English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
English Pronunciation for Icelanders
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see how clearly you pronounce - or do not pronounce - v and ð in<br />
the following words (remember Icelandic v is often spelt 'f':<br />
ávallt, Grindavík, prófum, próf,<br />
aðeins, fræði, áðan, dagblað, húsið, að fara<br />
In <strong>English</strong> the v and the ð are never weakened like this. Listen<br />
to the difference:<br />
clover - prófum rove - róf mother - maður with - við<br />
never - refur rave - reif other - áðan bathe - beið<br />
govern - stöfum have - haf either - fræði lithe - læð<br />
oven - afi rev - ref wither - viður breathe - bíð<br />
over - ofinn move - stúf bather - beiða loathe - lóð<br />
The lenis sound z does not occur in Icelandic.<br />
Practice the following <strong>English</strong> words:<br />
sane sein racing reisi~ close kl0us<br />
zany zein^ raising reizi~ close kl0uz<br />
sea sI twosome tUs0m price prais<br />
zero zi0r0u bosom buz0m prize praiz<br />
sink si~k hissing hisi~ face feis<br />
zink zi~k scissors siz0z phase feiz<br />
Sue sU listen lis0n base beis<br />
zoo zU prison priz0n bays beiz<br />
said sed missing misi~ kiss kis<br />
zed zed wizard wiz0d quiz kwiz<br />
sorrow sor0u oh, so 0u s0u vice vais<br />
Zorro zor0u ozone 0uz0un wise waiz<br />
The lenis sound G does not exist in Icelandic.<br />
Words spelt with -tion and -ssion are pronounced -S0n, while words<br />
spelt with -sion are pronounced -G0n:<br />
mission miS0n nation neiS0n ration ræS0n<br />
vision viG0n decision disiG0n collision k0liG0n
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