LESSON NO.2
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION : An INFALLIBLE WAY OF LEARNING
SPONTANEOUS & ENCHANTING ENGLISH : NOBODY EVER LEARNT SANSKRIT WITHOUT
LOUD RECITATION. SIMILARLY, IN ENGLISH TOO , THERE IS NO OTHER METHOD OF
MASTERING SPOKEN ENGLISH EXCEPT THE METHOD OF “DAILY"
LOUD RECITATION OF WORDS HAVING THE KEY OF THEIR PRONUNCIATION.
A thorough understanding of this key given below is absolutely imperative for every reader
before starting regular loud recitation.
The
system is:
1. a as in
gate ay
as father ah
as hat a
2. e as
in feet ee
as
get e
3.
i as
in fight y*
as in
fit i
4.
o as
in note oh
as rot o
5. u as
in union yoo
as tune ew
as cut u
In
these words:
1,
‘s’ is always
soft:
2.
‘z’ always hard:
3.
‘k’ = hard ‘c’;
4.
‘th’ as in ‘things’ is described as unvoiced,
5.
and in ‘the’ this word is voiced.
N.B.:
y* represent the long “i” .
For example: “iodine” is represented as “eye-oh-din” “idyll” as “eye-dil”
“fragile” as “fraj-yl” “eye” has been used to represent an initial long
“i” (“idyll” as “eye-dil”). “-ile” has
been use for such endings as –ite, -ize, and –ire. However, “-yn” has been used
“-ine” in order to distinguish this ending from “-een, and “-in”.
21. aerial (adj. and noun), ayer-i-al
22. affix (verb), a f-fix; (noun) af-fix
23. again, a-gen,
24. against a-genst
25. aggrandize:
ag- ran-dize: aggrandize-ment: ( a-gran-diz-ment)
26. agile aj-ile
27. alibi al-i-by
28. alkali,
alkaline al-ka-li; al-ka-lyn
29. ally,
allies al-ly,
al-lyz
30. amateur am-a-ter
31. amenable
a-mee-na-ble
32. amenity
a-men-it-i
33. amoeba
a-mee-ba
34. amoral
ay-mor-al
35. amour
a-moor
36. anaemic
a-nee-mik
37. analogous
a-nal-o-gus
38. anchylosis
ang-ki-lo-sis
39. annex
(verb) an-nex
40. annihilate*
silent ‘h’
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