Linking Vowel to Vowel، اتصال حروف صدا دار به یکدیگر

Linking Vowel to Vowel


When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the words with a sort of W or Y sound.

If our lips are round at the end of the first word, we insert a W sound:

   
oo    We write it like this:    too often    who is       so I      do all
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o      We say it like this:     tooWoften    whoWis    soWI    doWall
    
   

If our lips are wide at the end of the first word, we insert a Y sound:


oo    We write it like this:    Kay is    I am    the end      she asked

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--     We say it like this:     KayYis    IYam    theYend    sheYasked

Linking Consonant to Vowel ،اتصال حروف بی صدا به حروف صدا دار

Linking Consonant to Vowel

When a word ends in a consonant sound, we often move the consonant sound to the beginning of the next word if it starts with a vowel sound.

For example, in the phrase "turn off":
We write it like this:    turn    off
We say it like this:    tur    noff

Remember that it's the sound that matters. In the next example, "have" ends with:

    * the letter "e" (vowel)
    * the sound "v" (consonant)

So we link "have" to the next word "a" which begins with a vowel sound:
We write it like this:    Can I have a bit of egg?
We say it like this:    Ca-nI-ha-va-bi-to-fegg