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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mon

UK /mɒn/ · US /mɑn/ noun, interjection, proper noun

Forms mons 'mon

  1. noun (historical) The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
  2. noun (historical) The former currency of the Ryukyu Kingdom until its annexation by Japan.
  3. noun The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.
  4. noun (colloquial) Man; used in places such as Jamaica, and Lancashire, Shropshire and the Black Country in England.
  5. noun (fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.
  6. noun (fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.
  7. interjection come on; come along with me
  8. interjection come on! Part of a chant for a team or band.
  9. interjection An expression of defiance or as a challenge; often as "mon then"
  10. noun A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.
  11. proper noun The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.
  12. proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
  13. proper noun A district of Nagaland, India.

Synonyms

Talaing Monday

Etymology

From Japanese 文 (mon).

From a dialectal variant of man; compare West Midland Middle English mon (alongside East Midland Middle English man).

Clipping of monster, via Japanese モン (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon, etc.

Clipping of come on.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “mon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details