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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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“Ard” is a form of

all right

/ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ adjective, adverb, interjection

Forms alright allright

  1. adjective Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition. “The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway.”
  2. adjective In good health, unharmed. “I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right.”
  3. adverb Fairly well. “It went all right because my old drill still works all right.”
  4. adverb (informal) Most certainly; for sure. “You taught them a lesson all right! They won't be back.”
  5. interjection Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent. “All right, let's go then.”
  6. interjection Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement. “All right! They scored!”
  7. interjection Used to fill space or pauses. “All right, so what you suggest we do next?”
  8. interjection Used as a general lead-in or beginning. “All right, let's get started.”
  9. interjection Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already. “All right, already! Let me finish what I was doing first, and then we can talk.”
  10. interjection (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello. “All right, mate, how are things with you and the missus?”

Synonyms

fine o.k. ok okay hunky-dory very well alright

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