English Pronunciation Tip of the Day
Tip 24
Category: Word
endings
Author: JAM
<-ment>
In Tip 4 we saw that the ending -ate has two different pronunciations. The same is true of the ending -ment, which is pronounced /m@nt/ if the word is a noun and /ment/ if the word is a verb. Examples:
| This is an implement for sharpening knives. |
| /"DIs Iz @n "Impl@m@nt f@ "SA:p@nIN "naIvz/ |
| When shall we implement the changes? |
| /"wen S@l wi "Impl@ment D@ "tSeIndZ@z/ |
| I've lost a very important document. |
| /aIv "lQst @ "veri Im"pO:t@nt "dQkjUm@nt/ |
| These decisions have to be documented accurately. |
| /"Di:z dI"sIZnz "h{v t@ bi "dQkjUment@d "{kjUr@tli/ |