Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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upfront

/ʌpˈfɹʌnt/ adjective, adverb, noun, verb

Forms upfronts upfronting upfronted up-front up front

  1. adjective Honest, frank and straightforward.
  2. adjective Open, admitted, out.
  3. adjective In a forward, leading or frontward position.
  4. adjective (business) Of money, paid in advance.
  5. adverb Beforehand. “My commissioners pay half of the price upfront and the other half after they receive the finished product.”
  6. adverb (soccer) As an attacker. “He's a poor defender, so we always play him upfront.”
  7. noun (television, advertising, marketing) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season.
  8. verb (transitive, intransitive) To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration.

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