 

1.   æ  → e - a arası, kısa ea, ağzı açarak e

cat, had, hat, fat, bat

The fat man had a hat.

 

2.   e / ɛ → normal e (Türkçe’deki açık e), kısa eı

set, get, let, met

Let me get the set.

 

***Türkçe’de e

Açık e→ ege,egemen,şeker,şeftali,şener,eğlence,şen,eylem

Kapalı e→dedi,eski gece,mendil,temsil.benzin,elli

 

3.   ɒ → o - a arası, kısa oa, o’ya yakın

on, hot, box, want

It’s hot in the box.

 

4.   ʊ → ı - u arası, kısa ıu, dudağı uzatarak u

good, would, could, should

I would if I could but I don’t know if I should.

 

5.   i /ı → ı-i arası, kısa iı

 did, it, hit, bit, kiss, miss

Did he kiss?

I fit my fitbit onto my wrist.

 

6.   ʌ→ a -ı arası, kısa aı

but, butter, tongue

But the butter is kaput!

 

 

7.   ə (schwa)ı benzeri, kısa ıa, açık ı, ağzı a der gibi aç ı de

banana, a/an, about, another, the

I want another banana or an apple.

 

***5 ünlü  (a e ı o u + y) ə sesiyle okunabilir

balloon,banana,problem,family,support,analysis

 

***ə (schwa): unstressed syllables(vurgusuz heceler) yutulur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 5 Long Vowel Sounds

 

1.   i: → uzun i

we,she,he,sheep,cheap,Jeep

We liked the cheap jeep.

 

2.   ɜː→ ı-ö arası, uzun ıö

fur,her,were.third

 

3.   ɑː →uzun a

***British English R r /a:/ →car /ka:/

car,bar,far

My car was outside the bar and it’s very far…

 

4.   ɔː →uzun o, dar o, normal o

four , tall, door,

***walk /w ɔːk/, talk /t ɔːk/

 

5.   → uzun u, uzun üu

rude,food,dude

The dude was rude when he was eating food.

 

 

 

The 8 Diphtong Vowel Sounds

 

1.   /ɪə/  ıyı

beer,near,hear,fear

I fear the beer hall is not near here.

 

 

 

2.   /ʊə/ 

tour, poor

 

 

 

3.    /eə/   

air, pear, hair, there, where

 

 

 

 

4.   /eɪ/ → ey

 hey, stay, lay, bay, day

That day, I didn’t pay to stay in the bay.

 

 

 

5.   /ɔɪ/ → oy

boy, toy, joy

 

 

6.   /aɪ/ → ay

sky,why,high,die

 

 

7.   /əʊ/ → ou

snow,no, boat,show,go,row, coat,

Oh no, It’s snowing!

 

 

8.   /aʊ/ →au

now, how, mouth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 24 Consonant Sounds

 

b → bad, lab

d → did, lady

f → find, if

g → give, flag

h → how, hello

j → yes, yellow

k → cat, back

l→ leg, little

n→ no, ten

ŋ→ sing, finger

p→ pet, map

r→ red, try

s→ sun, miss

ʃ→ she, crash

t→ tea, getting

→ check, church

θ→ think, both

ð→ this, mother

v→ voice, five

w→ wet, window

z→ zoo, lazy

ʒ→ pleasure, vision

→ just, large

 

***  ‘ before the stressed syllable in a word

 

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