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So hot today, guys!
I'm in this studio and it is hot. It is hot. So sorry if I get a little bit shiny during this episode
Anyway, guys, welcome to this episode of Aussie English. I am Pete, your host and today
I want to help you learn how to pronounce words, verbs, ending in ED. Ok? There's three rules. They're easy
Let's do this!
Alright, so there are three rules in English and that is because there are three different
Pronunciations of ED in English for these past participial words, right?
Why three rules? What the hell? Why are there three different ways of pronouncing these words?
The reason is because the ends of the words, the end of the verb
Onto which you put the ED, the sound that is made there determines how the ED is pronounced
Ok? And mastering this is going to help you sound much more like and native when you speak English
Ok, so the three different sounds are
You guys probably already know this, but we need to learn when and why to put them in certain places. Ok?
Alright, so rule number one, guys, rule number one is that when a verb, in the infinitive of a verb
Ends with a vowel sound or a voiced consonant
You need to put /d/ on the end of it, right? and /d/ is a voiced consonant
You should be able to feel vibrations in your throat and they're voiced,
vowels here and obviously the consonants, because there are
Vibrations in the throat so, you can check that by putting your hand here when you say the words. So, for example
Appeared
Its voiced. Appeared.
Borrowed. Borrowed
Arrived
Paused
Killed
Cried
Judged
Judge
Weighed
Alright, rule number 2
So, now when you have a word that ends in a consonant that isn't voiced
There's no vibrations in the throat that the sound that you have to use is an unvoiced consonant
Unvoiced ending, unvoiced consonant
So, for example:
Asked
It's not voiced, no vibrations
Passed
Danced
Pushed
Reached. Reached
Fixed
Laughed ha ha ha ha laughed
Stamped
Alright!
and the last rule, the last rule is
That when a verb already ends with one of those two sounds that T or the D
We need to add a vowel in there between those two sounds
So, that it sounds more natural when we say these words and we put the schwa in there. Ok? So, for example
Wanted
Needed
Waited
Aided
Cheated
Ended
Good job, guys! So, that's really all there is to it. That's all she wrote. That's all there is to it!
So, recapping, let's go over things again. Rule number one: you need to put a /d/, a voiced /d/ sound
On the end of a word that has a voiced sound at the end
There can be a vowel or that can be a voiced consonant
for example:
Warned
Played
Phased
Rule number two was we put a /t/ sound
On the end if the end of the word is a consonant that isn't voiced, no vibrations, for example:
Walked
Fetched
Flipped
And then if the word already ends with a /t/ or a /d/ sound, a T or D
We need to add a schwa and a /d/ sound on the end
For example?
Waited
Needed
Wanted
Alright, great job! You've done really, really well. Now, let's do a little quiz here, guys. So I'm gonna say a bunch of words
I'm gonna say the infinitive first and I want you to convert this into the past participle, see if you get the pronunciation
right, and then after that I'm going to say the past participle so you can check if you nailed it, ok? So let's do this!
Look
Looked
Puff
Puffed
Need
Needed
Plaster
Plastered
Watch
Watched
Play
Played
Bake
Baked
Evolve
Evolved
Change
Changed
Warn
Warned
Stab
Stabbed
Face
Faced
End
Ended
Great job, guys! Now, I know these will suck. They are hard to learn, but practice makes perfect
Keep going over these things, keep doing these pronunciation exercises
And that's the best way to learn them subconsciously so, you don't have to think is it an /ed/
Is it a /d/ is it a /t/? Do these exercises
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Og my God, guys
Such a hot day
Looking forward to winter. It's funny in Australia
You get like, at least here in the South, you get a summer that's long enough
That just starts disappearing into winter and you're sort of like, yes
Finally winter and then winters sort of long enough that you want summer at the end again