English for Beginners Lecture 1 - Sounds E adevarat ca alfabetul limbii engleza e aproape la fel ca cel limbii romana, dar sunete sunt foarte diferite. Literele in engleza au multe diferite feluri de sunete. A – short: and, as, after A – long: ale, make, lame (ei bine) A – stall, fall, talk (lasa) AR – bark, dark AU – haul, maul (sala) AW – raw, awe, law (mama) B – bed, bad (bebe) BL – blanket, blood (blog) BR – brown, break (membru) C – cat, cold, cup (curs) CH – chin, ouch (celula) CL – clock, clown (videoclip) CR – cry, crust (lacrimi) C – cereal, century (soldat) D – dog, dark (dinti) DR – dry, drag (drum) E – short: pen, men, slept (pensiun) E – long: feet, revoke, defend (ispită) ER – her, were, murder F – fat, feet (folos) FL – fy, fip (foricel) FR – french fries (cifra) G – got, gorilla (gorila) GL – glue, glory (gloria) GR – great, grand, grass (greu) GHT – fght, light, taught (telemea) H – have, helicopter (hipopotam) I – short: it, in, image (close: mega image) I – long: tie, lie, island (mai) IR – bird, irk J – job, Jake, January (generatie) K – kick, kitchen (calendar) L – lid, like (lampa) M – mop, man (Mihai) N – not, no, nine (noua) NG – ring, song NK – rink, sink, stink NGTH – strength, length O – short: top, hop, olive (tramvai) O – long: coat, toe, only (modern)
OI – foil (oile) OO – mood, book, look OU – ouch, loud (au) OW – wow, now (au) OY – boy, toy (oile) OR – fork, pork, stork P – pan, pot, up (paine) PH – telephone, philosopher (folos) PL – play, please (placere) PR – prize, price (pret) PS – psychology, psychotic (supa) Q – quiet, quick R – run, road (close: restaurant) S – sit, sun (soare) S – vision (jignit) SC – scissors (sau) SH – ship, push (șobolan) SK – ski, sky, skate (scanare) SL – slow, slap (slab) SP – spot, speed (spalatorie) ST – street, stop (stop) SW – sweet, sweater (persoana) SPR – spring, spray (Springtime) STR – stripe, strap (stralucire) T – to, two, take (Turcia) TH – soft: thing, throw TH – hard: this, though, then TR – tree, try (tron) U – short: up, under, cup (răbdare) U – long: rule, blue (umbrela) U – mule, hue, universe, unicorn (tarziu) U – pull, full UR - hurt, burnt, murder V – van, vehicle (vehicul) W – woman, witch, with (oameni) WH – when, white (oameni) X – excellent, exam (examen) Y – yellow, yin and yang (ieri) Z – zipper, zoo (zoologica)
