– American English Pronunciation –
– ( Letter G: Ga ) –
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The pronunciations are not Universal as there are many different dialects of The English Language — both world-wide, and through-out America. The pronunciations that are presented here are based upon a combination of both common usage and the most neutral accent used in The International Common Tongue.
Ga
Ge . Gi . Gl . Go . Gr . Gu . Gy
Gamble
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, there is a phantom-schwa in-between the “b” and the “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the final “e” is silent
– /Gæm-bəl/ – /ˈgæm.bəl/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Gambled
Gambling
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, there is a phantom-schwa in-between the “b” and the “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), and the “-ing” suffix is pronounced like in the word “sing” or “ring” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /GæM-bə-ling/ – /ˈgæm.bə.lɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Gambler
Gambles
Game
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is a Long “A” / Long “E” Diphthong, and the final “e” is silent
– /gaym/ – /geiːm/ –
gamed
games
gamer
gamers
gaming
gamification
Gang
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, and the “ng” combination is pronounced like in the word “sing, or “ring” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue)
– /gæng/ – /gæŋ/ –
ganged
ganging
gangs
Gap
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, and the final “p” is (often) stopped
– /gæ[p]/ – /gæ[p]/ –
gapped
gaps
Garage
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the first “a” turns into a true-schwa, the second “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, the second “g” is soft, and the final “e” is silent
– /gə-RAH-dʒ/ – /gə.ˈɹɑ.dʒ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the soft “g” ending acts as a third syllable –
Garages
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the first “a” turns into a true-schwa, the second “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, the second “g” is soft, the “e” turns into an i-schwa, and the final “s” is pronounced (almost) like the letter “z”
– /gə-RAH-dʒihz/ – /gə.ˈɹɑ.dʒə(ɪ)z/ – Notice also that the stress is on the second syllable and that the soft “g” ending acts as a third syllable –
Garbage
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the first “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, and for the “-age” suffix – the “a” turns into an i-schwa, the “g” is soft, and the “e” is silent (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /GAHR-bih-dʒ/ – /ˈgɑɹ.bə(ɪ).dʒ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable and that the soft “g” ending acts as a third syllable –
Garbageman
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the first “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, for the “-age” suffix – the “a” turns into an i-schwa, the “g” is soft, and the “e” is silent (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue), and third the “a” is short
– /GAHR-bih-dʒ-mæn/ – /ˈgɑɹ.bə(ɪ).dʒ.mæn/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Garden
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, the “d” is a flap-d, and for the “-en” suffix – the “e” turns into an i-schwa (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /GAHR-dihn/ – /ˈgɑɹ.ɾə(ɪ)n/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
gardening
gardens
Garlic
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is pronounced like the short letter “o”, and for the “-ic” suffix – the “i” is an i-schwa, and the final “c” is hard but is (sometimes) stopped (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /GAHR-lih[k]/ – /ˈgɑɹ.lə(ɪ)[k]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
Garrulous
– For this word, the “g” is hard, the “a” is a Long “A” / Short “I” Diphthong (this is due to the placement of the letter “l” directly after it), the “rr” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “r” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue), the first “u” turns into a true-schwa, and for the “-ous” suffix – the “ou” combination turns into an i-schwa
– /GAYR-ə-lihs/ – /ˈgeɪ.ɹə.lə(ɪ)s/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
garrulously
Gas
– For this word, the “G” is hard, and the “a” is short
– /gæs/ – /gæs/ –
gaseous
Gasoline
– For this word, the “g” is hard, the “a” is short, the “o” turns into a true-schwa, the “i” is pronounced like the long letter “e”, and the final “e” is silent
– /gæ-sə-LEEN/ – /gæ.sə.ˈliːn/ – Notice also that the stress is on the third syllable –
gasses
gassed
gassing
Gate
– For this word, the “G” is hard, and for the “-ate” ending – the “a” is a True Long “A”, the “t” is (usually) stopped,
and the final “e” is silent (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /gay[t]/ – /ge[t]/ – Notice also that the “t” ending (when not stopped) acts as a second syllable –
gated
gates
gating
Gather
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, the “th” combination is voiced, and for the “-er” suffix – the “e” disappears (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /Gæ-th’r/ – /ˈgæ.ðɚ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
gathered
Gathering
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “a” is short, the “th” combination is voiced, for the “-er” suffix – the “e” disappears (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue), and the “-ing” suffix is pronounced like in the word “sing” or “ring” (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue)
– /Gæ-th’r-ing/ – /ˈgæ.ðɚ.ɪŋ/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
gathers
Gauge
– For this word, the “G” is hard, the “au” combination is pronounced like The True Long “A”, the second “g” is soft, and the final “e” is silent
– /gay-dʒ/ – /ge.dʒ/ – Notice also that the soft “g” acts as a second syllable –
gauged
gauges
gauging
Gave
– For this word, the “a” is a Long “A” / Long “E” Diphthong, and the final “e” is silent
– /gayv/ – /geiːv/ –
– ( American English Pronunciation – Letter G ) –
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