Pronunciation- Good English pronunciation means that whatever you are speaking Other people can understand very easily. Which means we make a sound of words.
English is a kind of language in which cannot judge by the “word” that what will be its pronunciation.
Importance of correct pronunciation
We can assign the following reasons for the necessity and importance of correct pronunciation.
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First impression
When you meet someone and as soon as you start a conversation, that person will neither pay attention to your grammar nor your Vocabulary. That time only pronunciation is the determinant of Your first impression.
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Communication
If you are not well in English grammar then and you can run by using simple grammatical structures.
If your vocabulary is not good then you can use simple words but if your PRONOUNCE WORD is not well then it’s a fault, and you will face problems during communication with other people.
Is Your pronunciation?
You might be thinking that you can speak in your class, with teachers and also with your friends so show your pronunciation is good.
English is a foreign language for us our pronunciation maybe ok according to you there. but the reality is that your pronunciation is not good.
What’s good English pronunciation? (Standard English pronunciation)
Good English pronunciation means that whatever you are speaking Other people can understand very easily.
It is not necessary that your pronunciation is should be like an American style. There are two types of pronunciation in which American pronounce in a different way and Britishers speaks in a different way.
If you want to understand standard English pronunciation, Then you have to watch CNN, BBC like T.V channels for English “pronunciation”.
Learning the pronunciation
To pronounce words, we push air from our lungs upward via our throat and vocal cords through our mouth past our tongue and outside between our teeth and lips.
To change the sound that we are making, we mainly use the muscles of our mouth, tongue, and lips to control the shape of our mouth and the flow of air.
When we can control the shape of our mouth and the flow of air then our pronunciation is clearer and other men and women understand us easily.
What is Word Stress?
Word stress is the base of understanding Spoken English. A word is made by many syllables and when we pronounce a syllable by giving stress then that is called Word stress.
What are Syllables?
Every word is made by syllables. In a word, syllables can be more than one. The following are the examples of syllables by reading you can understand.
| WORD | SYLLABLE | Number of Syllables |
| Pen
House Table Photo Expensive Interesting Exceptional |
Pen
House Ta-ble Pho-to Ex-pen-sive In-ter-est-ing ex-cep-tion-al |
1
1 2 2 3 4 4 |
If you observe carefully then you will see in every syllable there at one Vowel is there or Vowel sound.
In English Spoken it is very important to know about Word Stress for good pronunciation. It is not used in every language. As Japanese, French, In these languages, there is the same syllable While in English you must have to know about word stress for good pronunciation.
In English, we have to pronounce some syllables effectively. Examples you can see-
- PHO TO GRAPH
In this word there is three-syllable but when we Pronounce PHO it needs stress.
- PHO TO GRAPH ER
In this word there is 4 syllable when we pronounce then we have to stress of TO.
Americans mostly care about word stress. During English Speaking If you care about your word stress then your pronunciation becomes good.
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Rules of Words Stress in English
- First of all, keep in mind That there can be only one stress in a Word.
- The only Vowel can be stressed not consonant
How to pronounce the words correctly?
English is not a phonetic language It means that we cannot pronounce a word by seeing its spelling. Some words like that whose spellings same but its pronunciation is different in different situations.
Example-
- I like to read(rid) this book.
- I have read(raid) this book.
Some words are like that whose spelling is different but pronunciation is the same
Example-
- I have read(raid) this novel.
- His favorite color is red(raid)
Most people make are a lot of mistakes during the pronunciation of English. in the English language, there are 26 letters in Alphabets in which five vowels are there( A, E, I, O, U) And 21 consonant letters.
If you want to make your pronunciation better then read carefully these rules which given below in Hindi.
HINDI
Pronunciation Of Vowels
Vowels(swar) A, E, I, O, U
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A के Pronunciation के नियम, A के प्रमुख pronunciation इस प्रकार है – आ, ए, ऐ, एअ |
- A= ऑ, आ
| All
Wall Call Small Stall Car Far Are |
ऑल
वॉल कॉल स्माल स्टॉल कार फॉर आर |
सब
दीवार बुलाना छोटा मेले की दुकान गाड़ी दूर है, हो |
- A= ऐ
| An
Can Fan Cat |
ऐन
कैन फैन कैट |
एक
बाल्टी पंखा बिल्ली |
- A = ( एअ )
| Care
Mare Fare Dare Ware |
केयर
मेयर फेयर डेयर वेयर |
परवाह
घोड़ी किराया साहस करना बर्तन |
- A ( Long pronunciation )
यदि A के आगे Y या I का प्रयोग हो तो A का pronunciation ए के समान हो जाता है,परंतु यह ए का Long pronunciation होता है |
| Bay
Day Say Main Brain Fay Gay Lay Maid Ray |
बे
डे से मेन ब्रेन फे गे ले मेड रे |
यदि A के आगे कोई Consonant और फिर e रखा हो, तो A का pronunciation ए के समान हो जाता है|
| Cage
Race Base Tape Sale Tale Face Make |
केज
रेस बेस टेप सेल टेल फेस मेक |
2. Rules of E pronunciation:-
- E = ए ( small pronunciation )
| Net
Beg Cent Fend Keck Less Bell Hell |
नेट
बेग सेंट फेड केक लेस बेल हेल |
- Ee = ई ( Long pronunciation )
| See
Bee Weep Sleep Deep Sweep |
सी
बी वि…प स्ली…प डी….प स्वी…प |
- E/eA = इ (Small pronunciation)
| Sea
Pea Beat Meat Mean Cheat Before |
सी
पी बीट मीट मीन चीट बिफोर |
There is no Pronunciation when E comes at last. Some Examples are here-
| Same
Name Lame Shame Bale Late Come |
से…म
ने….म ले…म शे…म बे…ल ले…ट क…म |
- Ew = इयू
| Dew
Sew New Few Blew Drew Mew Crew |
ड्यू
स्यू न्यू फ्यू ब्लयू ड्रीयू म्यू क्रयू |
3. Rules of I pronunciation:-
- I = इ
| Pin
Big Ship Trick Kill Shrink City |
पिन
बिग सीप ट्रिक किल श्रिंक सिटी |
- I = आई
| Kind
Hind Bind Blind Mild Child Kite |
काइंड
हाइंड बाइंड ब्लाइंड माइल्ड चाइल्ड काईट |
- I = आई
| Birth
Firm First Dirt Bird Girl Gird |
बर्थ
फर्म फर्स्ट र्डट बर्ड गर्ल गर्ड |
- I = ( आय )
| Fire
Admire Sire Hire Direct Dire wire |
फायर
ऐडमायर शायर हायर डायरेक्ट डायर वायर |
- Ei , ie = ई
| Recieve
Deceive Sieve Siege Tie Shield Diet Field Grieve |
रिसीव
डिसीव सीव सीज टाई शील्ड डाइट फील्ड ग्रीव |
4. Rules of O pronunciation ( अ, आ, ओ, उ,ऊ)
- O = ऑ
| Son
Come Done Some None |
सन
कम डन सम नान |
- O = आ
| Ox
Box Dot God Dog Conduct Doctor |
ऑक्स
बॉक्स डॉट गॉड डॉग कंडक्ट डॉक्टर |
- O = ओ
| Old
Gold Post Ghost Bold Cold |
ओल्ड
गोल्ड पोस्ट घोस्ट बोल्ड कोल्ड |
- Ow = ओ, आउ
| Row
Bow Grow How Cow |
रो
वो ग्रो हाउ काऊ |
- O = उ, ऊ
| Look
Cook Book Good Moon Boot |
लुक
कुक बुक गुड मून बूट |
- Oy = वाय
| Boy
Toy Joy Foyer Coy |
बॉय
टॉय जॉय फायर कोय |
- Rules of U pronunciation ( अ, उ, ऊ, यू, यो)
- U = अ
| Cup
Tub Hut Sun Mud Curd Bus |
कप
टब हट सन म कड बस |
- U = उ
| Put
Push Bull Bush Full |
पुट
पुश बुल बुश फुल |
- U = यू , यो
| Duty
Durable Cure Pure |
ड्यूटी
ड्यूरेबल क्योंर प्योर |
- Pronunciation of Y, Y is used as Semi vowel
- Y = ई
| Policy
Icy Greedy Hearty |
पॉलिसी
आईसी ग्रीडी हार्टी |
- Y = आय
| Type
Pyre Tyrant Typhoid |
टाइप
पायर टैरेट टाइफाइड |
- Y = आई
| Dyke
Type Dynasty Tycoon |
डाइक
टाइप डायनेस्टी टायकून |
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