American English Pronunciation Workbook
Examples of the Consonant [j]
Word Initial
1.
[jæ]
yeah
2.
[jæ]
yeah
3.
[jæ]
yeah
4.
[jʊɹsəlf]
you picture yourself doing as a child
5.
[jɪnoʊ]
and i'm just like i don't know where it leads yknow like is it any worse than baseball cards or you know
6.
[jɛs]
yes
7.
[jɛs]
yes
8.
[juz]
i use it as an answer for a lot of questions that i don't have
9.
[jɑɹd]
usually to yard sales
10.
[jəŋ]
she's gonna be young mother and then
11.
[junjɛn]
these lazy a lazy union as representative
12.
[jiɹ]
after a year i'd be their boss
13.
[jɚ]
and you're really accepting this responsibility and that's love
14.
[jɚ]
your uh
15.
[juʒl̩i]
competition is a bad thing because in our society it's usually not fair
After a Consonant
16.
[fju]
few
17.
[kjupɑn]
yknow she'll buy stuff like that with a coupon and she goes
18.
[mjɪzɪk]
couple music courses and
19.
[ɑɹɡjumɛnʔt]
but again like the argument
20.
[kɪmjunɪkeɪʔt]
we can communicate
21.
[kɪnvinjɛnt]
it's convenient for me
22.
[əpɪnjɪn]
dole i think represented where most americans are if you look at opinion polls
23.
[pɑpjɪleɪʃən]
they move you to where the population is
24.
[məljin]
i mean do you think anybody in this town has ten million dollars
25.
[ʤænjuwɛɹi]
uh moved last january a little farther west about five miles further west near hilliard
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