American English Pronunciation Workbook
Examples of the Vowel [ɑ]
Primary Stress
1.
[ɑd]
really odd because
2.
[fɑðəɹ]
probably haven't had their mother or their father
3.
[ʃɑɾ]
i haven't seen any fights i haven't seen anyone get shot i mean you read about it in the lantern but
4.
[ɡɑt]
it is that you got
5.
[ɡɑn]
it's gone really well i mean
6.
[lɑt]
gosh i hate that's really going around a lot
7.
[wɑnt]
want
8.
[nɑɾ]
not any more yknow
9.
[stɑpt]
not that they could have stopped it but they
10.
[keɪɑs]
even though it seems like it's chaos
11.
[fɑɹm]
now we live on an eighty acre farm
12.
[smɑɹʔt]
really smart
13.
[hɑɹʔt]
general interest at heart you hafta find someone who's a moderate and can can appeal to everybody
14.
[ɑviəs]
it's obvious that if they didn't have the textbook they wouldn't know how to do it
15.
[ɑvisli]
obviously
16.
[ɑvizli]
but it's all upon him and obviously he doesn't love me enough
17.
[ɑbvisli]
obviously the
18.
[kɑpi]
copy that you
19.
[ɹɑkɪn]
we'll be sit in a rocking chair and they'll be running the country so you better teach them well
20.
[pɹɑbləm]
the problem
21.
[ɑnɪst]
and secondly i think to be honest i think the media's gotten a little carried away they sensationalize it
22.
[ʃɑpɪŋ]
shopping
23.
[wɑɾɚ]
old but they're like from the forties and they have bought generators they've bought water they've got extra food they've got a
24.
[ɪndɑktɹɪneɪʃən]
almost an indoctrination in tolerance
25.
[kɑnvɚseɪʃn̩]
we just had a whole conversation come on now
26.
[ɡɹænfɑðɚ]
and that was a neat experience i liked growing up talking to my grandfather about what life was like as a peasant in hungary
27.
[dɑkjɪmɛnɚiz]
um documentaries and whatnot
28.
[pɑsɪbl̩]
quite possible
29.
[pɑsəbl̩]
these students in the mainstream as much as possible
30.
[pɹɑbli]
i'd probably vote for bush
31.
[pɹɑbəbli]
the white man would probably win but the black man also
32.
[ɛkənɑməkl̩]
good economical time too the stock market
33.
[ɪnfɑlft]
involved
34.
[ɹispɑnsɪbɪlɪɾi]
responsibility maybe a long time ago
Secondary Stress
35.
[ɑpɚtunɪɾ]
and you don't always get the opportunity to do that
36.
[ɑpəɹtunɪ]
it's drained for the summer to give us an opportunity to work on leaks and stuff so
37.
[pɑpjəleɪʃn̩]
and they only work for about forty percent of the population most people try the time release
38.
[kɑnvɚseɪʃən]
conversation last night
39.
[ɑktoʊbɚ]
and then when it became cold enough in september october maybe even as far as november this year it would've been november
40.
[ælkəhɑl]
drink alcohol we don't
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