American English Pronunciation Workbook

Examples of the Consonant [ɡ]


Word Initial

1.   [ɡlæs]

glass you could see through there there were different

2.   [ɡɛɾ]

where they learn things is their peers they don't get it

3.   [ɡɛɾiŋ]

just getting over there

4.   [ɡɚəz]

and the girls would go

5.   [ɡɚoʊɪŋ]

see that's how my husband was they didn't have a pet growing up

6.   [ɡʊd]

it'd be good though because i could take care to the books and everything and

7.   [ɡɔɪŋ]

going on a mission

8.   [ɡaɪns]

majority are the ones that don't get the guidance

9.   [ɡʊɾ]

yeah i think i got really good uh um

10.   [ɡɹeɪʔt]

it it's great

11.   [ɡiɹ]

in the first one yknow they they put the picture of the little kid in combat gear

12.   [ɡoʊɪŋ]

and uh unfortunately it's still increasing but there is a strong feeling that maybe this is going to slowly reverse or at least decrease not reverse probably

13.   [ɡɹin]

like all right this has a green trim with like a flowers design she was like do you think this like

14.   [ɡʊd]

and they decide which students are good enough to be in the department

15.   [ɡeɪ]

because i wasn't gay

16.   [ɡeɪ]

of the matter is if being gay is

17.   [ɡən]

and what not they're required to carry a gun

18.   [ɡʊd]

and so i think his information is good

19.   [ɡaɪ]

and uh this rainbow eagle guy had some kind of buffalo uh

20.   [ɡʊɾ]

real good and some of them

21.   [ɡɚl]

going her own path and that's fine with me she's very good girl and she's very

22.   [ɡəvɚmɛnʔt]

of a government telling me what to do

23.   [ɡəvɚmeɪn]

and the government gets the money for it

Word Medial

24.   [ɑbɹɪɡeɪʃn̩]

kind of felt an obligation to

25.   [ɪɡɪn]

i was like god man rodney king all over again

26.   [jəŋɡɪs]

it is very hard i know my youngest daughter

27.   [ɔɡɪst]

about three years ago in august it'll be three

28.   [fɪɡjə]

well i figure right now i might as well take advantage of it

29.   [bækɡɹaʊn]

it's suppose to supply background information

30.   [pɹɑpəɡeɪɾiŋ]

more than just propagating

31.   [ɹɪɡɑɹdl̩s]

regardless of your race you should be able to adopt

32.   [bɪɡɪs]

one guy he has the biggest

33.   [sʧɹəɡl̩ɛn]

i'm struggling more but

34.   [maɪɡɹeɪʔt]

you had to migrate

35.   [fɪɡjɚeɪŋ]

figuring

36.   [əɡɛn]

all uh but again do you need to know that unless it pertains to you and then even if it does pertain to you

37.   [sɪɡɹɛt]

excellent had the cigarette smoking man just

38.   [ɛɡzækli]

new age i don't wanna say exactly what yknow just say that the people this land

39.   [jəŋɡɪst]

then my youngest daughter amy she is uh

40.   [ɪɡɛnst]

they're not always against it though

41.   [ɪɡɛnts]

were racist against me for hanging around black people

42.   [ɪɡɛns]

but goes against

43.   [ɪɡɪns]

the richies against the poories

Word Final

44.   [bɪɡ]

people are making a big deal and making a big advertisement and selling a lot of stuff because of it but i'm hoping

45.   [leɪɡ]

there were a lot of indian people and there are a lot of indian people out there that are crooked as a dog's hind leg

46.   [bɪɡ]

i don't but i'm in a big room like as big as a gymnasium

47.   [bɪɡ]

columbus is getting too big for what it is

48.   [bɪɡ]

i said there's a big

49.   [dɹəɡ]

he ran away for a while there was drug abuse

50.   [həɡ]

hold them and hug them

51.   [pɪɡ]

was a guinea pig type

52.   [bɪɡ]

couple times nothing really big

53.   [dɪɡ]

dig sometimes to find

54.   [læɡ]

twenty mile lag all the way out there just

55.   [kæɾl̩ɔɡ]

it's like a mail order catalog thing

56.   [bæɡ]

all done i go out and i get my little bag of stuff and i bring in my bread and my peanut butter and my jelly

57.   [həɡ]

for hugging or whatever like they told us that one day that we couldn't hug

58.   [dɔɡ]

we want a dog and we've kinda been waiting

59.   [dɔɡ]

just from doing that but when you have a dog

60.   [dɹæɡ]

and that they were getting paid under the table to drag their feet


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