Hi there this is the /d/ sound. As in the words:
do /duː/
day /deɪ/
die /daɪ/
It is a sound from the ‘Consonants Pairs’
group and it is called the ‘Voiced alveolar stop’. This means that you stop the airflow
between your tongue and the ridge behind your teeth.
The /d/ sound is made through the mouth and it is Voiced which means that you vibrate
your vocal chords to make the sound. It is defined by the motion of your tongue
and it is a stop sound, which is a sound made by building up air pressure by stopping air
flow and then releasing it. In this case you stop the airflow the your tongue against the
area behind the top teeth. To produce the sound block the airflow by
placing your tongue behind the top teeth, then release the pressure by pulling the tongue
back into your mouth, while voicing out.
/d/ /d/ /d/
The /d/ sound is normally spelled with the
letter 'd' as in the words:
down /daʊn/
president /ˈprezədənt/
already /ɔːlˈredi/
read /riːd/
Here are some words that begin with the /d/ sound:
director /dəˈrektə/
data /ˈdeɪtə/
derive /deraɪv/
develop /dɪˈveləp/
Here are some words with the /d/ sound in the middle:
idea /aɪˈdɪə/
understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/
already /ɔːlˈredi/
education /ˌedjʊˈkeɪʆən/
Here are some words with the /d/ sound at the end:
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/
kind /kaɪnd/
word /wɜːd/
friend /frend/
So, that’s it for the /d/ sound, but we
have made additional videos on each of the groups of sounds Vowels, Diphthongs, Single
Consonants, or Consonant Pairs as well as a video explaining the the phonetic chart.
You can also click on any of the symbols behind me to see a similar video with lots of examples
and an explanation of how to pronounce that sound.
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