How to pronounce the English letter a

There are 26 English letters, including 5 vowels and 2 1 consonants. The five vowels are: a[ei], e[i:] and i[? Ai], o[eu], u[ju:]. Next, introduce the pronunciation rules respectively.

First, the pronunciation rules of A

The pronunciation of A/A is complicated, which can be summarized into nine situations:

(1) Read [e? ]。 For example: plane【ple? N], Rudd? o[？ re？ d？ U], wake up [us? K], paper [? pe？ p？ ]

But remember one exception: have is pronounced [h? V] instead of [him? v].

(2) read [e? ]。 For example: change [t? e？ nd？ ], strange [stre? nd？ ], arrange [re? nd？ ]。

(3) generally read [? ]。 For example: activities [? k？ t？ v？ t？ 】, transcript? About [? tr？ n？ skr？ p？ n]

Sometimes it is pronounced [? ], such as: accept [? k？ September], Atlantic [? t？ l？ nt？ k].

(4) Reading unstressed syllables [? ]。 For example: matter [? s？ bst？ Ns], breakfast [? Breckoff? St], woman [? wum？ n].

(5) In the unstressed syllable of "A consonant letter (except R and W)+silent E", it is generally pronounced as [? ]。 Such as comrade [? k？ m r？ D], courage [? k？ r？ d？ ]。

(6) reading [? ]。 For example: what [w? T], whatever [w? t？ ev？ ]。 Whales are an exception. This word is pronounced [We? l].

(7) reading [? ] or [? ], such as: water [? W? t？ ], table [w? T], wandering [? W? nd？ ], wave and wake are exceptions and should be pronounced [we? V] and [we? k].

(8) read [? ]。 For example: challenge [tk] tall [t? I always? Z] talk [t? k]，

But should it? L] valley [? v？ l？ ] shallow [l? Read u] as [? ], the wallet says [? W? l？ t].

(9) In the following cases, A makes a sound [a:]:

① Before S, such as: class [kla:s], grass [gra:s], fast [fa:st], basket [? Ba: sk? t]

There are exceptions, such as rushing [him? St] and taste[te? St], and passage is pronounced according to the rule of stressing closed syllables, which is pronounced as [? p？ s？ d？ ]。

② Before "m/n+ consonant", for example: advance[? d？ French dance.

The exception is Shanda [gr? nd].

③ Before th, for example: path[pa:θ] instead of [? ra:？ ]。

④ Before lm, such as: calm [ka:m] palm [pa:m].

⑤ Before LF, such as: half [ha:f] calf [ka:f].

Before f, for example, after staff[sta:f] [? A: ft? ] afternoon [? A: ft? Anger: n].

Second, the pronunciation rules of vowel letter E

E/E and the combination of E/E and other letters appear in many English words, and their pronunciation rules are as follows:

(1) In stressed opening syllables, e is usually pronounced as [i:] or [? ]。

[Me:] Like her and him.

② [? ] For example, zero hero is serious

(2) In stressed closed syllables, e is generally pronounced as [e], for example, set bed ten Pen.

(3) In unstressed syllables, e is generally pronounced as [? ] or [? ]。

①[? ] excuse of enemy eleven

②[? ] For example, students open their children.

(4) Pronunciation of e and other letter combinations:

(1) ea can generally be read as:

[Me:] For example, repeat reading seafood meat.

[e] For example, bread weather breakfast.

[? ] for example, the real idea theater

【e？ For example, a great breakthrough

2 ee is generally pronounced as [i:], such as meeting a jeep and sleeping with a sheep.

③er is generally pronounced as [? ], for example: $ term verb affirmative; ;

At the end of a word, it is usually pronounced [? Teachers and workers are clever.

④ear is generally pronounced as:

[? ] For example, early earth learning

【e？ ] such as bear wear.

[? ] for example, hearing near dear

[a:] For example, the heart

⑤eer is generally pronounced as [? ], for example, pioneer engineer

⑥eir is generally pronounced as [e? ], for example, their

⑦ere is generally pronounced as [e? ]: for example: where there

Or [? ]: For example, mere here.

⑧ew is often pronounced as [u:], for example, blew grew flew.

Shop assistants, clerks. ]

Third, the pronunciation rules of I.

(1) I saw [a? ]。 For example: bicycle [? Ba? s？ Kl], Friday [? fra？ d？ ]，private[？ pra？ v？ T], drive [dra? V]

(2) The suffix of disyllabic words is "consonant+le", and what comes before it? When the syllable is absolutely open, read [a? ]。 For example: title [? ta？ Tl], the bible [? Ba? Bl], rifle [ra? Florida].

(3)In-high, -right, -ign, -ild, -ind, I read [a? ]。 For example: bright [? Bra? T], high [huh? ], son [t? Answer? Ld]. But there are exceptions, such as children [? t？ ldr？ n]，w？ nd[w？ nd].

(4) In the suffix -ile, -ite, -ise, -ize, -wise,? Read [a? ]。 For example: advertising [? dv？ ta？ Z], crocodile [? kr？ k？ Da? L], appetite [? p？ ta？ T], realize [? r？ Los Angeles? Z], otherwise [wa? z].

(5) In the suffix -ique, I read [i:]. For example: ancient style [? n？ Ti:k], technology [tek? Ni:k], unique [ju? Ni: k].

(6) I read [? ]。 For example: big city vegetable boy skips money.

(7) I read [? ]。 For example, five different historical mixed village champions.

Fourth, the pronunciation rules of O

(1)o reading [? U]. For example, notice to close the ocean at the moment of progress.

(2) When words end in -ia, -ial, -ian, -iate, -io, -ion, -ious, -ium, etc. And there is only one consonant in front of it (except r), o reads [? U]. For example: associate[? s？ u？ e？ T], invest [d? v？ u？ N], Mongolia [mg? lj？ ]。

(3) Disyllabic words are -a, -al, -an, -ar, -en,-? When ve, -o, -on, -or, -our, -um,-us, -y, o reads [? U]. For example: break, game, open, steal, lotus.

(4) In disyllabic words and polysyllabic words, O is pronounced as [? U]. For example, being alone [? l？ Un], postpone [p? ust？ p？ Un], explosion [? ks？ pl？ ud]

(5) In -old，-oll，-ost，o reads [？ U]. For example, an almost cold station.

(6) o Read the end of the word [? For example, there is also piano tobacco

(7) The suffix of disyllabic words is "o+ consonant letter +e", and O is also pronounced as [? U]. For example: telephone envelope

(8) Read [u:] in move, prove and their derivatives, such as move approve.

Pronunciation rules of verb (verb) u

The pronunciation rules of the letter u/u and the combination of u/u and other letters are as follows:

(1) At the stress opening, u is usually:

(1)[ home:], for example, for students.

② Read [u:] after the letters L, R and J, for example, blue rule June.

(2) In stressed closed syllables, generally reading and doing:

①[? ], for example, but the bus cup

②[u], for example, fill it up.

(3) In unstressed syllables, reading is generally done as follows:

①[? ], for example, suggest according to assumptions

(2) [in] such as communist occupation.

③ Read [u] after the letters L, R and J, for example, instrument.

④ u Read the suffix -ute, [ju:] in -ude, such as institute attitude.

But in minutes [? m？ n？ T] middle u reads [? ]

(4) pronunciation combined with other letters:

1 ur, with two pronunciations:

Read [? ], for example, transfer to a nurse

Pronounced as [? ], for example: Saturday noise

②ure, with three pronunciations:

[home? ], for example, pure cure

【u？ ], for example, of course

[? ], for example, the picture is in pleasure

③ui, generally there are four pronunciations:

For example, a suit.

[home? ], or [ju:? ], such as: suicide [? sju？ Sa? tuition

Read [u:] after the letters l, r and j for example: fruit? Fruit juice, or pronounced [u? ], for example, fluid destruction

The exception is that suite is pronounced [sw? :t]

It is generally pronounced as [kw], for example, asking questions quickly?

Extended content: vowels of various countries.

United States: In American English, A, E, I, O and U are vowels.

Italian: A, E, I, O and U are vowels.

German: a, e, I, o, u and vowel changes? 、? , ü is a vowel with no consonant or only one consonant.

French: A, E, I, O, U and Y are vowels.

Russian: а, её, и, о, у, ы, э, ю and я are vowels. The pronunciation of each vowel letter is basically fixed, but vowels е, о and G should be pronounced а, и in unstressed syllables.