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So many of you have requested how to pronounce the "-ed ending of the past tense of regular verbs".
Your wish is my command. Luckily for us there are certain rules that we should understand and try to remember that tell us how the ED ending has to be pronounced.
And the best way to understanding something is by practicing it, so don't forget to practice.
The "-ed ending can be pronounced in three different ways as Now let's talk about the rules behind these pronunciations.
And those are pretty easy and pretty straightforward.
And those are not a secret. You can find this information online.
Rule number one. If a verb base ends in a voiceless sound, then the ED ending sounds like Voiceless consonant sounds are and VoicelessDH.
And remember that we're talking about sounds, not letters that end words.
Example words laugh laughed finish finished Walk, walked.
Rule number two. If a verb base ends in a voiced sound, then the "-ity ending sounds like д".
All vowel sounds are voiced, and consonants like b d g z v j j n n Voiced means that when you make a sound you use your voice.
Now example words. Order, ordered. Study, studied.
Travel, traveled. Rule number three, if a verb base ends in a T or D sound already, then the ED ending sounds like ID or ID, and it is pronounced like an extra syllable.
Example words. Want, wanted, or wanted. Date, dated.
Sound, sounded. Now, don't confuse verbs in the past tense with adjectives, such as wicked wretched crooked ragged One, two, three, four, legate, blessed, suppose it.
As you can see, although we have a voiceless sound before the ED, but we still pronounce it as id.
And very often I hear people say that they don't hear when native speakers speak, they pronounce those endings clearly or that they don't pronounce them at all.
And that's confusing. and ask why is that so.
Because of the connected speech. Usually it happens when we have to connect two consonants together, like in this case.
I talked to him yesterday. I'm not really saying I talked to him yesterday.
Every word separately. It's too hard, it sounds robotic, choppy and unnatural.
Basically, we have talked, that ends in a T sound, and the next word that starts with a T sound, and they blend together, and we pronounce only one T.
In some cases it can be a healthy or D sound.
A lot of people try to argue that you have to be super clear and that Every non-native speaker that they've talked to talks like that and they understand them.
And at the same time, they wonder why native speakers don't understand them and vice versa.
What do you think, guys? If your goal is to speak as naturally as possible, understand and to be understood by native speakers, then you have to bear in mind those things mentioned before.
And you wanna listen. A lot. A lot. pay attention and imitate native speakers.
The more you listen, the better. Your brain gets used to the pronunciations and the natural way that people speak. and then you can trust your gut.
It doesn't come right away. You're gonna mispronounce words, but just don't give up.
Say a word, listen how you pronounce it.
You'll hear if something's off. Try a couple of options and you'll figure out how to pronounce it.
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