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 LanguagesAsk questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful. Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet. To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages Non ti è possibile inserire messaggi in questo forum. Il livello minimo di sottoscrizione per linvio dei messaggi è {0}. Modalità: Chiunque può inviare messaggi
1. Maggio 2006, 11:10:15 I have two questions:
1) How many consonantal sounds can come exactly after one another in English? For example in the word "Faxed" we have /..kst/ which is three consonantal sounds after one another. Do we have four or five or more? 2) How many vowels can come exactly one after one another? In the word "serious" we have i, o, u and in "queue" we have u, e, u, e. Do we have more? 1. Maggio 2006, 16:25:30 Argomento: Re: رضا: I have never thought of it before??? 
Plus I have never heard of the word 'consonantal' before! Thank you I have just leant a new word  1. Maggio 2006, 17:24:44 Argomento: Re: Lamby: I meant learned! not leant!  1. Maggio 2006, 20:57:52 Argomento: Re: Lamby: Oh yes. I'm sure you haven't. I also bet you have never thought about the fact that the pronunciation of the word 'ten' changes in the examples below:
Ten cats Ten birds Ten vests 2. Maggio 2006, 00:12:59 Argomento: Re: رضا: How does the pronunciation of 'ten' change? I read them out loud & it stays the same for me  2. Maggio 2006, 00:18:42 Argomento: Re: Lamby: Same with me. I reread then a few times. Each time sound the same 1. Maggio 2006, 17:16:34 Argomento: Re:  رضا:
1) One minor correction: the pronunciation of 'faxed' ends with "ksd", not "kst". :) Extra = 4 sounds like these. BTW, in Czech we can make whole sentences with consonants only. For example: "Strč prst skrz krk" (meaning "Poke your finger through your neck" 2) How about "blueeyed? 1. Maggio 2006, 17:27:53 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: Poke your finger through your neck?  How often does that sentence come up in conversation???
Blue eyed! Two words, doesn't count  1. Maggio 2006, 17:54:42 Argomento: Re: Lamby: LOL...very often, indeed! 
A very nice all-consonant Czech word is "smrskls" ("you have shrunk"). :) Blueeyed DOES count, hun! http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blueeyed 1. Maggio 2006, 17:58:16 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: I'd love to hear that converstion!
Is dictionary.com American? It doesn't exisit in the Oxford English dictionary http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=searchresults&freesearch=blue%20eyed&branch=&textsearchtype=exact 1. Maggio 2006, 20:54:55 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: I'm sure of the pronunciation of the word "faxed." It is /faekst/.
Whenever a verb ends in a /s/ sound and it gets ed to change its tense to past, the 'ed' is pronounced /t/. But I'd like a native to confirm it. About blue-eyed, it has three vowels after one another. Queue has four. That's if you don't coundt 'y' as a vowel, which I can assure you is not one! 2. Maggio 2006, 00:49:56 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: Pedro, if you write them with only consonants, it doesn't matter. But I'm sure you cannot read them with just consonants or I'll hav eto say you have a really tough language to learn. 2. Maggio 2006, 00:55:26 Argomento: Re: رضا: You're sure I can't read it with consonants only? Well, then you know more about my language than me...:) 2. Maggio 2006, 00:57:08 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: You mean you can? That's very odd then! 2. Maggio 2006, 01:00:29 Argomento: Re: رضا: It's not odd at all. We roll the 'r', just like the Spanish-speaking people do. And that's very helpful in words and sentences with no consonants. 2. Maggio 2006, 01:09:02 Argomento: Re: Pedro Martínez: /r/ is a semi-vowel. That proves my theory. |
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