soundproud

Diphthongs

as in “hair”

Start at 'e', glide to relaxed 'ə'. No strong R.

The device voice reads isolated sounds approximately; the example words are the most reliable model.

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Example words

Minimal pairs

Words that differ by only this sound. Hear both, then say both.

vs
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Practice sentence

“Where is the chair? Over there.”