Moze to ci troche pomorze: (vindex twierdzi ze do wymowy BrE nie bardzo sie dobrze dotyczy, ale AmE to TAK.)
Zapamnietaj sobie to zdanie:
"Her first nurse works early"
The following phonograms: er, ir, ur, wor, and ear all make the sound "er"
The order of the phrase above is important. It tells you which "er" sounding phonogram is most frequently encountered (er=the most, ear=the least)
er = fern, germ, term, stern itd
ir = girl, squirrel, first, twirl, dirt, stir itd
ur = burn, nurse, hurt, itd
wor = work, worth, worm, word itd
ear = early, earth, learn, itd
pozdro
siuniab 8 Maj 2009, 01:17 odpowiedz
the "ear" phonogram is tricky.
More examples: earn, heard, earl, pearl, search, yearn, earnest
You have to determine how the word is constructed.
ucho= ea + r = ear
sluchac = h + ea + r = hear
salutation: d+ ea+ r = dear
Beard: b+ ea + r + d = beard
some exceptions for "wor" also exist: sword, sworn, worn (these words take -or- construction
more "wor" examples: world, worse, whorl,worship, worry
English is a language with few hard and fast rules, but hundreds of exceptions.
vindex 8 Maj 2009, 01:36 odpowiedz
> hundreds of exceptions
Indeed. Just for the record, let me add that 'current, squirrel, worry' and a couple of other words are generally not pronounced with the 'nurse' vowel in the UK.
siuniab 8 Maj 2009, 02:48 odpowiedz
The phonogram system (72+) that I referenced was established by an American teacher in the 1950s. Her name was Romalda Spadling, brilliant teacher.
It may well be that some of the phonogram "sounds" do not transfer perfectly to British speech patterns. Works extremely well for American and Canadian though.
Here is another important phonogram:
"ea" phonogram:
1. long E sound: heat, beat, each read, clean itd
2. short e sound: head, bread, deaf, breath, bear, heavy, ready, itd
3. long A sound: only 3 words to learn: great, steak, break
Good luck :)