à....Sound

ken p

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Jun 30, 2013, 6:22:32 PM6/30/13

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à

in these following words?

can,ban ,fan,man,pan,ran,tan,van

dam,ham,jam,

has,

bat,cat,fat,hat,mat,pat.rat,sat

Ziyuan Yao

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Jun 30, 2013, 8:22:57 PM6/30/13

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à means /ə/, while a means /æ/. Next question, please.

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Jun 30, 2013, 9:00:25 PM6/30/13

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Hello.

You may see SAYPU conversion for these words.

http://www.saypyu.com/index.php?text=%0D%0Aam+an+as+at%0D%0Acan%2Cban+%2Cfan%2Cman%2Cpan%2Cran%2Ctan%2Cvan%0D%0Adam%2Cham%2Cjam%2C%0D%0Ahas%2C%0D%0Abat%2Ccat%2Cfat%2Chat%2Cmat%2Cpat.rat%2Csat&type=0&language=English&encodedString=%250Aam%2Ban%2Bas%2Bat%250Acan%252Cban%2B%252Cfan%252Cman%252Cpan%252Cran%252Ctan%252Cvan%250Adam%252Cham%252Cjam%252C%250Ahas%252C%250Abat%252Ccat%252Cfat%252Chat%252Cmat%252Cpat.rat%252Csat

On Sunday, June 30, 2013 7:22:57 PM UTC-5, Ziyuan Yao wrote:

à means /ə/, while a means /æ/. Next question, please.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:22 AM, ken p <drk...@gmail.com> wrote:

àm

àn

às̩

àt
Why PIE doesn't show à in these following words?

can,ban ,fan,man,pan,ran,tan,van
dam,ham,jam,

has,
bat,cat,fat,hat,mat,pat.rat,sat

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Ziyuan Yao

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Jun 30, 2013, 9:06:06 PM6/30/13

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By default, PIE shows "weak pronunciation" for am, an, as, at, etc. In weak pronunciation, the "a" in these function words pronounces /ə/.

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Jun 30, 2013, 9:06:40 PM6/30/13

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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_and_strong_forms_in_English#Weak_and_strong_forms_of_words to learn more about weak pronunciation.

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