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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