Single vowel sounds monothongs 2.
Example of diphthongs sounds. A diphthong is a vowel sound with a deliberate glide. This one is pronounced as a long O sound in this case the sound quickly slides into a long E sound. Every vowel has its own short sound and long vowel sound.
ɔɪ as in boy toy coy or the first syllable of soya. Eɪ aɪ ɔɪ 3. Long u tour poor juice tool.
Go to 135min in the video above to learn how to pronounce this diphthong. In these FluentU videos the diphthongs are being explained as long vowels. It is pronounced as a long E sound sliding into an Ur sound.
For example even though p is typically aspirated as p h when it comes at the end of a word like â stopâ the sound has no audible release and there is no sound of aspiration. Here are some common examples of diphthongs in use. Narrow ones are comprised of vowel sounds that are similar sounding and similarly pronounced.
ɪə eə ʊə Closing diphthong 2. English has five triphthongs which are formed by the diphtongs ending in ɪ and ʊ the sound ə. Lets look at each of the eight most common diphthongs in American English.
Three 3 ending in ə. Two 2 ending in ʊ. Eɪ as in day pay say lay.