Do you pronounce these words correctly? (JA002)


Stress (přízvuk) designated as ´ before the stressed syllable, e.g.  su´ply (2^nd), coe´fficient
(3^rd)


[æ]      valley, mass, lack, gas, mantle, annual, access    [eə] various, variable, bearing
[ə]       focus, su´pply, su´fficient, a´drenaline, e´quivocal,  thoroughly, illustrated, Edinburgh
[bərə]

[ə:]      occur, urban,purple, pearly
[əu]     (al)though (=ačkoliv)

[o]       swamp, swan, copper, cough, quarry,trough

[o:]      salt, called, quartz, war, course, pour, thought, sought, caught, cause, fault

[u:]      through (=skrz), wounded, tomb, include, unique

[au]     drought, drown

[a]       tough, rough, fund, pump, sum;  sub-, subduction, duct, ductility, conduct, product, dug,
sulfur, cultural, current, o´ccurrence;  structure, fluctuate, e´rupt,  a´bundant,
blood, flood, compass

 [ai]     finally, tiny,  titan , climate, lie - lying, minor, height,  hydrosphere,  isolated;
s přízvukem na 2. slabice ▫ ▪   di’lute,  dy’namic, di’versity,  hy’drology, hy’drolysis, i’dentic
Alpine, crystalline, saline, syncline,  anticline, civilization;  archives, isthmi, radii ; ▫ ▪
de´cline, com´bine (sloveso); twice: di´oxide, i´dentify , titanite, microcline


[aiə]    giant lion, ion, anion, cation, iodine, variety, fiery, higher

[ei]      failed, raised, saline (=salty)


[i]        lithosphere, risen, wind (vítr=),myth; determine, examine, adrenaline, tourmaline,
granite, rugged, in´equity

[i:]       iodine, bromine, olivine, tourmaline;  marine, region, scheme, thesis/theses,
hy’potheses, a’nalyses, species shield;      key, peat, heat, release, increase


[e]       lead (=olovo), readily, spreading, sweating, cleanliness, buried, represent


[g]       angle (úhel), angler fish, rugged, designated

[dž ]     angel (anděl), Aegean, vegetation;  gemstone, generate;
genetics, ge’ography, Pan’gea, ge’ology;        ginger, region, margin, di’verging;      major

[š]        partial, special, e´fficient, coe´fficient, Cretaceous, Tertiary, species + also [s]

[č]        bachelor, arch

[k]       chemical, chemistry, characterize, scheme, architect, archeology,
            archives, chaotic, chasm

[s]        ceramics, (species)

[θ]       lithosphere, asthenosphere, thermometer, geothermal, therapy
            theme, thesis, synthesis, hypothesis, anthracite, ethnic, thoroughly

[t]        Anthony, Thames, Thailand, thyme - Have you found any more?



Nevyslovovaná  písmena:  gneiss, knock, psychologist, island, salmon, isthmus, design, climb, comb,
highest, vehicle


                   Correct stress (přízvuk) will lead you to pronounce correctly


-ology, -alogy, -ography, -a’bility / -i´bility – tyto přípony berou na sebe přízvuk:
arche‘ology, bi´ology, clima´tology, e‘cology, ge‘ology, hy‘drology, mine‘ralogy, paleon‘tology,
pe‘trology; ge‘ography; ocean´ography;
accessi´bility, proba´bility, usa´bility,varia’bility


Stress on the 2^nd syllable:   ▫  ▪ , designated as ´before the stressed syllable, e.g. e´vent.


a´bundance, a´bundant
ac´cessible, ac´cessive
a´drenaline
a´ffect, a´ffected
a´nalysis/ a´nalyses
a´nion
an´tarctic
a´ppropriate
as´thenosphere
au´tonomous
a´vailable
be´haviour
ca´pacity
cha´otic
con´sistent
co´lonial
con´vergence, con´vergent
de´cline
de´posit
de´rived
dis´tributed
di´vergence, di´vergent
di´versity
dy´namic
e´quivocal
e´ration
e´vent
ge´odesist
ho´tel
hy´drolysis
hy´pothesis/ hy´potheses
i´dentified
in´equity
in´volved
ma´rine
ob´tained
o´ccur, o‘ccurrence
par´ticipant
per´cent
phe´nomenon,phe´nomena
pro´cedure
ra´vine
re´cord
re´striction, -ed

sa´linity
sig´nificant
spe´cific
su´fficient
su‘pply
sur´vey  (verb)
se´lection
ther‘mometer
trans´parency, trans´parent
va´riety
u´ranium
u´nique



Note the movement of the stress:

´chaos   x   cha´otic


Pronunciation can be changed!

´access [æ] x  [ə] ac´cessible, ac´cessive

´saline [ei]  x  [ə] sa´linity

A noun on the 1^st  x  verb on the 2^nd

combine, survey, record


Sometimes there are 2 posssible ways of the same meaning:

´subsidence  [i] x [ai] sub´sidence
(propadání půdy, zmírnění)


Sometimes there are 2 posssible ways of the same spelling,
but the meaning is different:

lead(er)  [i:] x   [e] = olovo

row [əu] = řada, veslovat x [au]= hádka, argument