Yes, the word "bend" has a short e sound.
The word "friend" has a short e sound. It is pronounced as "frend" with a short e as in "bed".
No, the word "mend" does not have a short e sound. It is pronounced with a short e sound, like in the word "bed."
Yes, It is practically the only IE word where the pair has a true short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send. Words like ancient and glacier have a schwa sound that is not actually a short E. Other words like science pronounce the I and E separately.
No, the word "friend" does not have a long vowel sound. The "ie" in "friend" makes a short /e/ sound, as in "bed."
"Threat" has a short e sound.
Yes. The E has a short E sound as in tend and bend.
The short E is an "eh" sound in a stressed syllable. It sounds like the E sound in bend, fed, and set.
The word "friend" has a short e sound. It is pronounced as "frend" with a short e as in "bed".
No, the word "mend" does not have a short e sound. It is pronounced with a short e sound, like in the word "bed."
Yes, It is practically the only IE word where the pair has a true short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send. Words like ancient and glacier have a schwa sound that is not actually a short E. Other words like science pronounce the I and E separately.
No, the word "friend" does not have a long vowel sound. The "ie" in "friend" makes a short /e/ sound, as in "bed."
"Threat" has a short e sound.
No. The E has a long E sound, as in he, me, and we.
No, red does not have a short e sound. The "e" in red is pronounced like the short "e" sound.
No. It has a short A sound and a short I sound (man-ij). The E has no sound.
No, the word "jet" does not have a short e sound. It is pronounced with a short e sound, as in "eh."
Yes. The E has a short E sound as in net and test.