PHONETICS

If we want to know how a word is pronounced in English, we usually check a dictionary. Nowadays, online dictionaries are talking dictionaries and we can hear the pronunciation. But we also find the phonetic transcription next to the word. Something like this:

/ˈfɑːðəʳ/  

/bɛəʳ/

Can you read those words? 

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET IN ENGLISH

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