Hey, hey, hey! The diphthong /eɪ/ in English
11/07/22 • 15 min
Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re practising the diphthong /eɪ/.
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Welcome to season 5 of English Sound Building! Today, we’re practising the diphthong /eɪ/.
Practise as often as you can to build muscle memory, and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one.
The Podcast script is available free on my Patreon.
Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
Interested in classes? Learn with me on italki! Contact me about group classes [email protected]😊
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English Sound Building - British Pronunciation - Hey, hey, hey! The diphthong /eɪ/ in English
Transcript
Today we’re picking back up on our work on diphthongs from last season (episode 42, “Beer or bear”). This time, we’re looking at just one /ɪ/ diphthongs, /eɪ/ so, this one ends in the /ɪ/ sound which we’ve spoken about in episodes 25 (“Cheap as chips” and 41 “The left lift”), and begins with the short /e/ sounds that we’ve looked at episode 3 “Man or men”, and again 41 “The left lift”, as well as in this series in episode 48 “Very varied”.
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