Farsi speakers tend to insert an /e/
sound before an /s/ followed by a consonant.
This could change the meaning. Play the
sounds below and listen to the difference.
Esquire
Squire
Essential
Sensual
Estate
State
Nearly everyone has a problem
hearing the difference between the dipthong /iy/
and the phoneme /I/.
Play the sounds below to compare.
Seat
Sit
Heating.
Hitting.
There are other sounds that may cause
difficulty. Play the sounds below to compare.
Three
Tree
Vest
West
Check-Up: Match each audio clip to the correct image.
Esteem/Steam
Wrong
Right
Bog/Bug
Wrong
Right
Veil/Whale
Right
Wrong
Vest/West
Right
Wrong
Essential/Sensual
Wrong
Right
Seat/Sit
Wrong
Right
Estate/State
Wrong
Right
Sleep/Slip
Right
Wrong
Three/Tree
Right
Wrong
Eel/Ill
Wrong
Right
Bog/Bug
Right
Wrong
Packet/Pocket
Right
Wrong
Can you say this?
After school, Jan and Jim went to the corner store on their bicycles to buy popsicles.
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That tiny bird sat on the tree limb for three hours singing a pretty song.
