Diphthong /ə/ (Nguyên âm đôi /ə/)
Unit 20
Diphthong /ə/
Nguyên âm đôi
/ə/
Introduction
/ə/ is a long vowel sound.
It starts with // and moves to /ə/.
It’s pronounced /ə/ ....../ə/.
tour /tər/
cure /kjər/
poor /pər/
truer /trər/
sure /ər/
jury
/dəri/
spoor /spər/
doer /dər/
tourist /tərst/
tournament /tənəmənt/
He's very poor.
/hiz 'veri pər/
I served on a jury.
/a srvd n ə dəri/
The dirty water goes into the sewer.
/ðə drti wtər əz ntə sər/
I take a tour to Kualalumpur.
/a tek ə tər tə Kələ'lmpə/
Will we be able to cure him, Doctor?
/wl wi ebl tə kjər hm dktər/
Examples
Examples Transcription
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Meanings
truer /trə(r)/ chính xác hơn
sewer /sə(r)/ thợ may
bluer /blə(r)/ xanh hơn
doer /də(r)/ người thực hiện