Cặp nguyên âm
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ship sheep
VItàu cừu
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
The difference is not length. i keeps the tongue high and the lips spread and tense; ɪ lets the tongue drop and the mouth go slack. Say sheep tight, then loosen everything for ship. A Japanese イ is tenser than ɪ, so ship keeps coming out as sheep until you relax it.
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sit seat
VIngồi chỗ ngồi
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
The same pair, quicker. seat holds the tense vowel; sit relaxes it, and comes out shorter as a by-product, not as the point.
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bin bean
VIthùng rác đậu
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
bean is the tense one. If the two sound the same, it is ɪ that has gone missing - let the jaw fall a little for bin.
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bed bad
VIgiường tệ
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
æ opens wider and lower than ɛ, the jaw dropped and the sound spread flat, halfway to ah. bad is not bed said louder. Neither vowel is Japanese, and both tend to collapse into エ - so open bad further than feels right.
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pen pan
VIbút chảo
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
pan drops the jaw; pen keeps it half-closed. The vowel of pan is the harder one - push it more open than you think it needs.
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men man
VInhững người đàn ông người đàn ông
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
Only the vowel tells them apart, and here it also tells one man from many. men sits higher and tighter; man drops lower and wider.
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cat cut
VImèo cắt
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
æ is a front vowel, bright and spread under a wide smile; ʌ is central and dull, the mouth at rest in the middle. cat sits forward, cut sits in the centre. Both reach a Japanese ear as ア, which is why they merge - one forward and flat, the other central and slack.
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bat but
VIgậy nhưng
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
but is the relaxed central one - the mouth does almost nothing. bat pushes the sound forward and spreads the lips.
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ran run
VIđã chạy chạy
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
run rests in the middle of the mouth; ran brings the vowel forward and flattens it. Past and present part on the vowel alone.
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nut not
VIhạt không
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
ɑ opens the mouth wide with the tongue low and back; ʌ keeps it half-open and central. not drops the jaw all the way, nut only halfway. In American English the o of not is this wide, unrounded ɑ - do not round the lips for it.
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luck lock
VImay mắn khóa
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
lock opens wide and low; luck stays central and short. Again, keep the lips unrounded for lock - American ɑ has no lip-rounding at all.
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full fool
VIđầy kẻ ngốc
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
u pushes the lips into a tight round and holds; ʊ rounds them loosely and lets go. fool is long and pursed, full short and slack. A Japanese ウ has almost no rounding, so both drift towards it - purse hard for fool, and keep ʊ loose but still pulled back.
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pull pool
VIkéo hồ bơi
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
pool purses the lips and holds them there; pull loosens them at once. Here the lips do the work, not the length.
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pin pen
VIghim bút
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
ɪ sits higher and tighter, ɛ a step lower and more open. pin keeps the tongue high; pen drops it. Some American speakers merge these before n, but the vowels themselves are distinct - keep pin above pen.
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tin ten
VIthiếc mười
Two words that differ in one vowel and nothing else. English hangs meaning on that difference; where your ear hears one word, a listener hears two. Say each pair until it splits.
ten opens a little lower than tin. A small move, but the vowel is the only thing keeping the two apart.
Cặp nguyên âm tiếng Anh: danh sách 15 từ
| tiếng Anh | Cách đọc | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|
| ship sheep | /ʃɪp ʃip/ | tàu cừu |
| sit seat | /sɪt sit/ | ngồi chỗ ngồi |
| bin bean | /bɪn bin/ | thùng rác đậu |
| bed bad | /bɛd bæd/ | giường tệ |
| pen pan | /pɛn pæn/ | bút chảo |
| men man | /mɛn mæn/ | những người đàn ông người đàn ông |
| cat cut | /kæt kʌt/ | mèo cắt |
| bat but | /bæt bʌt/ | gậy nhưng |
| ran run | /ræn rʌn/ | đã chạy chạy |
| nut not | /nʌt nɑt/ | hạt không |
| luck lock | /lʌk lɑk/ | may mắn khóa |
| full fool | /fʊl ful/ | đầy kẻ ngốc |
| pull pool | /pʊl pul/ | kéo hồ bơi |
| pin pen | /pɪn pɛn/ | ghim bút |
| tin ten | /tɪn tɛn/ | thiếc mười |
Vowel pairs in English - 15 phrases you can play on a loop until they stick. Each one shows the characters, the reading and the meaning in six languages.