Pronouncing the Letters

Question 1

How do you pronounce…

K

Answer 1

This is pronounced like the “k” in “keep” or “g” in “give.”

Question 2

How do you pronounce…

L

Answer 2

This is pronounced like the “l” in “lip” or “r” in “rip.”

Question 3

How do you pronounce…

S

Answer 3

This is pronounced like the “sh” in “ship,” “s” in “sip,” “z” in “zip,” or “s” in “pleaure.”

Question 4

How do you pronounce…

T

Answer 4

This is pronounced like the “t” in “tip” or “d” in “dip.”

Question 5

How do you pronounce…

F

Answer 5

This is pronounced like the “f” in “fib” or “v” in “vibe.”

Question 6

How do you pronounce…

P

Answer 6

This is pronounced like the “p” in “pip” or “b” in “bib”

Question 7

How do you pronounce…

H

Answer 7

This is pronounced like the “h” in “hip,” “w” in “whip,” “y” in “yipe,” or not at all.

Question 8

How do you pronounce…

u

Answer 8

This is pronounced like the “u” in “putt”.

Question 9

How do you pronounce…

w

Answer 9

This is pronounced like the “o” in “boot”.

Question 10

How do you pronounce…

i

Answer 10

This is pronounced like a mixture between the “i” in “pit” and the “ew” in “few”.

Question 11

How do you pronounce…

y

Answer 11

This is pronounced like the “ee” in “beet”.

Question 12

How do you pronounce…

e

Answer 12

This is pronounced like a mixture in between the “e” in “pet” and the “a” in “pat”.

Question 13

How do you pronounce…

a

Answer 13

This is pronounced like the “o” in “pot”.

Question 14

How do you pronounce…

o

Answer 14

This is pronounced like the “u” in “put”.

Question 15

Is the precise pronunciation of the consonants important?

Answer 15

No. Actually, each consonant can be pronounced multiple ways. For example, “P” can be pronounced like the “p” in “pit” or the “b” in “bit.” However, only the most standard pronunciations are presented throughout the rest of this app.

Question 16

Is the precise pronunciation of the vowels important?

Answer 16

Yes. Since some of the vowels are extremely close, and because the vowels blend in such distinct ways, pronouncing the vowels as precisely as possible is very important.

Question 17

How do you pronounce…

…“u”, “i”, and “e” when they are followed by “o”?

Answer 17

“uo” is pronounced much like “uw”, like the sound in “boat” . “io” is pronounced much like “iy”, like the word “we”. “eo” is pronounced much like “ea”, like the sound in “bout”.

Question 18

How do you pronounce…

…“w”, “y”, and “a” when they are followed by “o”?

Answer 18

“wo” is simply pronounced “oo-uh”, but can be pronounced “wuh” . “yo” is simply pronounced “ee-uh”, but can be pronounced “yuh”. “ao” is pronounced much like “ay”, like the sound in “bite”.