It can really help your pronunciation if you know the phonetic symbols and the sounds they represent.
Can you ‘decipher’ these common words written phonetically? These words are often mispronounced by English learners.
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Answers
1. headache
2. village
3. says
4. said
5. should
6. would
7. heart
8. somebody
I’m very interested in phonetic symbols so checking a new word I can know your right pronunciation, thanks bye