The International Phonetic Alphabet
IPA
is a system
for writing sounds.
And today I will show you
all the sounds
you will need
for speaking English
in under five minutes.
Let’s go!
/θ/
Thick /θɪk/
Thin /θɪn/
/θ/
/ð/
This /ðıs/
That /ðæt/
/ð/
/f/
Fan /fæn/
/f/
/v/
Van /væn/
/v/
/s/
Seek /siːk/
/s/
/z/
Zone /zəʊn/
/z/
/b/
Bib /bɪb/
/b/
/p/
Pip /pɪp/
/p/
/t/
Tat /tæt/
/t/
/d/
Dad /dæd/
/d/
/k/
Kick /kɪk/
/k/
/g/
Gig /ɡɪɡ/
/g/
/ʧ/
Chair /tʃeə/
/ʧ/
/ʤ/
Joy /dʒɔɪ/
/ʤ/
/ʃ/
Shoe /ʃuː/
/ʃ/
/ʒ/
Measure /ˈmeʒə/
/ʒ/
/ŋ/
Singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
/ŋ/
/m/
Mine /maɪn/
/m/
/n/
Nine /naɪn/
/n/
/h/
Home /həʊm/
/h/
/r/
Real /rɪəl/
/r/
/j/
Yes /jes/
/j/
/w/
Wow /waʊ/
/w/
/l/
Like /laɪk/
/l/
/ɫ/
Full /fʊɫ/
/ɫ/
/iː/
See /siː/
/iː/
/ɑː/
Car /kɑː/
/ɑː/
/ɔː/
For /fɔː/
/ɔː/
/uː/
Who /huː/
/uː/
/ɜː/
Her /hɜː/
/ɜː/
/ɪ/
Pit /pɪt/
/ɪ/
/e/
pet /pet/
/e/
/æ/
Pat /pæt/
/æ/
/ɒ/
Pot /pɒt/
/ɒ/
/ʊ/
Good /ɡʊd/
/ʊ/
/ʌ/
Love /lʌv/
/ʌ/
/ə/
The /ðə/
/ə/
/i/
Very /ˈveri/
/i/
/eɪ/
Hey /heɪ/
/əʊ/
Go /ɡəʊ/
/əʊ/
/aɪ/
My /maɪ/
/aɪ/
/aʊ/
Now /naʊ/
/aʊ/
/ɔɪ/
Boy /bɔɪ/
/ɔɪ/
/ɪə/
Here /hɪə/
/ɪə/
/eə/
Care /keə/
/eə/
Whew!
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Oh dear,
ever so slightly miss the mark there.
Please forgive me!
So the next question
is, how can I
memorise the IPA symbols?
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for remembering the IPA.