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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tutorial

/ˌt͡ʃʉwˈtoːɹɪjəl/ adjective, noun

Forms tutorials

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
  2. noun (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
  3. noun (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.
  4. noun (computing) A video or text guide or instruction about a specific topic (generally a how-to).

Etymology

The adjective is from tutor (noun) + -ial, ultimately from Latin tūtor (“watcher, protector, defender”). The noun is transferred from the adjective.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Etymology [L. tutorius.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tutorial”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details