IPA vowels Flashcards
i:
hEEd
think beeee
ɪ
hId
think ‘I’ hId
e
hEAd
think Egg hEAd
æ
hAd
think I hAd and Apple (it looks like an apple)
ɐː
hARd
Looks like face- person say ‘ahhhh it’s hard’
ɐ
hUt
think Upside down a
ɔ
hOt
think person sitting hunched and they are hOt
oː
hORde
looks similar to ‘OR’
ʊ
hOOd
looks like owl in the hOOd
ʉː
shOOt
Think ‘oooo’ you shOOt (looks like hand over mouth)
ɜː
hEARd
Think hEARd of cows (as it looks like a cow)
ə
About
it is a schwa
æɪ
hAte
Think ‘a and e’ hAte ‘I’
ɑe
hIde
think ‘a’ is running away from ‘e’ to hIde
æɔ
hOWl
the ‘ɔ’ is howling so the ‘a and e’ are sticking together
also looks like a cOW
əʉ
hOpe
the schwa has hOpe that it can be friends with the ʉ
oɪ
hOIst
‘OI’ makes the OI sound- character is how it sounds
ɪə
hEAr
the sounds of ɪ and ə together
eː
hAIR
think e (extended)
ʊə
tOUR
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