t – d n = dentalized (make the sound on the back of the upper front teeth)
to, don’t, noon
p – t – k = (unaspirated)
stop, boat, cake
ʃ = s
national
r (made with a slight trill)
Russian, reason, really, rude, hurry, America
l = is slightly thick and made with the tongue pulling back the light “l”
lily, bell, Milton
slowly, only, golden, fold
well, pill, fall, ball
w = v
Russian has no ‘w’ – the written sound is is always pronounced with a slight combination of v and w except for foreign words by someone whose English is more secure
worse, wash, well, winter, walk, William,
awake, aware, queer, quarrel, quit, squirrel, acquire
v = f
at ends of words
love, grave, weave, move
ŋɡk
bringing, drinking, thinking, hanging, banging
θ = s or ts
think, thin, thought, theory, theme
ether, arithmetic, arthritis, something
hearth, birth, myth, forth, dearth
ð = z or dz
this, those, that, there, these, though, thine, the
teething, breathing, either, neither, other, weather,
loathe, bathe, soothe
s-z
words that end in a voiced consonant or vowel and are plural or possessive are pronounced ‘s’
weed’s, birds, whose, colds
h = χ (as in Bach)
home, here, Harry, hair, hire, who, whose, host
ahead, ahoy, behind,
dʒ = tʃ
George, jury, germs, jewels, jerk, joy, journalist
rejoice, adjourn urgent, agent reject, rejoice, region
courage, badge, cage, marriage, siege, bridge, urge