American English Pronunciation Workbook
Examples of the Consonant [h]
Word Initial
1.
[hi]
he was uh
2.
[hi]
after he uh
3.
[hæpən]
would you not notice some difference if something like that was going to happen i mean depending on
4.
[haɪz]
has no idea where she wants to go but uh
5.
[hiɹ]
and lived with me a year ago she could have her baby here
6.
[hənɚd]
the bidding started at a hundred twenty five thousand dollars
7.
[haʊs]
they go to the house they find a gun and they wanna hold the parents responsible
8.
[hæpɛnd]
the blind eye was something that shouldn't have happened
9.
[hɪɹɪŋ]
rather than uh hearing okay
10.
[hoʊl]
chipped a hole about
11.
[hɚsɛlf]
i think she yeah she shot herself in the foot
12.
[heɪɪŋ]
so the poor things have like yknow they have the belly hanging on the ground
13.
[haʊs]
oh yeah it's so much better than having an alley or sitting there on your deck and look in your house
14.
[hoʊmz]
yes private homes and um actually
15.
[hoʊɹmoʊnz]
you can't tell which is the hormones and which is the a d d and which is the learning disability
16.
[haʊ]
how uh
17.
[hɑlədeɪs]
any holidays at all
18.
[hə]
huh
19.
[hæz]
has a
20.
[hæz]
the university never has money that's like me when i
21.
[hæv]
large selection of videos and they have
22.
[hæv]
have the courage to be yourself and say
23.
[hɪs]
we really don't know much about his life away
Word Medial
24.
[ɛnihaʊ]
i don't think it'll cause people to have more sex i think they're gonna have it anyhow
25.
[kləbhaʊs]
in front of the clubhouse i planted the flowers around that
26.
[ɹihɚsl̩]
she wanted to skip a play rehearsal that i wouldn't let her skip
27.
[bɪhaɪn]
but ninety percent of these big corporations have the money behind them they have the lawyers behind them
28.
[neɪvɚhʊd]
most kids don't have nothing to do in their neighborhood
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