The IE pair is pronounced as a short E sound, to rhyme with send and bend.
The word "friend" has a short e sound but is spelled with an ie.
No, it does not. The IE vowel pair has a short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send.(In the similarly-spelled word fiend, the IE has a long E sound.)
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.
In British English, the word "friend" is pronounced with a short "e" sound in the first syllable, making it sound like "frend."
The E has a short E sound, as in gem. (The long E is heard in the word theme.)
The word "friend" has a short e sound but is spelled with an ie.
no it has a short e sound (:
No, it does not. The IE vowel pair has a short E sound, to rhyme with bend and send.(In the similarly-spelled word fiend, the IE has a long E sound.)
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.
In British English, the word "friend" is pronounced with a short "e" sound in the first syllable, making it sound like "frend."
The E has a short E sound, as in gem. (The long E is heard in the word theme.)
short e, as bed,
The word "hen" has a short e sound.
The short form of "friend" is "pal" or "buddy."
It is the short e sound
Yes. The E has a short E sound as in rest and bed.
short e for mean