Some examples of words with the schwa sound and "n" include button, mountain, lantern, and certain.
The schwa sound in "dozen" is an unstressed and reduced vowel sound that is commonly represented by the symbol ə. In American English, it sounds like "duzz-n" with the schwa sound occurring in the first syllable.
Practically the same, although a schwa can have an eh, ih, or uh sound. The difference is the lack of stress on a schwa. A good example are the words wagon and gun. Although both have an "un" sound, the word wagon does not stress it, so it does not sound like wah-gun but like wag-un, with the N sound trailing off.
"Under" has a short vowel sound for the "u" as in "uh" followed by the schwa sound "n-duh".
The AI words include again and against. Some other words may be pronounced as short E in some dialects: certain curtain mountain fountain chaplain bargain These word endings that are spelled with ai-n sound more like short i as in "in". And that is only because of the "schwa."
Yes. The E has a short E sound and the O has a schwa sound (lem-un).
The schwa sound in "dozen" is an unstressed and reduced vowel sound that is commonly represented by the symbol ə. In American English, it sounds like "duzz-n" with the schwa sound occurring in the first syllable.
Practically the same, although a schwa can have an eh, ih, or uh sound. The difference is the lack of stress on a schwa. A good example are the words wagon and gun. Although both have an "un" sound, the word wagon does not stress it, so it does not sound like wah-gun but like wag-un, with the N sound trailing off.
It has a long E and a schwa or unstressed N sound.
"Under" has a short vowel sound for the "u" as in "uh" followed by the schwa sound "n-duh".
Well honey, the schwa vowel sound in "science" is that little upside-down "e" sound that sneaks in between the "s" and the "n." It's like the ninja of vowels, always popping up where you least expect it. So next time you say "science," remember to give that sneaky schwa some love.
The AI words include again and against. Some other words may be pronounced as short E in some dialects: certain curtain mountain fountain chaplain bargain These word endings that are spelled with ai-n sound more like short i as in "in". And that is only because of the "schwa."
Yes. The E has a short E sound and the O has a schwa sound (lem-un).
The O is easy, it's a schwa sound. The A sound is a short A, but the N following the A is palletalized (softened). The A starts out as a short A sound, but then the tongue moves in preparation for the N and makes it sound as if a consonant-Y sound follows the A. It sounds different than the short A in "antler" for example. This is common among words with an "ang" or "ank" sound. See the web page at the related link below.
Some examples are laugh, cough, rough.
Some words that have O followed by N, V, TH, and more rarely M, R, or Z will have the "uh" sound.N : honey, money, monk, sponge, son, ton, wonV : above, coven, covet, governor, love, oven, shoveTH : brother, mother, nothing, onion, otherM : stomachR : worryZ : dozen(Words like domestic have an unstressed uh sound called a schwa.)
There are 2 vowel sounds: a short E and a schwa sound for the I.
Some words that start with N and end with N are:nationneonneuronnewbornnoonnotationnotionnounnunnylon